Dateline CH
Thursdays at 6:50 am during The National (repeats at 8:50 am)
Commentary: the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes gives her impressions on the events that have been making headlines in Switzerland.
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Dateline CH: Male chauvinism is alive and wellThursday, 27 May, 2010What 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:
Dateline CH: Hiking in the nude...to courtThursday, 20 May, 2010Hiking 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:
Dateline CH: Is voting more complicated in the UK or Switzerland?Thursday, 13 May, 2010BBC’s Imogen Foulkes considers the complexities of voting in the U.K and whether the system here is any simpler:
Dateline CH: Swine flu hype in hindsightThursday, 6 May, 2010Many 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.
Dateline CH: Integration trapThursday, 29 April, 2010Imogen Foulkes questions the new integration policies trickling into some Swiss cantons, wondering if maybe they’ve gone a step too far…
Dateline CH: To travel is better than to arriveThursday, 22 April, 2010Imogen Foulkes shares her long, winding tale of a weekend in St Petersburg that took an unexpected detour thanks to that Icelandic volcano:
Dateline CH: Is management listening now?Thursday, 15 April, 2010The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes was at the historic UBS general meeting, where angry shareholders made their discontented voice heard loud and clear:
Dateline CH: Tarnished myths of General Guisan's Swiss ArmyThursday, 8 April, 2010Imogen 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:
Dateline CH: No solution for Afghanistan?Thursday, 1 April, 2010The 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?
Dateline CH: Church must end sex abuse cover-upThursday, 25 March, 2010In 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: