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Dateline CH
Thursdays mornings during The National
Commentary: The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes gives her impressions on the events that have been making headlines in Switzerland.
Dateline CH: Fish & chips sinks animal lawyers?
Thursday, 11 March, 2010Last weekend a wide majority of Swiss voters soundly rejected an initiative to create dedicated animal lawyers for our furry friends. A general dislike for the profession? Maybe, but the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes thinks that one fishy case that made headlines may have had more to do with it:
Thursday, 11 March, 2010Last weekend a wide majority of Swiss voters soundly rejected an initiative to create dedicated animal lawyers for our furry friends. A general dislike for the profession? Maybe, but the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes thinks that one fishy case that made headlines may have had more to do with it:
Dateline CH: Afghan children on the run on their own
Thursday, 4 March, 2010The UN Refugee Agency estimates the number of Afghan minors claiming asylum in Europe rose last year from 3,800 to over 6,000. Imogen Foulkes talks about her meetings with children who have left Afghan alone to try and make it elsewhere:
Thursday, 4 March, 2010The UN Refugee Agency estimates the number of Afghan minors claiming asylum in Europe rose last year from 3,800 to over 6,000. Imogen Foulkes talks about her meetings with children who have left Afghan alone to try and make it elsewhere:
Dateline CH: Top dramas of the 2010 Olympics
Thursday, 25 February, 2010As the XXI Olympics in Vancouver nears its close, Imogen Foulkes looks at the emotional highs—and lows:
Thursday, 25 February, 2010As the XXI Olympics in Vancouver nears its close, Imogen Foulkes looks at the emotional highs—and lows:
Testing the Schengen ties that bind
Thursday, 18 February, 2010The escalating feud between Libya and Switzerland has now swept most of Europe into its fold. Commentator Imogen Foulkes takes a look at the irony of the whole affair, which has become a real test of the strength of European unity—all started by the one European nation that was never so keen on a unified Europe in the first place:
Thursday, 18 February, 2010The escalating feud between Libya and Switzerland has now swept most of Europe into its fold. Commentator Imogen Foulkes takes a look at the irony of the whole affair, which has become a real test of the strength of European unity—all started by the one European nation that was never so keen on a unified Europe in the first place:
Dateline CH: Either banking secrecy is there, or it isn't
Thursday, 11 February, 2010Swiss banks and the Swiss government still have quite a few issues to iron out. The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes gives her take on banking—and secrecy:
Thursday, 11 February, 2010Swiss banks and the Swiss government still have quite a few issues to iron out. The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes gives her take on banking—and secrecy:
Dateline CH: Pandemic politics and profits
Thursday, 4 February, 2010We were due for a flu pandemic and we were told it was called swine flu, or H1N1. But despite the large number of cases, less people have actually died from it than during a normal flu season. So what do we make of all the scary hype, not to mention the bulging coffers of the vaccine makers? Imogen Foulkes gives her take:
Thursday, 4 February, 2010We were due for a flu pandemic and we were told it was called swine flu, or H1N1. But despite the large number of cases, less people have actually died from it than during a normal flu season. So what do we make of all the scary hype, not to mention the bulging coffers of the vaccine makers? Imogen Foulkes gives her take:
Dateline CH: What is Davos really like?
Thursday, 28 January, 2010It’s quite surreal, Imogen Foulkes explains, this week in a snowy locked down resort where the world’s rich and powerful meet behind closed doors:
Thursday, 28 January, 2010It’s quite surreal, Imogen Foulkes explains, this week in a snowy locked down resort where the world’s rich and powerful meet behind closed doors:
Dateline CH: Snapping photos is the easy part
Thursday, 21 January, 2010The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes looks at the massive international relief effort currently underway in Haiti—and decides probably the reason it’s taking so long is that that’s just how long it takes:
Thursday, 21 January, 2010The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes looks at the massive international relief effort currently underway in Haiti—and decides probably the reason it’s taking so long is that that’s just how long it takes:
Dateline CH: Biodiversity? Lesson of the grey partridge
Thursday, 14 January, 2010Imogen Foulkes gives her take on the United Nation’s International Year of Biodiversity—and the fate of the grey partridge in Switzerland:
Thursday, 14 January, 2010Imogen Foulkes gives her take on the United Nation’s International Year of Biodiversity—and the fate of the grey partridge in Switzerland:
Dateline CH: Punishment should fit the avalanche
Thursday, 7 January, 2010Following the recent series of snow slides in the Swiss Alps—including two in the Bernese Oberland which left at least seven dead this past weekend—Imogen Folkes gives her take on slippery slopes and who should be responsible for avalanches:
Thursday, 7 January, 2010Following the recent series of snow slides in the Swiss Alps—including two in the Bernese Oberland which left at least seven dead this past weekend—Imogen Folkes gives her take on slippery slopes and who should be responsible for avalanches:
