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His father Luigi Cassis was a farmer; and his grandfather an Italian immigrant who settled in a village near the border in Ticino.“If you grow up with three sisters and one bathroom, you learn how to ...

In a meeting with the governor of Isfahan on Saturday, Ignazio Cassis said, "Tomorrow in Tehran, in an official meeting, we will commemorate the 100 years of joint diplomatic activity between Iran and ...

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GENEVAGENEVA — Switzerland’s parliament on Wednesday selected Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis to become the rich Alpine country’s next president on New Year’s Day. The choice of Cassis, 60, was ...

Former Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis assumed the presidential post Saturday in a country that has a rotating presidency. Cassis took over from Guy Parmelin on Friday via phone, government ...

Switzerland’s new foreign minister said the international community should decide whether the UN refugee agency for Palestinians has become a “state within a state,” and questioned whether the Swiss ...

The Swiss government has won broad support from groups consulted over a new agreement to deepen ties with the European Union, ...

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is fueling “unrealistic” hopes of return after 70 years and is therefore helping keep the Israeli-Palestinian conflict alive, Switzerland’s foreign minister said ...

In South Africa, Mr Cassis will meet with Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Zweli Mkhize andMinister of ...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis was elected by parliament on Wednesday as the country’s next president, set to lead in 2022 amid deepening tensions over the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.