Swiss Law Firms Are Quietly Tracing Stolen Crypto Through Hong Kong's AI Labs
Blockchain analysis for Swiss fraud cases is increasingly commissioned from Hong Kong, where AI tracing tools, common law courts and proximity to mainland China meet.
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International reporting with a Swiss angle, often from Geneva and Davos.
Monday, 5 October 2026
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Swiss Football Association Withdraws Its Support for Gianni Infantino
The SFA no longer backs the Swiss FIFA president's bid for another term, costing Infantino the support of his home federation.
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Geneva Hosts UN Climate Talks as Nations Debate Loss and Damage Fund
Representatives from 140 countries opened negotiations at the Palais des Nations, seeking rules for disbursing aid to climate-vulnerable regions.
Monday, 7 September 2026
Geneva Hotels Fill as Climate Delegates and UN Staff Overlap
The city is doing what it does in September: absorbing a second population of badges, interpreters and night meetings.
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Geneva's August Lull Ends as September Delegations Book Rooms
August is when Geneva almost remembers it is a lake town. September is when it remembers it is not.
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
Geneva Counts the Receipts After a Packed Health Fortnight
The badges leave. The overtime invoices stay.
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Geneva Hosts a Packed Health and Humanitarian Fortnight
The lake does not care about acronyms. The tram to Nations does.
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Geneva Hosts a Quiet Disarmament Week After the Ballot Noise
After a five-item Swiss Sunday, the Palais went back to the work that never appears on a cantonal poster.
Monday, 26 January 2026
Geneva's January Calendar Fills Before the Ski Week Is Over
Davos gets the cameras in January. Geneva gets the interpreters.
Friday, 23 January 2026
WEF Week Ends With Fewer Protesters Than the Fences Suggested
The helicopters left first. The concrete blocks will need a few more working days.
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Davos 2026: Swiss Officials Sell Predictability in a Loud Week
The official theme changes every year. The unofficial Swiss theme does not: do not scare the capital, and do not surprise Brussels.
Monday, 19 January 2026
Parmelin Opens a WEF Week Built on Bilateral Meetings
The host country's pitch does not change with the slogan on the backdrop: we are still here, and the trains still run.
Saturday, 17 January 2026
Davos Braces for WEF With Army Support and a Fenced Promenade
The fences went up before the name badges. That is how Davos measures the last weekend of ordinary winter.
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Geneva's Winter UN Calendar Crowds the Lakeshore Again
November is supposed to be quiet. International Geneva did not get the memo.
Thursday, 16 October 2025
Geneva Hotels Raise Weekday Rates as the Autumn Calendar Returns
The lull is over. The badge lanyards are back on the tram.
Friday, 22 August 2025
Palais des Nations Runs August on Duty Officers and Dust Sheets
August in this building is a rare unbooked corridor. The plants still get watered.
Thursday, 17 July 2025
International Geneva Hits Its July Lull and Hotels Cut Rates
July is when the city remembers it has a lake for residents, not only for badges.
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
WHO Pledging Night in Geneva Underscores a Thin Core Budget
The assembly's second political session was about money. The speeches were about health. Both can be true in the same room.
Monday, 19 May 2025
World Health Assembly Opens in Geneva Under a Tight Budget Cloud
The Palais and the WHO campus filled with delegations. The quiet question in the corridors was who still pays.
Monday, 14 April 2025
Spring Humanitarian Meetings Fill Geneva Between Easter and the Assembly
Easter has not yet emptied the city. The badge queues suggest it will not empty it after, either.
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Human Rights Council Brings February Traffic Back to the Palais
Carnival week in Basel is drums. February in Geneva is badge queues and a speaking clock.
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Swiss Trade Pitch Continues in Davos Side Rooms
The public programme is a stage. The Swiss work is a sequence of small rooms with bad coffee and a real agenda.
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Davos Opens With Swiss Hosts Pushing Trade Stability
Snow, security fences and a familiar argument: small open economies need rules that large ones do not rewrite every quarter.
Saturday, 18 January 2025
Davos Puts Up the WEF Fences Before the Delegates Arrive
The steel goes up before the name badges. For the valley that is the reliable sign that the week has started.