(Swiss Info) More than two months after a delicate meeting with members of the Islamist Taliban government on repatriating convicted criminals from Switzerland to Afghanistan, it is clear that no further deportations have taken place. Four officials from the Afghan Taliban government […]
(Swiss Info) Starting May 15, Hamas will be banned in Switzerland for five years. The Swiss government set the effective date for the ban, which was approved by parliament last December, on Wednesday. The bill was drawn up by the government, at […]
(Swiss Info) Does it harm Switzerland’s good offices if it bans Palestinian militant group Hamas? Parliament has been debating this for years. Now the arguments in favour of a ban have won. Until now, Switzerland has deliberately exercised restraint in banning terrorist […]
(Swiss Info) The man who took over a dozen hostages on a Swiss regional train on Thursday, before being shot dead by police, has been formally identified. But various questions about the event remain open. As initially reported, the man was an […]
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