Swiss activist and have started this week to collect signatures for a referendum on the neutrality of the Alpine country. The right-wing activists are annoyed by the Swiss support for Ukraine. They believe that the government should adhere more strictly to the traditional Switzerland aloofness and demand that a very strict version of this neutrality be enshrined in the Constitution. …

The European Union is already doing enough to provide climate aid to poorer countries, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday during the climate summit in Egypt. It is now up to other rich countries to allocate more money for this. More than 23 billion euros in climate aid flow from the EU to poor countries every …

The Republicans seem to have a narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. That is one of the preliminary conclusions now that the results of the US midterm elections (midterms) are trickling in. A Republican mega-wave does not seem to be in it. In the battle for the Senate, there is even a welcome windfall for the Democrats of …

For the first time, compensation for climate disasters is an official topic of conversation at the climate summit. Rich countries have avoided this, because it is a question of whether and how they should compensate vulnerable countries for this damage. Some European countries, including the United Kingdom and Germany, are going to offer additional financial assistance to poor countries facing …

Two years after the election of President Joe Biden, Americans will go to the polls again on Tuesday. In the midterms, they elect the members of the House of Representatives and part of the Senate. The Democrats hope to retain their narrow majority, but that is far from certain. According to the latest polls, only 39 percent of Americans support …

“Who is in favor of amending the statute?”Green sheets are going up. “Who against?” This is how the Russian ‘deputies’ can cast their vote. In a circle, the participants in the hall look at the chairman, who counts the votes. Everything should suggest that a democratic process is underway here. A “session of Representatives” as can be read on plates …

Switzerland is facing difficult economic years due to an impending recession in Europe, the energy crisis and high inflation that undermines the purchasing power of consumers. Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter told the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. According to her, the economic problems in the euro countries are noticeable in Switzerland. The Alpine country is largely dependent on the rest of Europe …

South Korea deployed some eighty fighter jets on Friday, after detecting more than 180 North Korean military aircraft in the air. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense in Seoul. The North Korean aircraft flew over North Korea and along the East and west coasts in a span of four hours, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reports. Seoul …

Banking giant Credit Suisse is getting help from the Middle East. Both the government of Saudi Arabia and that of Qatar are willing to invest extra in the ailing Second bank of Switzerland. After a series of scandals, he urgently needs money to stay afloat. The flip side of the coin is that investors from the Oil States together get …

Switzerland has again rejected a request from Germany to send ammunition produced in Switzerland to Ukraine. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Switzerland has remained aloof. Sending Swiss ammunition would violate the country’s neutrality. Last month, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht wrote a letter to the government in Bern requesting that more than twelve thousand Swiss-made ammunition units …