War & peace

A call for ‘the courage to keep fighting for peace’ in Colombia

Human rights lawyer Luz Marina Monzón Cifuentes in Bern.

This content was published on May 29, 2025 Colombian human rights defender Luz Marina Monzón explains how international – and Swiss – support is vital for Colombia’s path to peace.

Ruag MRO may sell Leopard battle tanks to Germany

Foreign Affairs

Swiss government greenlights Ruag sale of Leopard tanks to Germany

This content was published on May 28, 2025 The defence company Ruag MRO is allowed to sell 71 Leopard 1 battle tanks to Germany. However, the tanks may not be sold to Ukraine.

Opinion

International Geneva

What is the cost for killing humanitarians?

This content was published on May 26, 2025 Médecins Sans Frontières calls for respect of international law and the end of attacks on humanitarian aid workers.

Children react as Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, April 24, 2025.

International Geneva

A Geneva-based NGO is Israel’s answer to aid in Gaza

This content was published on May 21, 2025 The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an NGO backed by Israel and the US, will privatise aid into Gaza. The UN has strongly opposed the plan.

Swiss Politics

European defence: tensions rise, budgets follow – but public support is uneven

This content was published on May 21, 2025 As European Union countries ramp up military spending, public support across the continent remains uneven.

Pro-Palestinian students occupy the Uni Dufour building

War & peace

Geneva university Palestinian demonstration ongoing

This content was published on May 15, 2025 University of Geneva continues to prohibit access to areas occupied by members of the Student Coordination for Palestine group.

Signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco on 26 June 1945.

International Geneva

What remains of the UN dream 80 years after the Second World War?

This content was published on May 6, 2025 Eighty years after the creation of the United Nations, the rise of extremes and the return of open conflict are challenging the international institutions that emerged after the war.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 in the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA, 12 September 2024

Swiss diplomacy

Switzerland eyes mediation role amid rising risk of conflict in outer space

This content was published on Apr 10, 2025 As political jockeying between the major powers intensifies in space, Switzerland wants to play the role of "bridge builder" to avert armed conflict in space.

Swiss diplomacy

Kremlin critic: every handshake with Putin is ‘drenched in blood’

This content was published on Apr 5, 2025 Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Kremlin critic who survived two poisoning attempts and a prison term in Russia, talks to SWI swissinfo.ch in Geneva about the dangers of negotiating with Vladimir Putin.

A migrant child is carried while being rescued by Libyan coast guards in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya.

International Geneva

UN warns Sudanese refugees are stuck in Libya with nowhere to go

This content was published on Mar 18, 2025 Over 200,000 Sudanese have fled the war in their country and sought refuge in Libya, where they are exposed to human rights violations.

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