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Who is Switzerland's new president for 2025? | #switzerland
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- Who is Switzerland's new president for 2025? | #switzerland
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- 0:41
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- 2 years ago
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- Meet this year's Swiss President, Karin Keller-Sutter. 🇨🇭
Visit swissinfo.ch to learn more about her life and career.
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- What makes a good peace deal?
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- 29:22
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- 2 years ago
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In this week’s Inside Geneva podcast episode, we ask: what makes a good peace agreement?
“Peace is not just a status. Peace is a process, and it’s a process that is part of politics in general,” says Laurent Goetschel from Swisspeace.
So, are quick peace deals possible?
“When someone says, ‘I want to have an agreement in 24 hours,’ my response as a professional is, ‘Okay. What are our ideas? What is possible right now? What is the most that can be made out of this possibility, if indeed it is a possibility?’” says Katia Papagianni from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.
Does peace mean more than just the end of fighting?
“Peace, meaning just the absence of war, can be the result of a negotiation, maybe even a short negotiation between powerful actors directly or indirectly involved in...
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- Police violence, inclusive road signs and Swiss defence minister resigns | 3 stories from 🇨🇭
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events.
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- Discovering what has been living in the Swiss glaciers all these years
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- 6:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Melting glaciers caused by global warming release largely unknown bacteria and viruses into the environment. These microorganisms could help us tackle some major global problems, from plastic pollution to antibiotic resistance. A research team from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) is looking for them for the first time in Swiss glaciers.
We accompanied the team at work on the Rhône glacier, to see how meltwater is filtered with a device they specifically developed for this environment. Later, we visited their laboratory near Zurich to find out what happened with the material they collected on the glacier.
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- Swiss man found dead in Iran, Credit Suisse Nazi ties, and Swiss army uniform cuts
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Here are three stories from Switzerland you shouldn’t have missed this week.
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- What does a Swiss-Canadian economist think about Trump's threats to absorb Canada?
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- With Trump announcing plans to raise tariffs on all imports from Canada, needling about it becoming the 51st US state, and Trudeau's resignation, all eyes are on Canada. 🇨🇦
We spoke to Swiss-Canadian economist Daniela Hauser, who said that “despite all the similarities with the US, we Canadians like to distance ourselves from our southern neighbour and define ourselves as ‘non-US’.”
But what about the similarities and differences between Canada and Switzerland? Watch this video to hear her insights.
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- Geneva and climate change, start local and change the world
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- 36:02
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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For our planet, each year brings new climate records, and they’re not good ones.
“We now know that 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record. At the same time, we have accumulated more CO2 than ever in the history of human life on Earth,” says Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization.
On Inside Geneva this week, we look at the damage from the perspective of United Nations (UN) aid agencies.
“Climate change is making us sick, and it’s making us sick because it’s increasing the possibility of having more infectious diseases and waterborne diseases like cholera. It’s also sometimes destroying the capacity to produce food,” says Maria Neira, Climate Change Director at the World Health Organization.
We also hear how aid agencies are trying to reduce their own carbon footprints....
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- Behind the scenes anecdote from our journalist Katy Romy
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Part of the job of being a journalist is getting out and about – sometimes in far-flung places, other times closer to home. This often means coming back not just with reportage material but with interesting or unexpected stories.
In this series of anecdotes, our federal politics reporter Katy Romy talks about the surprise ending of one of her interviews in Geneva.
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- Swiss Railways drops to 11th, voting behaviour linked to deaths, Rottweiler ban | 3 stories from🇨🇭
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- What do you think about this week's stories?
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- Behind the scenes anecdote from our journalist Emilie Ridard
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Part of the job of being a journalist is getting out and about – sometimes in far-flung places, other times closer to home. This often means coming back not just with reportage material but with interesting or unexpected stories.
In this series of anecdotes, our Swiss abroad reporter Emilie Ridard talks about the unusual taxi that took her back to her hotel in Cameroon.
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- Behind the scenes anecdote from our journalist Benjamin von Wyl
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Part of the job of being a journalist is getting out and about – sometimes in far-flung places, other times closer to home. This often means coming back not just with reportage material but with interesting or unexpected stories.
In this series of anecdotes, our direct democracy reporter Benjamin von Wyl talks about an interesting evening in a Moldovan restaurant.
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- Our journalists’ favourite Swiss stories of the year! #switzerland #journalism #journalist
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Are you curious to find out more? Follow the links to read our editors' recommendations:
How the Swiss help Madagascar’s cacao farmers confront climate change
► https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science/how-the-swiss-help-madagascars-cacao-farmers-confront-climate-change/87285113
From the cute to the horrific: Switzerland’s weirdest museums
► https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/from-the-cute-to-the-horrific-switzerlands-weirdest-museums/77796301
Heard the one about the Swiss company installing laugh detectors?
► https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-abroad/funny-business-laugh-detector-installed-at-swiss-company/87855142
Sanctions enforcement: Bern ‘cannot rule out’ Switzerland gets Russian gold via Central Asia
► https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/sanctions-enforcement-bern-cannot-rule-out-switzerland-gets-russian-gold-via-central-asia/88498901
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- Behind the scenes anecdote from our journalist Anand Chandrasekhar
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Part of the job of being a journalist is getting out and about – sometimes in far-flung places, other times closer to home. This often means coming back not just with reportage material but with interesting or unexpected stories.
In the second video of a series of anecdotes, Anand Chandrasekhar, our journalist covering food and agribusiness, shares how he got a nice surprise when visiting the Lindt chocolate factory in Olten, Switzerland.
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- Can the UN and international law survive?
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- 36:31
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- 2 years ago
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In 2024 there are more than 100 conflicts ongoing, worldwide. A record number of aid workers have been killed.
Tom Fletcher, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator: ‘It’s not just the ferocity of these conflicts, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Syria. It’s about that wilful neglect of international humanitarian law. And as a result we seem to have lost our anchor somehow. That scaffolding, that we felt was there, international humanitarian law that I was hoping we’d be taking for granted at this point, is shaking.’
Inside Geneva asks whether we have given up on international law.
Nico Krisch, Professor of International Law, Geneva Graduate Institute: If I see the Europeans talks about international law and the rules based order, but then keep supporting Israel in the face of the International Court of Justice - deliver weapons, not take part ...
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- Young Swiss voices: AI's impact on future careers | #switzerland #AI
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- AI tools like ChatGPT are already transforming the way we work. But are young people in Switzerland concerned about their future careers? 🤖
We hit the streets of Bern to see how young people feel about AI in their jobs. 🎤
Let us know what you think in the comments.
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- Swiss women’s pension age, best trains in Europe and ban on Hamas | 3 stories from #switzerland
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- What do you think about this week's stories? Let us know in the comments.
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- How the poorest country in Europe is integrating 120,000 Ukrainian refugees
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- 4:51
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- No country has taken in as many Ukrainian refugees relative to its population as the Republic of Moldova. International organisations play an important role in supporting Ukrainians there. SWI swissinfo.ch visited a Swiss Red Cross partner project in the north of the country.
Read more on this story on our website: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-affairs/how-the-poorest-country-in-europe-is-integrating-120000-ukrainian-refugees/88264422
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- Unveiling Ancient Life: Microorganisms in Melting Glaciers in Swiss Alps
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- This episode takes you to the Rhone glacier in the Swiss Alps, which is rapidly melting and releasing ancient microorganisms.
These microorganisms, which have been trapped in the ice for thousands of years, are now being studied by scientists from the Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape (WSL).
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Unveiling Ancient Life: Microorganisms in Melting Glaciers in Swiss Alps
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- 17:38
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- This episode takes listeners to the Rhone glacier in the Alps, which is rapidly melting and releasing ancient microorganisms. These microorganisms, which have been trapped in the ice for thousands of years, are now being studied by scientists from the Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape (WSL).
Journalists Céline Stegmüller and Luigi Jorio join the researchers on the glacier to observe their methods of collecting and analyzing these microorganisms. The team, led by Beat Frey, uses custom-made equipment to filter meltwater and capture bacteria, fungi, and viruses. The goal is to understand the diversity and potential applications of these microorganisms, which could include producing antibiotics or degrading plastics.
Read more about this story or other science stories from Switzerland please visit www.swissinfo.ch/science (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/science/) .
Journalists: Luigi Jorio (https://www.swissinfo.c...
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- how has the world changed in 2024? UN correspondents look back
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- 32:33
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- 2 years ago
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In this week’s Inside Geneva episode, UN correspondents in Geneva and New York look back at 2024.
Dorian Burkhalter, journalist, SWI swissinfo.ch: ‘Wars everywhere, climate change, deepening inequalities, AI…it’s just threats everywhere. But it just seems like the more global our problems are becoming, the weaker the UN is also becoming.’
But is the biggest event of the year the US election?
Nick Cumming-Bruce, contributor, New York Times: ‘It’s hard to top the US election because it’s already dominating the conversation on everything else that we’ve covered in 2024.’
What could an isolationist America first strategy mean for the UN, and for the multilateral system?
Dawn Clancy, UN correspondent, New York: ‘Pulling out of the Paris Agreement, or the WHO, threatening to c...
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- Cowbells, bigger army budget and Christmas spending: the three news stories from Switzerland
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Climate solution for the future: How to keep cities cool during heatwaves
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Over the past few weeks, snow has blanketed many parts of Switzerland, including Bern, where we record our science podcast, The Swiss Connection. ❄️🎙️
Even though it's full-on winter here, our latest episode is all about heat waves and climate change with our science journalist, Luigi Jorio.
Cities tend to get hotter than the countryside during a heatwave. So, what can be done about these urban heat traps? How can we make hot summers more bearable for city dwellers?
Listen to our podcast, or search for The Swiss Connection wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Climate solution for the future: How to keep cities cool during heatwaves
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- 18:24
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- 2 years ago
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- Cities tend to get hotter than the countryside when a heatwave hits. What can be done about these urban heat traps? How can hot summers be made more tolerable for city dwellers? SWI swissinfo.ch asked an expert at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich.
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Jounalist: Luigi Jorio (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/luigi-jorio/)
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- Putting the brakes on immigration in Switzerland
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The permanent resident population in Switzerland exceeded nine million people for the first time at the end of June this year. The next milestone, according to experts, is reaching the 10-million mark a few years from now. The rapid growth has positive aspects: the economy is flourishing. But the infrastructure is under heavy strain and housing is scarce and expensive. We take a closer look at political moves to address the issue of population growth in Switzerland.
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- Swiss rescued in Red Sea, policeman cleared of charges after death of black man and water on Mars
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- What do you think about this week's stories? Let us know in the comments below!
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- How a Swiss organisation is helping to break menstruation taboos in West Africa
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Every day, over 300 million girls and women around the world menstruate. However, in West Africa, the topic remains taboo, affecting girls' education and women's health. A Swiss organisation is working to change local attitudes towards menstruation.
Watch the full video to learn more.
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- Turning concrete into a carbon sink
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- 0:23
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Our latest episode of The Swiss Connection science podcast explores a groundbreaking Swiss innovation that could revolutionise the construction industry. Join us as we delve into Neustark's pioneering method of turning concrete waste into a carbon sink, permanently removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/episodes/16176016
#carboncapture #switzerland #climatechange
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- The rocky relationship between Switzerland and the European Union
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- 1:41
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- 2 years ago
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- Switzerland’s negotiations with the European Union could be close to being concluded. We take a closer look at why it has been so difficult to shake hands on the new bilateral agreements.
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- Turning concrete into a carbon sink: an innovative Swiss approach to decarbonizing the constructi...
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- 14:52
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- This episode explores a groundbreaking Swiss innovation that could revolutionise the construction industry. Join us as we delve into Neustark's pioneering method of turning concrete waste into a carbon sink, permanently removing CO2 from the atmosphere. Discover how this technology not only helps decarbonise the concrete industry but also increases the strength of concrete. We'll discuss the science behind the mineralisation process, the impact of Neustark's 22 operational plants in Switzerland and Germany, and their ambitious plans to scale up globally. Tune in to find out how Swiss ingenuity is paving the way for a more sustainable future in construction.
The video version of this episode (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-change/demolished-buildings-offer-new-home-for-co2-emissions/80645786) and other science stories from Switzerland is available at www.swissinfo.ch/science (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/science/) .
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- Swiss voters reject motorway expansion plans
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A majority of Swiss voters (52.7%) have rejected a CHF5 billion government plan to extend key stretches of the motorway network. SWI swissinfo.ch gathered voters' reactions in the capital Bern.
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- Why is Switzerland not in the EU?
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- 3:33
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Switzerland’s negotiations with the European Union could be close to being concluded. The Swiss government has now proposed a package of new and revised cooperation and market access agreements. But the EU deal faces stiff opposition from right and left-wing parties in Switzerland, who could organise referendums against any new legislation. This video takes a closer look at the complex relationship between the Alpine state and the EU.
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- Europe, the UN and the battle for human rights
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- 29:55
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- 2 years ago
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Is the world still committed to human rights? Our Inside Geneva podcast is in Strasbourg, where the Council of Europe is discussing how to defend the fundamental principles we agreed upon after the Second World War.
“We can’t just say, ‘Do it because it’s a human right’ or ‘Do it because it’s in a treaty.’ We have to demonstrate: ‘Do it, and this is how it will make your society better and stronger,’” says Michael O’Flaherty, Human Rights Commissioner at the Council of Europe.
With autocracies in Russia and China and uncertain times ahead in the US, can Europe hold the line?
“If Europe doesn’t get this right, I can guarantee you it will not be good for Europe. It will be worse in the rest of the world as well, so it’s a vicious spiral,” continues Peggy Hicks, UN Human Rights.
But even in Europe, the commitment to huma...
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- Switzerland now has a Professor of Gender Medicine. She’s here to stay.
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- We met Carolin Lerchenmüller in Zurich shortly after she was appointed Switzerland's first professor of gender medicine. She says it will take time to fully understand how and why women react differently to some diseases and treatments - but adds that that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
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- Switzerland rejects bigger motorways, Basel greenlights Eurovision credit
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Here are some highlights from today's votes in Switzerland, both at the national and cantonal level.
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- Here are three stories from Switzerland this week
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Young Swiss scientists boost rocket research
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Swiss students are propelling the future of space travel with innovative reusable rocket technology, putting Switzerland on the map in the global space race. In this episode of the Swiss Connection science podcast, SWI swissinfo.ch takes a closer look at their projects in northern and western Switzerland.
Visit SWI swissinfo.ch for more on these exciting rocket projects and a video on this story: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science/lift-off-swiss-students-build-next-gen-reusable-rockets/87695074
Please come to SWI swissinfo.ch for more of our science stories from Switzerland.
#rockets #switzerland #spacetechnology
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- Young Swiss scientists boost rocket research
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- 15:14
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Swiss students are propelling the future of space travel with innovative reusable rocket technology, putting Switzerland on the map in the global space race. SWI swissinfo.ch took a closer look at their projects in northern and western Switzerland.
Visit SWI swissinfo.ch for more on these exciting rocket projects and a video on this story. (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science/swiss-students-drive-rocket-research-forward/87620499) Please come to SWI swissinfo.ch for more of our science stories from Switzerland (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/science/) .
Jounalist: Christian Raaflaub (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/christian-raaflaub/)
Host: Jo Fahy (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/jo-fahy/)
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- Oleg Radzinsky: What is Putin afraid of?
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- 23:26
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- In April 2024, dissident and writer Oleg Radzinsky published his essay ‘So this is what they are afraid of’ in the Republic project. Radzinsky believes that regionalism can be a successful method of fighting Vladimir Putin's regime.
Contents of the Elena Servettaz interview:
00:00:00 Teaser for the episode
00:00:45 New hero of On The Record dissident and writer Oleg Radzinsky
00:02:47 I am not an opposition politician
00:06:16 Non-participation
00:07:06 On the struggle and Russian literature that urges to action
00:09:52 It's easy to be a dissident in Switzerland.
00:10:57 What is Putin afraid of?
00:13:52 The Russian opposition doesn't want Russia to disintegrate.
00:15:52 The pros of Switzerland
00:22:29 Is it forever to be a slave?
Video by: Elena Servettaz and Carlo Pisani
Original idea OnTheRecord: Elena Servettaz
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- Why Swiss scientists want to find ice on comets | Listen to our #podcast The Swiss Connection
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Using a new type of instrument, two astrophysicists from the University of Bern hope to get a little closer to unravelling the mystery of the solar system's origins. They believe the key to this lies in the ice that can occur in a dust layer on comets.
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- Here's why this Swiss mountain village faces another huge landslide | #switzerland #landslide
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Swiss village of Brienz/Brinzauls in eastern Switzerland is again threatened by the collapse of a mountain that looms overhead. Movements in the scree slope above Brienz in canton Graubünden have accelerated sharply in recent weeks. All 100 residents are being evacuated. Brienz was evacuated once before in 2023, because of the threat of a landslide. You can read more about the dangers the villagers face on swissinfo.ch.
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- Swiss mountain village faces another huge landslide
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Swiss village of Brienz/Brinzauls in eastern Switzerland is again threatened by the collapse of a mountain that looms overhead. Movements in the scree slope above Brienz in canton Graubünden have accelerated sharply in recent weeks. All 100 residents are being evacuated. Brienz was evacuated once before in 2023, because of the threat of a landslide. You can read more about the dangers the villagers face on SWI swissinfo.ch.
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swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events.
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- Could Switzerland’s most precious archaeological treasure be someone other than Marcus Aurelius?
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The gold bust of Marcus Aurelius is the most precious and best-known object in Swiss archaeology. But while its value is hardly in dispute, the same cannot be said of its subject’s identity. According to a new theory, the bust does not represent an illustrious Roman emperor, but an obscure Gallic usurper.
Visit swissinfo.ch to find out more.
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For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our YouTube channel.
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- Schoolkids ready for Moldova’s democracy – with Swiss help
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- 2:46
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A popular subject in Moldova schools is Education for Society. It is a prime example of progressive pedagogy and receives a major part of its funding from Swiss sources. SWI swissinfo.ch visited a Russian- and a Romanian-language school to see how it works.
Read more on this story on our website: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/democracy/schoolkids-ready-for-moldovas-democracy-with-swiss-help/87739122
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- Inside Geneva goes to New York: what really happens at the UN?
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- 29:49
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/915097/fan_mail/new)
This week Inside Geneva goes to New York. The United Nations (UN) General Assembly is hearing multiple reports of serious human rights violations.
“I think it’s more difficult to get the human rights message [across] here in New York at the General Assembly. But hopefully we will be heard,” says Mariana Katzarova, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Russia.
Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan are on the agenda. But so is the situation of human rights groups inside Russia.
“The situation with political prisoners in Russia today is no longer a crisis, it’s a catastrophe. We now have more political prisoners in Russia alone than there were in the whole of the Soviet Union, so that’s 15 countries put together,” says Vladimir Kara-Murza, a former political prisoner.
In Geneva, the Human Rights Council can ord...
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- Why Swiss scientists want to find ice on comets
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- 14:22
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Using a new type of instrument, two astrophysicists from the University of Bern hope to get a little closer to unravelling the mystery of the solar system's origins. They believe the key to this lies in the ice that can occur in a dust layer on comets.
Please visit SWI swissinfo.ch for more information about this research and a video about ice on comets. (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science/why-do-two-swiss-researchers-want-to-find-ice-on-comets/84717866) Please come to SWI swissinfo.ch for more of our science stories from Switzerland (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/science/) .
Jounalist: Christian Raaflaub (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/christian-raaflaub/)
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- Face covering ban in Switzerland, Trump’s victory and hotter mountains | Three stories from 🇨🇭
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Let us know what you think about this week’s stories!
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- Herwig Schopper, Former CERN head has served science and peace for 100 years
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- 18:22
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Swissinfo talks to Herwig Schopper, former CERN director, the grandfather of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, who helped promote peace through a Middle Eastern science hub and has his qualms about the Nobel Prize. If Herwig Schopper has learned anything during his 100 years on Earth, it’s that breakthroughs only happen when we work together.
Please read here this interview and the full biography of Herwig Schopper (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science/former-cern-head-has-served-science-and-peace-for-100-years/73721175) , and please come to Swissinfo.ch for more of our science stories from Switzerland (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/science/) .
Jounalist: Zeno Zoccatelli (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/zeno-zoccatelli/)
Host: Jo Fahy (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/jo-fahy/)
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- Does Switzerland need bigger motorways?
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- The Swiss are about to vote on a government plan to expand six stretches of the country’s A1 motorway. Right-wing politicians and an employer's organisation support the plan, saying there is too much congestion on the motorways, which harms the economy. Environmental organisations organised a referendum against expansion, which they believe will lead to more traffic. They think the budget would be better spent expanding the train network. Alexandra Andrist visited a stretch of the A1 earmarked for expansion.
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- Election Day in the US: what do Americans in Switzerland think about political polarisation?🇺🇸🇨🇭
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A divided nation goes to the polls today.
As we wait to find out if Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be the next US President, here’s a snippet from an interview we did over the summer. We asked Americans living in Switzerland what they think about the polarised political climate back home.
Check out SWI swissinfo.ch to read more about this and what a Trump or Harris administration could mean for Switzerland.
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swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events.
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- Swiss model accuses Trump of sexual assault, US sanctions Swiss lawyers, new Swiss banknotes
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Visit SWI swissinfo.ch to read more about these stories. 🗞️
