by Thomas Scherr
(10 April 2022) How did it come about that the Federal Council and with it the National Council lost their heads within a few days and pushed aside the country’s centuries-old neutrality? What interests were at work in the background? What could a way back to neutrality look like?
(13 March 2022) Edit. Ambiguously and contrary to the country's good tradition, the Federal Council endorsed on February 28, 2022, the EU's far-reaching sanctions against Russia. Switzerland is neither a member of the EU nor of NATO, nor is it part of any alliance with Ukraine or Russia. The Federal Council was expected to find a diplomatically balanced and Swiss solution.
(26 February 2022) ts. The UN Special Rapporteur Nils Melzer* announced that he is resigning from his post prematurely. Behind are downright reputation-damaging reports in the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” and the Zurich “Tages-Anzeiger”. In the following we publish Nils Melzer's correction to the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. The latter refused to print his counter statement.
by Jonas Ingold
(29 January 2022) LID. In this interview Agriviva’s managing director Ueli Bracher sums up the year and discusses the challenges of the future.