https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Geneva late on Thursday for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss the situation in war-ravaged Syria. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160826/us-and-russia-meet-in-geneva-for-syria-talks Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:13:28 +0200 us-and-russia-meet-in-geneva-for-syria-talks US Secretary of State John Kerry called Friday for a 30-percent increase in humanitarian funding from the United Nations for refugees. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160122/un-must-ramp-up-refugee-aid-john-kerry Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:03:23 +0100 un-must-ramp-up-refugee-aid-john-kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry left Geneva on Monday afternoon for Boston, where he will be treated for a broken leg suffered in a cycling accident. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150601/kerry-head-to-us-in-military-jet-from-geneva Mon, 01 Jun 2015 21:43:39 +0200 kerry-head-to-us-in-military-jet-from-geneva US Secretary of State John Kerry was hospitalized in Geneva on Sunday after breaking his leg in a cycling accident across the border in France, the American state department said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150531/top-us-diplomat-in-french-cycling-accident Sun, 31 May 2015 14:38:10 +0200 top-us-diplomat-in-french-cycling-accident World powers were grappling in Lausanne on Tuesday to agree by midnight to the outlines of a potentially historic deal with Iran to cut back its nuclear ambitions. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150331/irans Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:44:04 +0200 irans Marathon Iran nuclear talks headed on Friday towards a critical weekend as Britain said its foreign minister would join his US, Iranian and French counterparts in racing the clock to pin down a deal in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150327/marathon-iran-nuclear-talks-hit-critical-weekend Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:31:22 +0100 marathon-iran-nuclear-talks-hit-critical-weekend Marathon talks towards an Iran nuclear deal looked likely Friday to go down to the wire of a March 31st deadline, with negotiations in Switzerland set to break up and resume next week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150320/iran-nucelar-talks-set-to-resume-next-week Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:44:49 +0100 iran-nucelar-talks-set-to-resume-next-week US Secretary of State John Kerry has a history with broken planes but during Iran nuclear talks in the Lake Geneva region this week even his bike needed fixing. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150318/kerry-needs-pit-stop-to-fix-racing-bike Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:26:56 +0100 kerry-needs-pit-stop-to-fix-racing-bike US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Lausanne on March 15th to meet with his Iranian counterpart as part of continuing talks on Tehran's nuclear program, the State Department said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150310/kerry-set-for-more-iran-talks-in-lausanne Tue, 10 Mar 2015 09:34:23 +0100 kerry-set-for-more-iran-talks-in-lausanne The United States says tough challenges remained to seal a nuclear deal with Iran, vowing not to be distracted by external politics in its quest to stop Tehran acquiring the atomic bomb. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150305/iran-nuclear-talks-wrap-up-without-deal Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:18:09 +0100 iran-nuclear-talks-wrap-up-without-deal US Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva on Monday warned Israel's prime minister against revealing details of an emerging Iran nuclear deal on the eve of the Israeli leader's speech to the US Congress. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150302/kerry-warns-israelis-against-betraying-trust Mon, 02 Mar 2015 23:26:56 +0100 kerry-warns-israelis-against-betraying-trust US Secretary of State John Kerry will address the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva next week, the UN said on Wednesday, confirming that he will be in Switzerland as new Iran nuclear talks kick off. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150225/kerry-to-address-un-rights-council-in-geneva Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:21:18 +0100 kerry-to-address-un-rights-council-in-geneva Ukraine's foreign minister said in Basel on Friday that his war-torn country needed a "real" ceasefire, a day after Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agreed on a fresh truce starting on December 9th. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141205/ukraine-minister-in-basel-urges-real-ceasefire Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:54:00 +0100 ukraine-minister-in-basel-urges-real-ceasefire US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russia not to isolate itself as efforts to resolve the conflict took centre stage at a meeting of the 57 members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Basel. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141204/kerry-urges-russia-not-to-isolate-itself-on-ukraine Thu, 04 Dec 2014 22:50:00 +0100 kerry-urges-russia-not-to-isolate-itself-on-ukraine US Secretary of State John Kerry left on Wednesday for Geneva for high-stakes talks on Ukraine, armed with the threat of more sanctions against Moscow if diplomacy fails, as tensions on the ground escalated sharply. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140416/kerry-bound-for-geneva-talks-on-ukraine Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:24:00 +0200 kerry-bound-for-geneva-talks-on-ukraine Switzerland has overcrowded prisons, security services that use excessive force, and lingering discrimination problems, according to the US State Department's Country Report on human rights practices in 2013. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140228/us-reports-human-rights-issues-in-switzerland Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:53:00 +0100 us-reports-human-rights-issues-in-switzerland US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that some countries might be prepared to send peacekeeping troops to Syria, as the UN leads efforts to bring the warring sides together and end the war. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140123/kerry-talks-up-peace-keepers-in-syria Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:50:00 +0100 kerry-talks-up-peace-keepers-in-syria Did Swiss chocolates sweeten the pot for US Secretary of State John Kerry in his role in Geneva talks over Iran’s nuclear future? https://www.thelocal.ch/20131124/kerry-takes-downtown-geneva-chocolate-break Sun, 24 Nov 2013 22:51:00 +0100 kerry-takes-downtown-geneva-chocolate-break US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to arrive in Geneva on Friday to join international talks on Iran's disputed nuclear programme, fuelling hopes a historic deal may be in sight. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131108/kerrys-visit-to-geneva-fans-hopes-of-iran-deal Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:23:00 +0100 kerrys-visit-to-geneva-fans-hopes-of-iran-deal