More More Swiss diplomacy chief urges speedy help for Afghanistan This content was published on Sep 13, 2021 Sep 13, 2021 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has called on the international community to deliver rapid, decisive, and well-coordinated humanitarian aid...
More More ICRC told it can carry on work in Afghanistan This content was published on Sep 12, 2021 Sep 12, 2021 Taliban leaders have assured the International Committee of the Red Cross that it can continue its humanitarian work in Afghanistan.
More More Swiss focus in Haiti switches from relief to reconstruction This content was published on Sep 10, 2021 Sep 10, 2021 Switzerland has ended its emergency aid to Haiti, which was struck by a deadly earthquake in mid August. It is now focusing on reconstruction work.
More More Geneva court convicts Kuwaiti Olympic official of fraud This content was published on Sep 10, 2021 Sep 10, 2021 Swiss criminal court has convicted international sports powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah of forgery,.
More More Swiss scale up training for international peacekeepers This content was published on Sep 8, 2021 Sep 8, 2021 The government has decided to boost Switzerland’s commitment to international peacekeeping missions. It agreed to extend an accord to support the...
More More Swiss boost aid to crisis-stricken Afghanistan This content was published on Sep 8, 2021 Sep 8, 2021 Switzerland is increasing its aid for Afghanistan which is in the grips of an acute humanitarian emergency and under the control of the Taliban...
More More Swiss-Kazakh diplomatic ties boosted This content was published on Sep 7, 2021 Sep 7, 2021 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and his counterpart from Kazakhstan, Mukhtar Tileuberdi, have signed accords on diplomatic staff.
More More Swiss send large aid convoy to eastern Ukraine This content was published on Sep 5, 2021 Sep 5, 2021 Switzerland is carrying out its largest ever aid operation in the conflict zone of eastern Ukraine.
More More Swiss defence chief stands by fighter jet choice This content was published on Sep 4, 2021 Sep 4, 2021 Defence Minister Viola Amherd is standing by the government’s decision to buy F-35A jets despite pushback from a left-wing coalition.
More More ‘My ideal Afghanistan would look just like Switzerland’ This content was published on Aug 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 An Afghan filmmaker living in Bern explains why Afghanistan is a failed state and why the Afghan army has vanished into thin air.
More More Switzerland refuses to extradite businessman to Russia This content was published on Aug 30, 2021 Aug 30, 2021 Switzerland rejects Moscow extradition bid for Russian businessman Vladislav Klyushin.
More More Switzerland confirms official end to Afghan evacuations This content was published on Aug 27, 2021 Aug 27, 2021 Bern has now ended its evacuations from Afghanistan after bringing 387 people to Switzerland over two weeks.
More More Taliban rise will fuel other extremist groups, warns Afghan ambassador This content was published on Aug 27, 2021 Aug 27, 2021 The chaos in Kabul will quickly have consequences for Western democracies, especially in terms of security, says the Afghan ambassador.
More More What’s next for the women of Afghanistan? This content was published on Aug 27, 2021 Aug 27, 2021 Many Afghan women fear that the past could repeat itself as Western countries, including Switzerland, struggle to respond to the Taliban’s return.
More More Afghan women face an uncertain future This content was published on Aug 27, 2021 Aug 27, 2021 The Taliban's strict interpretation of Islamic law made life very difficult for women when they last ruled.
More More Swiss host platform for talks on Middle East and North Africa This content was published on Aug 24, 2021 Aug 24, 2021 Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis and his counterpart from Oman have participated in a Middle East Mediterranean forum in Switzerland.
More More More than 200 Afghanistan evacuees touch down in Zurich This content was published on Aug 24, 2021 Aug 24, 2021 An airplane carrying 219 people evacuated from Afghanistan has landed in Switzerland.
More More Switzerland considers possible Afghanistan conference This content was published on Aug 22, 2021 Aug 22, 2021 Switzerland is investigating the possibility of hosting an international conference on Afghanistan on Swiss soil, according to a news report.
More More Switzerland postpones Afghanistan evacuation flight due to security concerns This content was published on Aug 21, 2021 Aug 21, 2021 A SWISS flight set to help with the evacuation effort from Afghanistan has been postponed due to the security situation around Kabul Airport.
More More Swiss minister defends government’s Afghan refugee strategy This content was published on Aug 21, 2021 Aug 21, 2021 Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter has defended Switzerland’s refugee policy on Afghanistan.
More More Swiss minister defends government’s Afghan refugee strategy This content was published on Aug 21, 2021 Aug 21, 2021 Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter has defended Switzerland’s refugee policy on Afghanistan.
More More Swiss offer mediation in Afghan crisis, join airlift efforts This content was published on Aug 20, 2021 Aug 20, 2021 Switzerland is sending a plane to Uzbekistan to repatriate people evacuated from Kabul, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
More More People from Western Sahara deemed stateless in Switzerland This content was published on Aug 20, 2021 Aug 20, 2021 The Federal Court has upheld a move by Swiss authorities to designate a refugee from Western Sahara as “without nationality”.
More More 'Pakistan holds the key to Afghanistan' This content was published on Aug 19, 2021 Aug 19, 2021 Ethnologist Pierre Centlivres shares his assessment of the return of the Taliban to the reins of power in Afghanistan.
More More Switzerland musters a million francs in aid for Haiti quake This content was published on Aug 18, 2021 Aug 18, 2021 The government and several Swiss aid organisations have sent or are planning to send help to Haiti following last Saturday’s earthquake.
More More Swiss foreign ministry staff flown out of Kabul This content was published on Aug 17, 2021 Aug 17, 2021 The three remaining Swiss employees at the cooperation office in Kabul have been evacuated, the foreign minister has confirmed.
More More Last Swiss cooperation office staff to leave Kabul This content was published on Aug 13, 2021 Aug 13, 2021 Switzerland will withdraw the remaining Swiss staff at its aid cooperation bureau in Kabul as soon as possible, as Afghan situation worsens.
More More Swiss extend sanctions on Nicaraguan officials This content was published on Aug 13, 2021 Aug 13, 2021 Switzerland has imposed sanctions on eight more top Nicaraguan officials, including vice-president Rosario Maria Murillo Zambrana.
More More Switzerland slaps additional sanctions on Belarus This content was published on Aug 12, 2021 Aug 12, 2021 The Swiss government has announced further economic sanctions against Belarus, including trade bans as well as restrictions in the financial sector.
More More Switzerland halts repatriations to Afghanistan This content was published on Aug 12, 2021 Aug 12, 2021 Switzerland has suspended repatriations to Afghanistan “until further notice owing to the changed situation in the country”.
More More Swiss send helicopters and crew to help contain Greece wildfires This content was published on Aug 6, 2021 Aug 6, 2021 Switzerland has responded to a call for international firefighting assistance from Greece, which has been hit by major wildfires.
More More Swiss pledge coronavirus aid to Vietnam This content was published on Aug 6, 2021 Aug 6, 2021 Switzerland has pledged medical aid worth CHF5 million ($5.5 million) to Vietnam, which is battling a severe coronavirus outbreak.
More More Switzerland and Laos boost development programme This content was published on Aug 4, 2021 Aug 4, 2021 The Swiss foreign minister, Ignazio Cassis, has signed an agreement to extend development cooperation with Laos.
More More Former top negotiator wants ‘proactive’ Swiss plan for EU This content was published on Aug 4, 2021 Aug 4, 2021 Switzerland’s former chief negotiator with the European Union has presented his vision of how relations with Brussels can be reformulated.
More More Swiss donated CHF7.6 million for victims of Beirut disaster This content was published on Aug 3, 2021 Aug 3, 2021 One year after a devastating explosion in Beirut, the humanitarian charity Swiss Solidarity has given CHF6 million to relief projects.
More More Switzerland and Thailand seek to boost business ties This content was published on Aug 2, 2021 Aug 2, 2021 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis concluded on Monday a two-day visit to Thailand.
More More Swiss send aid to Covid-hit Thailand ahead of minister’s visit This content was published on Jul 28, 2021 Jul 28, 2021 Switzerland has sent around CHF9 million worth of anti-Covid-19 equipment to Thailand, which is facing its worst wave yet of the pandemic.
More More Switzerland drops Russia graft probe triggered by Magnitsky case This content was published on Jul 27, 2021 Jul 27, 2021 Swiss prosecutors have dropped a probe into alleged Russian graft in a case that has been linked to the death of Sergei Magnitsky.
More More Mongolian politician re-elected despite Swiss fraud conviction This content was published on Jul 26, 2021 Jul 26, 2021 Mongolian politician Borkhuu Delgersaikhan has been convicted of document fraud by a Swiss court – a trial he had previously tried to censor.
More More What’s hindering Swiss diaspora help for Kosovo? This content was published on Jul 26, 2021 Jul 26, 2021 Political change in Kosovo has stoked hopes among the diaspora in Switzerland that things are finally going to improve in the country.
