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Together we’re better - The Youth and Future prize

Bern, 18.01.2019 – SDC and SECO are looking for innovative projects run by young Swiss people that can help advance sustainable development and fight poverty in developing countries.
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Switzerland assumes OSCE Security Forum chairmanship

Bern, 16.01.2019 – Switzerland is re-assuming its role of honest broker, seeking to foster trust and security in the OSCE region.
Institutional agreement Switzerland – EU

Bern, 16.01.2019 – The Federal Council decides on the arrangements for consultations on the draft agreement.
Ignazio Cassis meets Italian foreign minister

Lugano, 14.1.2019 – Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis has hosted a meeting with Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs Enzo Moavero Milanesi.

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Programme of members of the Federal Council attending the WEF Annual Meeting 2019

18.01.2019 Press release

Unfall mit sechs Schweizer Todesopfern in Schweden – Stellungnahme des EDA (DE)

13.01.2019 Press release

Switzerland and South Africa discuss their relations

10.01.2019 Press release

The fight against AIDS takes centre stage during Ignazio Cassis's visit to Zimbabwe

09.01.2019 Press release

Switzerland and Zambia sign aviation agreement following first visit by a Swiss minister to Lusaka

08.01.2019 Press release

Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis to visit three southern African countries in first visit to the continent

04.01.2019 Press release

Sebastian Hueber appointed new head of FDFA Information

21.12.2018 Press release

#SwissTech: Switzerland positions itself as a centre for technology and innovation at the world's largest tech expo in Las Vegas

20.12.2018 Press release

Brexit: Switzerland and the UK guarantee citizens’ existing rights

20.12.2018 Press release

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visits Bern

20.12.2018 Press release

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Federal Councillor Cassis speaks with young professionals working at a Zimbabwe hospital.

Southern Africa chosen for first trip of the year

From 7 to 11 January 2019, Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis visited Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Blog post: trip summary and highlights

Institutional agreement

With this institutional agreement, the Federal Council intends to secure the bilateral path and access to the EU internal market in the long term.

Dossier: Institutional issues

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Ten Years Swiss Enlargement Contribution

Ten countries have completed their projects under the enlargement contribution. The SDC and SECO have taken stock in their 2017 annual report.

Swiss Enlargement Contribution: Annual Report 2017

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Exhibition "Displaced" – In the footsteps of refugees

From: Friday, 05.01.2018
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Water in Crisis – Annual Conference Humanitarian Aid and SHA

From: Friday, 29.03.2019

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