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Is Geneva prepared for Trump’s – and others’ – cuts to foreign aid?

Illustration depicting the break of USAID and Geneva, Switzerland.

This content was published on Mar 22, 2025 US cuts to foreign aid will have implications reaching around the world. For Geneva, home to thousands of NGOs, a lot is at stake.

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How Trump’s attack on diversity could derail drug development in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 21, 2025 If Big Pharma abandons diversity goals in clinical research, it could set drug development back decades.

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Explainer: Why US health funding cuts are rattling Swiss science

This content was published on Mar 6, 2025 The Trump administration has upended funding by the National Institutes of Health. What does it mean for biomedical research in Switzerland?

Donald Trump signs an executive order to leave the WHO

International Geneva

US withdrawal from WHO puts global health in jeopardy

This content was published on Feb 26, 2025 Donald Trump’s decision to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) will leave a gaping hole in the budget of the Geneva-based health agency.

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Swiss budget cuts increase pressure on International Geneva

This content was published on Feb 18, 2025 Switzerland is to cut funding to several international organisations active in Geneva. This decision comes as the US has suspended its foreign aid.

Switzerland is planning to ban international adoptions, following revelations of shady practices in the past. Other countries banning international adoptions claim they are doing it for the child’s welfare, but sometimes it’s just about power politics.

International cooperation

Why countries are banning international adoptions

This content was published on Feb 14, 2025 Countries banning international adoptions claim they are doing it for the child’s welfare, but sometimes it’s just about power politics.

Should nations spend more on foreign aid or are cutbacks justified?

Many countries are cutting back on foreign aid and Switzerland is among them. Do you think it is justified?

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International Geneva

Trump, the UN, and the future

This content was published on Feb 4, 2025 UNRWA is now banned in Israel, the US is pulling out of the WHO and has stopped foreign aid. What's next for the UN and can it still function?

Republican Elise Stefanik testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on her nomination to be Ambassador to the United Nations on Capitol Hill on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC.

International Geneva

New US ambassador to the UN vows to implement Trump’s agenda

This content was published on Jan 27, 2025 Donald Trump has said he is pulling the US out of the WHO. He has the full support of his new ambassador to the UN, Elise Stefanik.

International Geneva

The outlook for International Geneva in 2025

This content was published on Dec 26, 2024 Will Donald Trump cut off the flow of money to International Geneva, which depends largely on US funding?

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