Thursdays at 6:30 am during The National (repeats at 8:30 am) Commentary: the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes gives her impressions on the events that have been making headlines in Switzerland. Dateline CH podcast feed Thursdays at 6:30 am during The National (repeats at 8:30 am) Commentary: the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes gives her impressions on the events that have been making headlines in Switzerland. Dateline CH podcast feed WRS WRS web@wrs.ch en Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:30:07 UT Sun, 03 May 2009 16:33:24 GMT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/index.shtml (C) WRS 2009 News & Politics no You know the going’s getting tough when World Cup footballers look to heavenly forces to help them put the ball in the back of the net. BBC Switzerland correspondent Imogen Foulkes asks why superstition plays such a big part in the game. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:26:53 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-very-superstitious-writings-on-the-bal.shtml?19852 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9852 Programmes/Dateline CH Daily Shows/The National BBC correspondent Imogen Foulkes looks at the life of the man who helped the Swiss watch industry tick again: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:37:54 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-remembering-nicolas-hayek.shtml?19728 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9728 Programmes/Dateline CH Daily Shows/The National Guides/Language http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/nicolas-hayek-a-giant-of-swiss-industry-is-dead.shtml?19672 http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/when-time-ran-outlooking-back-at-nicolas-hayek.shtml?19676 http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/the-legacy-of-hayek.shtml?19704 James Bond’s mother was Swiss. Maybe this is what inspired the foreign affairs team which hatched a plan to rescue the Libyan hostages with the help of a submarine? According to BBC Switzerland correspondent Imogen Foulkes, this isn’t the daftest part of the story: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:49:34 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/bern-youre-no-james-bond.shtml?19619 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9619 Programmes/Dateline CH Daily Shows/The National Guides/Language Nothing—nothing—is more Swiss than Heidi. But it turns out this idyllic Swiss storybook little girl may actually be German. What is this heresy? Imogen Foulkes explains: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:02:20 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-could-heidi-really-be-gasp-german.shtml?19400 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9400 Programmes/Dateline CH Compromise is supposed to be one of the great virtues of Swiss Government. Except it isn’t working. So says a critical report into the Federal Cabinet’s handling of the UBS affair. Imogen Foulkes looks at the current problems at the top in this week’s Dateline.   Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:12:30 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-compromise-is-a-virtue.shtml?19299 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9299 Programmes/Dateline CH http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/ubs-deal-ceding-sovereignty-or-necessary-move.shtml?19296 What happened to equality of the sexes? If last week’s Novartis verdict reminded us that gender discrimination is not a thing of the past, it’s certainly not confined to the workplace realises Imogen Foulkes: Thu, 27 May 2010 09:27:23 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-male-chauvinism-is-alive-and-well.shtml?19214 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9214 News/Special Series/World Cup 2010 Programmes/Dateline CH Guides/Language Hiking in the raw, the buff, the altogether. Call it what you will but marching naked in Appenzell is not a welcome sight. Next week, a hiker charged with offending the public order by strolling unclothed will appear in court. The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes weighs in on the unfolding drama of it all: Thu, 20 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-hiking-in-the-nude-to-court.shtml?19141 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9141 Programmes/Dateline CH BBC’s Imogen Foulkes considers the complexities of voting in the U.K and whether the system here is any simpler: Thu, 13 May 2010 09:40:32 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-is-voting-more-complicated-in-the-uk-o.shtml?19061 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-9061 Programmes/Dateline CH Many governments panicked when swine flu hit the headlines and dipped deep into their pockets to shell out for the vaccine. But not Poland. The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes is in Poland, where she’s been reflecting on that country’s decision not to buy a single dose of swine flu vaccine. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:38:08 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-swine-flu-hype-in-hindsight.shtml?18940 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8940 Programmes/Dateline CH Imogen Foulkes questions the new integration policies trickling into some Swiss cantons, wondering if maybe they’ve gone a step too far… Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:45:34 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-integration-trap.shtml?18858 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8858 Programmes/Dateline CH Imogen Foulkes shares her long, winding tale of a weekend in St Petersburg that took an unexpected detour thanks to that Icelandic volcano: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:49:14 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-to-travel-is-better-than-to-arrive.shtml?18769 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8769 News/Special Series/Volcano in Iceland Programmes/Dateline CH The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes was at the historic UBS general meeting, where angry shareholders made their discontented voice heard loud and clear: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:38:23 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-is-management-listening-now.shtml?18655 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8655 Programmes/Dateline CH Daily Shows/The National http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/ubs-shareholders-draw-new-line.shtml?18654 Imogen Foulkes looks at what made this revered WW2 general a national hero and how, 50 years after his death, the memories of “his” Swiss Army are fading: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:54:53 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-tarnished-myths-of-general-guisans-swi.shtml?18583 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8583 Programmes/Dateline CH Daily Shows/The National The statistics coming out of Afghanistan are truly shocking, says Imogen Foulkes, so why has the West become so blasé about the situation there? Perhaps there are some countries for which there really is no solution? Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:31:28 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-no-solution-for-afghanistan.shtml?18538 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8538 Programmes/Dateline CH Daily Shows/The National In the real world, the sexual abuse of children is a real crime for which there are very real punishments, says Imogen Foulkes, and canon law in the Catholic Church shouldn’t cover the sins of the fathers: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:42:52 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-church-must-end-sex-abuse-cover-up.shtml?18443 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-8443 Programmes/Dateline CH Daily Shows/The National