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Great powers never like neutral countries”

Former Ambassador Paul Widmer on Switzerland’s current situation

(11 September 2026) (Ed. Globalbridge) At last! At last, the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” has also published an article setting out key arguments in favour of a “yes” vote on the neutrality initiative.1

It is an interview with former Ambassador Paul Widmer. For copyright reasons, the full interview will not appear here, but we have taken the liberty of quoting some specific statements by Paul Widmer verbatim.

Iceland says NO to the European Union

The gloss wore off

by Alex Krainer*

(11 September 2026) On Saturday, 29 August 2026, Iceland held a referendum on whether to resume EU accession negotiations. The results weren’t favourable to the EU: 52.8% of Icelanders voted No and 47.2% voted Yes, with turnout of 82.5%.

Russia's lockdown of Odessa ports could be a grim turning point in war

by George Beebe,* USA

(11 September 2026) A lesson to all purveyors of the idea that Ukraine could be a 'steel porcupine' and avoid a mutual agreement to end the conflict. It's a trap.

Over the course of a few short weeks, a grim new reality has taken shape in Ukraine. Russia1 has shown that it need not conquer and occupy Ukraine’s entire Black Sea coastline to turn that country into the equivalent of a landlocked state. It need only deny access to Ukraine’s critically important Odessa port complex, something it is doing quite effectively through air and missile strikes on port facilities and approaching ships.

Neutrality means sovereignty, independence and freedom

It protects our federal direct democracy

Interview with Dr oec. HSG Matthias Buob*

Zeitgeschehen im Fokus: You are a member of the Neutrality Initiative’s steering committee. What motivated you to get involved?

Dr Matthias Buob: As a liberal-minded and freedom-loving person, I consider it my duty to stand up for the Neutrality Initiative. For me, freedom is linked to independence. It means taking an independent stance without hastily aligning oneself with the doctrines of one or the other party to a conflict. One is free to express both positive and negative criticism in all directions, and that is neutral.

German illusions – or: who actually wants Russia to lose?

by Gert Ewen Ungar*

(4 September 2026) (CH-S) Gert Ewen Ungar offers a different perspective: he describes how Germany perceives its own involvement with the Ukrainian Zelenskyy government, whilst highlighting the contradictory consequences this has for Germany.

The destruction of Western cultural heritage?

Book destruction – Several AI tech giants are said to be involved

by the editorial team at freiewelt.net

(4 September 2026) Various AI companies are buying up and destroying millions of books, including historical works from the 18th and 19th centuries. What originally came to light at “Anthropic” is reportedly also the case at various other AI tech giants.