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All participants of Saturday’s ministerial meeting in Lausanne confirmed their strong support for preserving Syria’s territorial integrity, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "The commitment of all …
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will take part in the Saturday ministerial talks on Syria in Lausanne, Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi …
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov could hold bilateral talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry, as well as with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines of Syria talks …
An Aeroflot passenger plane was evacuated at Geneva airport on Thursday and a Russian man was arrested after saying there was a bomb on board, the prosecutor’s office in the city said. The man, who the Russian consul in …
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Head of Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Didier Burkhalter signed two agreements on simplification of registration and …
The Swiss parliament has voted in favour of banning Muslim women from wearing the Burka in public. The National Council passed the vote 88 votes to 87 with 10 abstentions. Earlier this year a government committee had voted …
Russian-American sculptor Ernst Neizvestny died in New York on Tuesday at the age of 91. His friend Jeff Bliumis said the sculptor died at Stony Brook hospital where he been hospitalized with severe stomach pains. …
Georgia signed free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in Bern on June 27. The signing took place on the sideline of …
The Swiss Confederation is ready to contribute to the improvement of the relations between Georgia and Russia, the president of Switzerland, Johann Schneider-Amman, said today during a meeting with Prime Minister of …
The upper house of the Swiss parliament on Wednesday voted to invalidate its 1992 application to join the European Union, backing an earlier decision by the lower house. The vote comes just a week before Britain decides whether to leave the EU in …
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Switzerland on June 1, the Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Giulio Haas wrote today on his Facebook page. He noted Zarif will lead an economic …
Swiss authorities were monitoring the social media activity of about 400 possible jihadists who might pose a security threat, the NDB federal intelligence service said on Monday, Reuters reports. Switzerland is not a primary target for …
Daria Bayramova became a winner of the open championship of Switzerland in karate among juniors in Lucerne, the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza reports from Israel. In June of this year, Darya turned ten. Young athlete, whose parents …
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Swiss ambassador to Tehran to protest the recent ruling by US Supreme Court against the Islamic Republic, the Mehr News agency reports. Swiss ambassador to Tehran was summoned to the Ministry …
The Court of Arbitration for Sport will hold hearings next month in the doping cases of 12 Russian track and field athletes hoping to compete at the Olympics, ABC news reports. Verdicts are expected …
Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter called for a structured negotiation process to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict after the talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. …
Damascus is flexible at the Geneva talks for a political settlement. It was stated by President of Syria Bashar al-Assad. According to him, the goal is not to miss a single chance to settle it without a try. …
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian is to pay a visit to Geneva tomorrow and then to Washington. In Geneva, he will participate in a summit dedicated to support for Syrian refugees. Thereafter, Nalbandian will …
A new round of inter-Syrian in Geneva is scheduled for April 9th, the UN special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura said today. "I expect and hope that the next round of talks …
During the current round of negotiations in Geneva the settlement process of inter-Syrian talks has come out of the impasse, the head of the delegation in Damascus, Bashar Jaafari, said after the …
