Viola Amherd was elected President of the Swiss Confederation for 2025 on 11 December 2024. It is her first term as president ...

Switzerland's list of sanctions in connection with Russia's military aggression against Ukraine and the situation in Belarus is fully in line with that of the EU. For enquiries from the media: EAER ...

The United Nations (UN) has asked Maj Gen Patrick Gauchat to take over command of the UNDOF mission in addition to his current duties as head of the UNTSO mission. He will carry out this task ad ...

On 4 March 2016, the Federal Council adopted the ordinance on the automatic adoption of sanctions lists of the United Nations Security Council. This means that changes to the sanctions lists of the ...

Ian Borg, the Maltese foreign minister and OSCE chairperson-in-office, has announced Switzerland's election as chair for 2026. Switzerland is taking over the leadership of the OSCE at a difficult time ...

Bern-Wabern, 30.12.2024 - On 1 January, Switzerland will take over the chair of the Inter-Governmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees (IGC). In this forum, 17 participating states ...

Bern, 20.12.2024 - The Federal Council has taken note of the report prepared by the Parliamentary Investigation Committee (PInC) on "Management by the authorities – CS emergency merger". It welcomes ...