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How Switzerland got caught in the Magnitsky case – again
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- How Switzerland got caught in the Magnitsky case – again
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- 1:46
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- 3 months ago
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- Switzerland’s handling of the Magnitsky case is once again under international scrutiny. A new report by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) raises concerns about how Swiss authorities dealt with one of the most high-profile money laundering cases linked to the $230 million Russian tax fraud.
Today, PACE is expected to vote on a resolution critical of Switzerland’s handling of the Magnitsky affair. You can read all about it here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-position/how-switzerland-got-caught-in-the-magnitsky-case-again/91255290
And against this backdrop, millions linked to the Magnitsky case have left Switzerland. Our investigation shows that at least CHF6 million was transferred from UBS accounts to Israel and Armenia, just weeks after a Swiss court ruling that could have led to a larger confiscation.
We analysed all the records and traced where the money went. The key question remains: why were the funds not ...
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- ‘No to ten million’ vote – should Switzerland cap its population?
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- 1:00
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- 3 months ago
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- On June 14, Swiss voters will head to the polls to decide on the “No to ten million” initiative, which seeks to cap immigration. What impact would such a restriction have on the country?
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- Swiss police must disclose offenders’ nationality
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Should the police disclose the nationalities of those arrested, suspect, perpetrators, and victims?
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- Hockey coach sacked, an app prescribed by doctors, new rules for foreigners in Swiss housing market
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Here are the three news stories from Switzerland you shouldn't have missed this week.
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- Eierläset: when spring triumphs over winter in Swiss villages
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- 2:41
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- 3 months ago
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- When spring is just around the corner, winter is driven away in many places around the world. In northwestern Switzerland a special custom is practised: the Eierläset. Eggs take centre stage, but every village celebrates this ancient fertility custom a little differently: from sporty to very boisterous.
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- Swiss woman prosecuted for importing pink water pistol
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- A Swiss woman was hit with a five-day suspended prison sentence for importing a pink water pistol to go with her intended carnival outfit.
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- Can the UN survive?
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- 39:52
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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On Inside Geneva this week, we ask: in a world of violent conflict, is the UN – which was founded to keep the peace – doing its job?
“On many fronts the UN is doing indispensable work every day, bringing food to hungry people and ensuring practical standards for how we cooperate on the planet. Most countries follow the UN’s rules and principles on an everyday basis, so not too bad. [Former UN Secretary-General] Dag Hammarskjöld said that the UN was not made to take us to heaven, but to prevent us from going to hell, and that’s still true: after 1945 there have been no new world wars,” says Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.
But with the big powers causing conflict, does the UN need a different structure?
“It’s worth remembering that when the UN Charter was adopted in 1945, 50 countries were present at the table, ...
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- Switzerland builds world’s most powerful redox-flow battery
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- 1:39
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- 4 months ago
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- A Swiss firm is constructing what it claims is the world’s most powerful redox‑flow battery, designed to store vast amounts of renewable energy and help stabilise both the Swiss and European power grids.
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- Israel’s death penalty, domestic violence hotline and a wealthy family’s donation plans
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- What do you think about this week's stories? Let us know in the comments.
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- Swiss mountain crack grows after extreme rainfall #switzerland
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- A 250-metre-long crack on a Valais mountainside has become a stark sign of the Alps’ growing vulnerability to extreme rainfall. The widening crack in the mountain has raised concerns of a potential landslide, and of extreme flooding in a nearby village.
Read more: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-adaptation/swiss-mountain-crack-grows-after-extreme-rainfall/91194503
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- Tracing roots back to a Swiss witch trial
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Tammy Mackenzie travelled from Canada to Glarus, Switzerland, to see where her maternal grandmother had emigrated from.
Walking through town, she recognises the background in her grandmother’s pictures, unexpectedly meets her relatives, and explains how the small Swiss village connects to her values today.
While visiting the local Anna Göldi museum, she was able to confirm her family link to the accuser of the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Europe.
Visit Swissinfo to read her story: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-abroad-community/tracing-roots-back-to-a-swiss-witch-trial/91094247
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- How the humble cocoa bean gets turned into chocolate and money
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Easter is often synonymous with chocolate in Switzerland. But do you know how the humble cocoa bean is transformed into a delicious bar? 🍫
The chocolate supply chain is complicated with many intermediaries from bean to bar. Those at the bottom of the chain get the least while those at the top make the most money. It doesn't have to be this way.
Visit Swissinfo to find out why.
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- Inside Geneva: women in peace
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- 24:33
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- 4 months ago
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On Inside Geneva this week: who are the peacemakers?
“Women are completely absent in high-level politics and from high-level peacemaking at the moment. However, this is only the visible part. Our focus has been so much on US President Donald Trump,” says Sara Hellmüller, professor of International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
Two peace experts, both women, give us their take.
“Traditionally, we have seen a low representation of women as mediators. There is a systemic issue inherent in how we understand peace processes, in which women are excluded,” says Hiba Qasas, executive director of the Principles for Peace organisation.
Can a few men in suits create real sustainable peace? Is there a role for women?
“Women are still working for peace every day in different conflict co...
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- How Swiss support is helping Benin’s women use shea butter to resist terrorism
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Since early 2021, the Swiss organisation Brücke Le Pont has been working with local partners in northern Benin to support 3,600 women in building up their shea butter businesses.
Visit Swissinfo to find out how producing shea butter is helping to strengthen communities and resist terrorism in the region.
#switzerland #swiss #benin #women #sheabutter
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- Truth or tale: can any foreigner place millions at a Swiss bank?
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Scandals featuring foreign despots hiding assets in Switzerland have prompted some of you to ask if it is true that anyone can place huge sums of money in the country’s financial institutions.
Visit Swissinfo to read more.
#switzerland #swiss #swissbanks #banks #money
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- Building a Swiss FabLab: the future of Switzerland’s semiconductor strategy
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- 0:39
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- 4 months ago
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- In the latest episode of The Swiss Connection science podcast, we're digging into the push to create a Swiss FabLab, a shared chip fabrication laboratory that brings public research and private industry together under the Swiss Chip Alliance.
Our host JO Fahy is joined by Swissinfo.ch's business and tech specialist Matthew Allen to unpack what’s being proposed near Zurich, why it’s still at the conceptual phase, and what it could mean for Switzerland's semiconductor industry as global investment surges.
Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts.
#switzerland #swiss #semiconductors #lab #chips
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- Building a Swiss FabLab: the future of Switzerland’s semiconductor strategy
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- 18:31
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- 4 months ago
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In this episode of The Swiss Connection science podcast, we're digging into the push to create a Swiss FabLab, a shared chip fabrication laboratory that brings public research and private industry together under the Swiss Chip Alliance. Our host Jo Fahy is joined by swissinfo.ch's business and tech specialist Matthew Allen to unpack what’s being proposed near Zurich, why it’s still at the conceptual phase, and what it could mean for Switzerland's semiconductor industry as global investment surges.
You can read more about the Swiss semiconductor industry here (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-ai/chip-making-factory-aims-to-boost-swiss-semiconductor-industry/89653363) .
Journalist: Matthew Allen (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/matthew-allen/)
Host: Jo Fahy (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/jo-fahy/)
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- We travelled from Switzerland to Denmark by train – the journey took 24 hours
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- After the Swiss parliament cut funding for a Basel to Malmö night train, Swissinfo journalist Kristian Brandt tried a similar route with his daughter. What followed was a day-long journey that shows the pluses, minuses and new opportunities for this alternative to flying.
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- Cable car crash, double surnames comeback and big bucks for quitting your job
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- What do you think about this week's stories from Switzerland? Let us know in the comments.
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- Could direct democracy trip up Swiss trade deals?
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- As global trade rules fray, countries are scrambling to shore up export markets and diversify partners. For highly globalised, export-dependent Switzerland, there could be an added complication: the ballot box.
Visit Swissinfo to read more about this.
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- What it takes for a referendum to be fair
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Popular votes are held not only in democracies such as Switzerland, but also in semi-democratic and authoritarian countries. Can such referendums ever be fair?
Visit Swissinfo to read the full article.
#switzerlandshorts #swiss #referendum #vote #democracy
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- Climate solution series: how Bangladesh adapts to erosion, floods and rising seas
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Where do people go when the water takes their land? Guided by a three-year ETH Zurich study and first-hand voices, we trace a pattern that defies the headlines: most climate migration is short and local, driven by community ties, scarce resources, and the will to stay near what remains.
Listen to the full episode to find out more about the climate challenges in Bangladesh.
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- Inside Geneva: Myanmar, women and justice
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- 30:45
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- 4 months ago
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On Inside Geneva this week, we look at women fighting for justice.
In 2017, Myanmar’s military launched an assault on the Rohingya population. Almost a million were displaced, there were reports of horrific violations: rape, the murder of children, including babies.
“The accounts that affected me most are those of children. Now I’m a grandfather, I sit there and listen and I think of my own kids when they were young and my grandkids now. How can you not?,” says Chris Sidoti from the Myanmar fact-finding mission.
The UN investigators who documented the evidence were shocked, but feared there would be no accountability.
“They asked me for justice and when I asked them 'why are you here, why have you been waiting all day in the camps', many of them were not able to walk, they had not eaten and they wanted justice. ...
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- How Bangladesh adapts to erosion, floods, and rising seas
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- 24:59
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- 4 months ago
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Where do people go when the water takes their land? Guided by a three-year ETH Zurich study and first-hand voices, we trace a pattern that defies the headlines: most climate migration is short and local, driven by community ties, scarce resources, and the will to stay near what remains.
If you would like to find out more about the climate challenges in Bangladesh (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-diplomacy/bangladesh-sheds-light-on-climate-change-migration-patterns/88942372) and read the collection on climate solutions (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/climate-adaptation/) , and more stories, please visit Swissinfo Science (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/glaciers-permafrost/) .
Journalist: Giannis Mavris (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/giannis-mavris/)
Host: Jo Fahy (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/a...
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- Climate Solution Series: How does Switzerland deal with the food waste problem?
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- A black bin bag can tell you a lot about a country. We follow the trail from Swiss kitchen cupboards to national targets and discover why one of Europe’s wealthiest nations still throws away so much edible food, and what it will actually take to change that.
With fresh data, on‑the‑ground audits and candid insights from practitioners, we unpack the gap between lofty climate goals and everyday habits. We also explain why households remain the biggest lever for meaningful climate impact.
Search for The Swiss Connection wherever you get your podcasts.
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- How does Switzerland deal with the food waste problem?
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- 16:02
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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A bin bag can tell you a lot about a country. We follow the trail of rubbish from Swiss kitchen cupboards and discover why one of Europe’s wealthiest nations still throws away so much edible food. With fresh data, on‑the‑ground auditing, and candid insights from practitioners, we break down the gap between lofty goals and everyday habits, and why households remain the biggest lever for climate impact.
If you would like to see a video and read about the topic of the food waste in Switzerland (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-adaptation/why-the-swiss-waste-more-food-than-they-think/90658815) and read the collection on climate solutions (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/climate-adaptation/) , and more stories, please visit Swissinfo Science (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/glaciers-permafrost/) .
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- Switzerland unveils the world’s first e‑skis
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- 2:45
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- It might sound like an April Fool’s gag, but a Swiss company is very serious about its e-skis – the world’s first battery-powered skis.
Visit Swissinfo to find out exactly how these e-skis work and what critics have to say.
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- Swiss voters reject media licence fee cut and back individual taxation for spouses
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Visit Swissinfo to read more about the four votes.
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- Swiss votes March 8, 2026 #switzerland
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Swiss voters have clearly rejected a reduction in radio and TV licence fees to 200 francs.
What do opponents and supporters of the initiative say about the result?
We gathered their reactions.
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- Does infant formula have too many ingredients?
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Several countries across Europe, including in Switzerland, have reported illnesses that may be linked to toxic contamination in infant formula, following a series of major recalls.
Swiss manufacturers Nestlé and Hochdorf are among those involved, alongside the French companies Danone, Lactalis and Vitagermine.
What is behind this wave of recalls? And could the race to replicate breast milk be increasing the risk of contamination?
Visit Swissinfo to find out.
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- Living On 2,000 Watts: How A Neighbourhood Proves Low Energy Can Still Feel Like A Good Life
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- What does a good life look like when you cap your energy use at 2,000 watts?
In the latest episode of our science podcast, The Swiss Connection, we take you inside Zurich’s Hunziker Areal, a car‑free, cooperative neighbourhood turning a bold climate target into daily routines that actually feel good.
From shared workshops and tool libraries to efficient buildings and smart mobility, we unpack how design and community can shrink footprints while expanding comfort, connection, and choice.
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- Inside Geneva: what justice means for women in Afghanistan
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- 30:18
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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In August 2021, the Taliban took back control in Afghanistan. Women face unprecedented repression.
They can’t go to school or work; public parks are banned to them; they are not allowed to speak or sing too loudly. Are we turning away?
“This is the time for the international community and for other countries, especially the EU, to step in and to make sure they respond to the crisis in Afghanistan and stand with the women of Afghanistan and to do everything they can to protect their rights,” says Fereshta Abbasi, from Human Rights Watch.
Diplomats in Geneva have backed a powerful UN fact-finding mission for Afghanistan.
“As an ambassador, and as a woman, [I know that] women have fought for decades if not centuries for their rights, and I also personally do not want to see a back-peddling on those rights that we, ...
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- A Swiss community living on 2,000 watts
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- 24:52
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- 5 months ago
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What does a good life look like when you cap your energy use at 2,000 watts? We take you inside Zurich’s "Hunziker Areal", a car‑free, cooperative neighbourhood turning a bold climate target into liveable daily routines. From shared workshops and tool libraries to efficient buildings and smart mobility, we unpack how design and community can shrink environmental impact while expanding comfort, connection, and choice.
If you would like to see the a video of the Hunziker Areal (https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/klimaanpassung/wie-sieht-das-leben-im-2000-watt-experiment-aus-einblicke-in-das-hunziker-areal-in-z%C3%BCrich/90383911) and read the collection on climate solutions (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/climate-adaptation/) , or to discover more stories, please visit Swissinfo Science (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/glaciers-permafrost/) .
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- How the Swiss franc became one of the world’s most trusted currencies #switzerland
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- 2:14
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- From the monetary chaos of the 19th century to its status today as a global safe haven, this is the story of how the Swiss franc emerged and why it inspires such confidence.
Read more here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/history/how-the-swiss-franc-became-one-of-the-worlds-most-trusted-currencies/90960904
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- Rare Diseases: What They Are and Why Pharma Companies Aren’t Funding Treatments
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- 1:31
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- 5 months ago
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- Today is World Rare Disease Day.
Some 300 million people in the world have a rare disease but taken individually, each disease has very few patients. In Switzerland, some 500,000 people in a population of nine million are said to have a rare disease.
Only 5% of these conditions have a treatment. Many pharmaceutical companies are hesitant to invest in developing new therapies because the small patient numbers make it difficult to recover their costs.
Ignored by the pharma industry, a growing number of parents are taking drug development for their children’s ultra-rare diseases into their own hands.
Visit Swissinfo to read about one Swiss couple who share what it takes to keep hope alive.
#RareDiseaseDay #RareDiseases #RareDiseaseAwareness #PatientAdvocacy #Switzerland #Swiss
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- Swiss doctor dies after 17 years without leave, Venezuela assets frozen and Geneva peace talks
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Visit Swissinfo to read the latest from Switzerland.
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- Unlocking The Mid‑Pleistocene: What Antarctic Ice Reveals About CO2 And Climate Shifts
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- We follow the 2,800-meter Antarctic ice core from Little Dome C to a -50°C lab in University of Bern, tracing how scientists extract ancient air to probe the Mid-Pleistocene transition and the limits of abrupt climate change. The story links field grit, laser sublimation, and CO2 records to the risks facing modern societies.
If you would like to see the Antarctic ice in a video and read the collection on this topic, and more stories, please visit Swissinfo Science.
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- What does Antarctic ice reveal about CO2 and climate shifts?
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- 27:25
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- 5 months ago
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We follow the 2,800-meter Antarctic ice core from Little Dome C to a -50°C lab in University of Bern, tracing how scientists extract ancient air to probe the Mid-Pleistocene transition and the limits of abrupt climate change. The story links field grit, laser sublimation, and CO2 records to the risks facing modern societies.
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- Overcrowded prisons, discounted meds and links between tobacco industry and Swiss universities
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- An investigation by a Swiss NGO has revealed links between the tobacco industry and several Swiss universities. Meanwhile, the Swiss parliament is discussing discounts on top seller drugs to bring down healthcare costs, and prisons all over the country are overcrowded.
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- Why parliamentary independence matters in North Macedonia
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- The support for North Macedonia’s parliament is a flagship project of Swiss democracy promotion.
Switzerland’s official strategy describes it as 15 years of strengthening “administrative capacities and processes”. But what does this actually look like on the ground?
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- Could a Danish‑Style Sperm Donor Scandal Happen in Switzerland?
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Recently, the news emerged that a sperm donor in Denmark carrying a cancer-causing gene had conceived almost 200 children...Could something like that happen in Switzerland?
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- Quagga mussel: An Invasive Species Is Rewriting Switzerland’s Waterscape
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- A fingernail‑sized invader is transforming Swiss lakes and the cost of clean water.
In the latest episode of our podcast The Swiss Connection, we track the quagga mussel from its arrival in the Rhine to its rapid spread through deep Swiss basins-stripping plankton, stressing fisheries and clogging water infrastructure.
Researchers from Eawag and the University of Konstanz explain the biology behind its takeover and what global case studies reveal about long‑term impacts.
Visit Swissinfo to read more on this story on Quagga mussels and science.
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- What’s our problem with immigration?
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- 31:36
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- 5 months ago
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On Inside Geneva this week, we unpick the divisive topic of migration and asylum. Why are some countries closing their doors?
“In Europe we are seeing one country after another erect barbed wire around their country and around a continent,” says Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
When does restricting immigration turn into human rights violation?
“We believe it’s within the rights of any government to set immigration policies that they believe make sense for their country and electorate. But setting lawful immigration policies does not mean that you have the right to mistreat migrants,” says Philippe Bolopion, executive director at Human Rights Watch.
Is immigration really a threat to our jobs or services?
“Overall, most studies are clear that migrant workers a...
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- A new season of the Swiss Connection Science podcast is out now.
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- 0:52
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- 5 months ago
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An original SWI swissinfo.ch (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng) trilingual podcast series in collaboration with Piz Gloria Productions, Futur Proche and Studio Ochenta.
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- Invasive Quagga mussel Is Rewriting Switzerland’s Waterscape
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- 13:32
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- 5 months ago
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A fingernail‑sized invader is transforming Swiss lakes and the cost of clean water. In this episode, we track the quagga mussel from its arrival in the Rhine to its rapid spread through deep Swiss basins—stripping plankton, stressing fisheries, and clogging water infrastructure. Researchers from Eawag and the University of Konstanz explain the biology behind its takeover and what global case studies reveal about long‑term impacts.
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- Title
- Swiss Vote Explained: Why the Media Licence Fee Could Be Cut
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- On March 8, the Swiss will vote on an initiative that wants to almost halve the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC)’s television and radio licence fee for households and exempt companies from paying it.
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- Epstein links in Switzerland, exploited worker’s deportation threat, a carnival water pistol seized
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Here are three stories from Switzerland you might have missed this week.
Visit Swissinfo to read the latest.
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- Truth or tale: Does Switzerland have strict laws on naming children?
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A reader asked whether Switzerland has particularly strict laws on naming children compared to other countries. The answer: it’s complicated.
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- Switzerland Votes on Climate Fund to Expand Renewable Energy and Protect Biodiversity
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A share of Switzerland’s wealth to protect the climate and nature?
A popular initiative wants to set up a federal fund to speed up the roll‑out of renewable energy and safeguard the country’s biodiversity. Critics say Switzerland is already doing its part for the climate and warn that the plan would drive public spending too high. Voters will have their say on March 8.
Visit Swissinfo to read more about the vote.
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- How AI is used in diagnostics
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Medical experts now use artificial intelligence to help them diagnose and monitor diseases. But does this mean AI will replace doctors?
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