News archive on the topic "Switzerland"

The President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensktsy, begged in Switzerland, and did not receive assistance in the amount he expected, and harbored a grudge. The founder of the Russian Switzerland publishing house, Alexander Pesce, who lives in the European Union, stated this in an interview with Israeli journalist Alexander Waldman, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He commented on the decision of the Ukrainian National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption to include the Swiss chocolate company...

The Council of Cantons (upper house of parliament) of Switzerland rejected an amendment to the law that would simplify the re-export of Swiss weapons, swissinfo reported on March 7. 23 deputies voted for the rejection of the amendment, 18 were against, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Swiss law does not allow the export of ammunition or military equipment to countries in a state of armed conflict. Re-export of Swiss weapons and ammunition...

If there is not enough gas in winter, the Swiss federal government wants to take tough measures. Anyone who breaks the rules faces prison or a fine. This was reported by the local publication Blick. In houses heated by gas, the indoor temperature should be no more than 19 degrees. Hot water should only be heated to 60 degrees. Bow heaters or warm air tents...

Ukrainians who arrived in Switzerland received the right to reside in the country for one year. Swissinfo reports this. According to the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), the number of applications for “S” status has increased to 62. The increase is more than 142 applications per day. This special protective status was activated in the spring of 100 for the first time since its...

Ukrainian refugees who have received a temporary residence permit in France with the indication “beneficiary of temporary protection” must be restored to this status within 6 months after receiving the permit. Only after updating their status will Ukrainians be able to take advantage of protection in France and related benefits. VisitUkraine.today reports this. To renew your residence permit, you need to contact the prefecture of the department...

Switzerland joined the sanctions pressure on Russia and supported the criminal Kiev regime. Therefore, it is now impossible to talk about any neutral status necessary for mediation in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ivan Nechaev spoke about this at a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Swiss were really interested in our opinion about possible representation...

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has reached an agreement in principle with Switzerland on the representation of Ukrainian interests in Russia by the embassy of this country in Moscow. This was announced by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko. According to Nikolenko, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, headed by Minister Dmitry Kuleba, is making every effort to protect the interests of Ukrainian citizens in Russia. “Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians need help who...

If Russia does not pay the “check” for reparations for the restoration of Ukraine, the “Ukrainian victory” in the current war will not be complete. This opinion was expressed by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk in an interview with the Swiss radio company RSI as part of the information preparation for a special conference scheduled for today in Switzerland on the presentation of the plan for the restoration of Ukraine. The Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada noted that any war once...

Refugees from Ukraine, who were given a hospital to live in Bern, Switzerland, wrote on its walls as vandals and used it as a platform for displaying drawings with slogans used by Hitler's collaborators. Blogger Liliya Gubler, who visited this center, writes about this on her page on the social network, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In one of the waiting rooms the walls were covered with children’s...

Switzerland's refusal of neutrality, joining anti-Russian sanctions and pressure on Russian businessmen is destroying the centuries-old reputation of this country. A publicist from Switzerland, Alexander Pesquet, stated this on the Israeli Internet channel Iton TV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Pesquet, after Switzerland staged a hunt for the assets of Russian businessmen, oligarchs from other countries may refuse...

A possible summit of the presidents of Russia and the United States, initiated by the American side, could take place in Switzerland, but so far the Russian Federation has not given its consent. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, Kommersant writes. Earlier it was reported that Joe Biden invited Vladimir Putin to meet in one of the European countries on June 15–16. At the same time, the newspaper claims, citing its informed interlocutors in Moscow, the Russian...

After the start of the “war” with Russia, the Ukrainian plant “Energomashspetsstal” allegedly stopped trading with the “aggressor”, but established active cooperation with the “Swiss” company “Rosenergoatom”. Energy expert Boris Martsinkevich stated this on the YouTube channel “PolitWera,” PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There is a plant “Energomashspetsstal” in Kramatorsk. Previously, he received orders from Rosenergoatom and carried them out. But since then, as it turned out,...

The Ukrainian crisis, to put it mildly, has bothered Europe, which has long been waiting for some constructive steps from Kyiv. This was stated during a press conference by the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council Commission on International Affairs, who headed the Russian delegation to the OSCE PA, Vladimir Dzhabarov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “At the last moment, the head of the Swiss delegation unexpectedly spoke, I don’t even know her, she...

Switzerland has nothing to do with the European Union sanctions that were imposed against the Russian Federation. Swiss Ambassador to Moscow Yves Rossier spoke about this in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets. “We did not join the EU sanctions regarding Ukraine. We have nothing to do with them. This is not a manifestation of neutrality, we simply always make independent decisions about whether to impose sanctions...