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 Switzerland should consider a more flexible approach to its military neutrality and seek closer defence cooperation with NATO and the European Union, a major security commission concluded Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20240829/neutrality-must-be-revised-swiss-urged-to-be-closer-to-nato Thu, 29 Aug 2024 19:27:33 +0200 neutrality-must-be-revised-swiss-urged-to-be-closer-to-nato Switzerland’s security policy is increasingly at the centre of a heated debate in the country's political circles, and it will continue to be so in the future, including a closer cooperation with NATO military alliance. https://www.thelocal.ch/20230323/why-is-switzerland-trying-to-get-closer-to-nato Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:41:45 +0100 why-is-switzerland-trying-to-get-closer-to-nato A year after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a majority in Switzerland now support closer ties with NATO, the government said Thursday -- a first in the country known for military neutrality. https://www.thelocal.ch/20230317/neutrality-majority-of-swiss-now-back-closer-ties-with-nato Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:50:58 +0100 neutrality-majority-of-swiss-now-back-closer-ties-with-nato NATO's latest expansion momentarily got really interesting with even Switzerland about to join -- at least for a second in a Joe Biden verbal slip Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20220701/biden-accidentally-congratulates-switzerland-on-joining-nato Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:01:36 +0200 biden-accidentally-congratulates-switzerland-on-joining-nato A band of 50 partially masked protestors smashed windows and ignited fire crackers on Thursday night to protest a visit to the University of Zurich by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121123/protesters-smash-glass-as-nato-chief-visits-zurich Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:56:00 +0100 protesters-smash-glass-as-nato-chief-visits-zurich