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Flights grounded at Geneva airport due to staff industrial action
Jun 30, 2023 13:50Flights have been canceled at Geneva Airport (GVA) as its staff extended their industrial action in protest to a salary freeze.
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Unilateral sanctions hamper women’s empowerment, Iranian official warns
Jun 24, 2023 12:15Director General for International Affairs of Iran’s Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs, Khadijeh Karimi, says unilateral Western sanctions and coercive, unlawful measures hinder the empowerment, growth and prosperity of women in various spheres.
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FM: JCPOA status quo, product of US policies, miscalculations
Feb 28, 2023 16:52Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has blamed the United States for the stalemate in talks aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saying the current situation is due to Washington’s policies and miscalculations.
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More than 1,000 line up for food in rich Geneva amid virus shutdown
May 10, 2020 10:34More than 1,000 people lined up on Saturday to get free food parcels in Geneva, underscoring the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the working poor and undocumented immigrants even in wealthy Switzerland.
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Climate protesters block Geneva's private jet terminal
Nov 17, 2019 07:12Dozens of climate change activists peacefully locked Geneva airport's private jet terminal on Saturday, November 16.
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'Yellow Vests' rally in front of UN office in Geneva
Feb 20, 2019 19:01Around a thousand 'Yellow Vest' protesters from France and Switzerland gathered in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to denounce the violence of the French police during Yellow Vest demonstrations.
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UN envoy discusses new Syria constitution body with Iran, Turkey, Russia FMs
Dec 18, 2018 17:34The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey have held talks with the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on the composition of a Syrian constitutional committee.
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Syrian government delegation returns to UN-brokered Geneva peace talks
Dec 10, 2017 16:38The Syrian government’s delegation has returned to Geneva in a bid to resume the UN-organized peace talks for Syria with the representatives of the foreign-backed opposition groups, more than a week after Damascus left the negotiations, arguing that the other side had made the road to peace impassable.
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Geneva hosting new round of Syria peace talks
Jul 10, 2017 14:00Delegates have gathered in the Swiss city of Geneva for a fresh round of talks aimed at ending the conflict in Syria.