{"id":436263,"date":"2025-09-19T14:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/436263\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:24:44","slug":"callista-gingrich-confirmed-as-us-ambassador-to-switzerland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/436263\/","title":{"rendered":"Callista Gingrich confirmed as US ambassador to Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758281487_803_c1a65814d805fe47a9125bc9f48607d5b7bdc067-90030920.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"US Senate confirms ambassador for Switzerland\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                US Senate confirms ambassador for Switzerland            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<ul class=\"read-aloud\/track-selector__options\">\n<li>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        The US Senate has confirmed Callista Gingrich as ambassador to Switzerland. US President Donald Trump had already nominated the Republican for this post at the end of last year.\n<\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        September 19, 2025 &#8211; 08:25\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gingrich was confirmed along with a number of other candidates, as was reported on the US Senate website on Thursday night. In a vote, the Senate confirmed 48 nominations. This was first reported by the news agency Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/foreign-affairs\/swiss-diplomats-neutral-envoys-in-a-troubled-world\/89343821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">+ What Swiss diplomats do and how much they really earn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to Gingrich, the list also includes the new US ambassador to Sweden, Christine Toretti, and the new US ambassador to Argentina, Peter Lamelas. They were also nominated by Trump. According to the US authorities, they were confirmed by 51 votes to 47 with two abstentions.<\/p>\n<p>Translated from German by DeepL\/ts<\/p>\n<p>                How we work\u00a0            <\/p>\n<p>We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. A journalist then reviews the translation for clarity and accuracy before publication.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles. The news stories we select have been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team from news agencies such as Bloomberg or Keystone.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about how we work, write to us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/us-senate-confirms-ambassador-for-switzerland\/mailto:english@swissinfo.ch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">english@swissinfo.ch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/e6715d611e5f2a3d4d0cfbae5002954cb6ab6168-90033301.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"The Federal Council wants to save 2.4 billion by 2027\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss government wants to save CHF2.4 billion in 2027    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Sep 19, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                The Confederation will have to save CHF 2.4 billion in 2027 and CHF 3 billion in 2028 and 2029. The Federal Council submitted its proposal to Parliament on Friday. The Council of States will consider it in the winter session, and the National Council in the spring.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/the-federal-council-wants-to-save-2-4-billion-by-2027\/90033316?utm_source=multiple&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=news_en&amp;utm_content=o&amp;utm_term=wpblock_news\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Swiss government wants to save CHF2.4 billion in 2027<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b888d8c5e80e099af49c98691d45a56c0fdad913-90033227.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"The foundation stone for the future Blatten has been laid\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Landslide village: foundation stone laid for new Blatten    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Sep 19, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                Less than four months after the collapse of the Birch glacier, the municipality of Blatten has broken ground on the construction of a new village. The symbolic act took place on the scree covering the old buildings.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/the-foundation-stone-for-the-future-blatten-has-been-laid\/90033241?utm_source=multiple&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=news_en&amp;utm_content=o&amp;utm_term=wpblock_news\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Landslide village: foundation stone laid for new Blatten<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/97c50f6949deb539f8e2024d15e7b449da3216c1-90033421.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"SVP National Councillor Alfred Heer dies in Zurich\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss politician Alfred Heer dies    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Sep 19, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                Zurich politician Alfred Heer died unexpectedly on Thursday night. He was 63.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/svp-national-councillor-alfred-heer-dies-in-zurich\/90033564?utm_source=multiple&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=news_en&amp;utm_content=o&amp;utm_term=wpblock_news\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Swiss politician Alfred Heer dies<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/96a734d5bcd14d8cbdaa62f197db490c92578dfc-90032536.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"New-build flats in the Zurich area mainly go to locals\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        New-build flats in Zurich mainly go to locals not \u2018rich expats\u2019    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Sep 19, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                Most new-build flats in canton Zurich go to existing residents, not to so-called &#8220;rich expats&#8221;.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/new-build-flats-in-the-zurich-area-mainly-go-to-locals\/90032918?utm_source=multiple&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=news_en&amp;utm_content=o&amp;utm_term=wpblock_news\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: New-build flats in Zurich mainly go to locals not \u2018rich expats\u2019<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3b286305158583154426ceeaa926c222ebb1bc5c-90031670.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"'Without free movement you would work longer, retire late'\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Without free movement the Swiss would work longer and retire later, says EU ambassador    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Sep 19, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                Without free movement with the EU, the Swiss would be forced to work longer every day and would retire later, says Andreas K\u00fcnne, the new EU ambassador in Bern.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/without-free-movement-you-would-work-longer-retire-late\/90031976?utm_source=multiple&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=news_en&amp;utm_content=o&amp;utm_term=wpblock_news\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Without free movement the Swiss would work longer and retire later, says EU ambassador<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/73c0b23b4e453bd6eb44e3cb59393870f06dcdb6-90031859.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Pink October: being young and suffering from breast cancer\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Pink October: Geneva hospitals to raise awareness of breast cancer    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Sep 19, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                To mark Pink October, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) and its partners are mobilising to inform and raise awareness of breast cancer.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/pink-october-being-young-and-suffering-from-breast-cancer\/90031975?utm_source=multiple&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=news_en&amp;utm_content=o&amp;utm_term=wpblock_news\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Pink October: Geneva hospitals to raise awareness of breast cancer<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/d2c43e845132c3330c0493d8db54d4ee2b2f16f4-90028031.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Alpine cattle removals in Valais and Vaud cancelled or reduced\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Disease in France hits Swiss cattle drives    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Sep 19, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                Alpine cattle drives have had to be cancelled in many places in cantons Valais and Vaud this year due to the outbreak of lumpy-skin disease in France.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/alpine-cattle-removals-in-valais-and-vaud-cancelled-or-reduced\/90031249?utm_source=multiple&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=news_en&amp;utm_content=o&amp;utm_term=wpblock_news\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Disease in France hits Swiss cattle drives<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8f49cf12dd4ac897a0f84c82fef6cca715e083ab-90031918.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"The teaching of national languages must be regulated\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Young Swiss must learn second national language, says government    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Sep 19, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                Switzerland\u2019s 26 cantons could be obliged to continue teaching a second national language at primary level.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/the-teaching-of-national-languages-must-be-regulated\/90031978?utm_source=multiple&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=news_en&amp;utm_content=o&amp;utm_term=wpblock_news\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Young Swiss must learn second national language, says government<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4f0ceb29b334e34074671813be3cc65a8be92c53-90027283.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Baby hippopotamus born at Basel Zoo\" loading=\"lazy\" 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