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Parks flooded by Lake Maggiore
Tuesday, 21 May, 2013The sunny canton of Ticino has had higher than normal rainfall and very high levels in its rivers and lakes. These include the Maggia, Ticino and Tresa rivers, and the picturesque Lake Maggiore. Weather experts say the lake briefly went above 195 metres above sea level, overflowing and flooding parks close to the centre of Locarno. To hear more, WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to ourTicino correspondent, Nicole della Pietra:
Tuesday, 21 May, 2013The sunny canton of Ticino has had higher than normal rainfall and very high levels in its rivers and lakes. These include the Maggia, Ticino and Tresa rivers, and the picturesque Lake Maggiore. Weather experts say the lake briefly went above 195 metres above sea level, overflowing and flooding parks close to the centre of Locarno. To hear more, WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to ourTicino correspondent, Nicole della Pietra:
Fans, cowbells celebrate Swiss hockey silver
Monday, 20 May, 2013The Swiss national ice hockey team touched down at Zurich airport this afternoon, after making it to yesterday’s world championship final in Sweden. They missed out on the title, but come home silver medal winners. WRS’s Jo Fahy was there to meet them at the airport:
Monday, 20 May, 2013The Swiss national ice hockey team touched down at Zurich airport this afternoon, after making it to yesterday’s world championship final in Sweden. They missed out on the title, but come home silver medal winners. WRS’s Jo Fahy was there to meet them at the airport:
Swiss corporate tax strategy 'makes sense'
Monday, 20 May, 2013How does Switzerland keep multinational companies on Swiss soil while also appeasing Brussels on what the European Union deems fair corporate tax policies? WRS’s Alex Helmick talks Robert Danon, professor of tax law at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne:
Monday, 20 May, 2013How does Switzerland keep multinational companies on Swiss soil while also appeasing Brussels on what the European Union deems fair corporate tax policies? WRS’s Alex Helmick talks Robert Danon, professor of tax law at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne:
Natural disasters cost $2.5 trillion
Monday, 20 May, 2013Direct economic losses from natural disasters have cost the global economy $2.5 trillion since the turn of the century. That’s the estimate of the latest global assessment report on disaster risk reduction. Last week UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, “economic losses from disasters are out of control.” WRS’s Pete Forster asked Marghareta Wahlstrom, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction about that statement:
Monday, 20 May, 2013Direct economic losses from natural disasters have cost the global economy $2.5 trillion since the turn of the century. That’s the estimate of the latest global assessment report on disaster risk reduction. Last week UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, “economic losses from disasters are out of control.” WRS’s Pete Forster asked Marghareta Wahlstrom, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction about that statement:
Anxiety rises over Swiss-EU talks
Monday, 20 May, 2013Swiss-EU bilateral accords are back on the table, including the issue of automatic exchange of information. WRS’s Lucas Chambers has been following the story. He explained why politicians are so anxious about the recommendations the Foreign Ministry is to hand to the Federal Council:
Monday, 20 May, 2013Swiss-EU bilateral accords are back on the table, including the issue of automatic exchange of information. WRS’s Lucas Chambers has been following the story. He explained why politicians are so anxious about the recommendations the Foreign Ministry is to hand to the Federal Council:
Takasa's out...but so is the sun in Eurovision's Malmö!
Friday, 17 May, 2013The Eurovision Song Contest’s big finale is this weekend and perhaps no huge surprise—Switzerland did not make the cut. But there were some surprises, including no former-Yugoslav nation making it to the final—and they are usually a mainstay. Perhaps it was the new voting system. WRS’s Dave Goodman reports:
Friday, 17 May, 2013The Eurovision Song Contest’s big finale is this weekend and perhaps no huge surprise—Switzerland did not make the cut. But there were some surprises, including no former-Yugoslav nation making it to the final—and they are usually a mainstay. Perhaps it was the new voting system. WRS’s Dave Goodman reports:
