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Ignazio Cassis says Swiss expect Ukraine reconstruction conference

Ignazio Cassis

Switzerland will host a high-level conference on Ukraine reconstruction next month. The event had been planned before Russia launched its full-scale invasion. It had originally been slated to discuss reforms in Ukraine before being repurposed for war reconstruction. Switzerland will host a high-level conference on Ukraine reconstruction next month, said president Ignazio Cassis, adding that … Read more

Switzerland unveils July reconstruction conference for Ukraine

Switzerland

President Ignazio Cassis told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that Switzerland has invited leaders from dozens of countries and international organizations to a summit in July on rebuilding Ukraine. “The meeting will be on reforms that may still be implemented in the current scenario,” Cassis told reporters, referring to the ongoing fight … Read more

Smiling Queen Elizabeth meets Swiss president after 96th birthday

Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth II looked on healthful form Thursday as she met face-to-face with Switzerland’s president, inside the build-up to  UK-extensive celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee in early June. The monarch back to Windsor Castle after every week-long damage on her Sandringham estate in Norfolk, Japanese England, wherein she marked her 96th birthday in private on … Read more

Swiss call for ‘calm and creativity’ to fix EU ties

swiss

GENEVA: Swiss President Ignazio Cassis called for “calm and creativity” to fix Switzerland’s thorny relations with the European Union. Ties between Brussels and Bern have been strained since non-EU member Switzerland suddenly decided in May 2021 to end years of discussion towards a broad cooperation agreement with the bloc. Cassis said that in sorting out … Read more