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Dateline CH
EU furious over tax evasion
Thursday, 23 May, 2013The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes hears about European fury at tax evasion in Europe’s Parliament in Strasbourg…and some anger at Switzerland too. The EU believes it is losing more than a trillion euros a year in unpaid tax—more than the combined budget deficits of all 27 EU member states. Switzerland and its banking secrecy has been mentioned here a few times, she says:
Thursday, 23 May, 2013The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes hears about European fury at tax evasion in Europe’s Parliament in Strasbourg…and some anger at Switzerland too. The EU believes it is losing more than a trillion euros a year in unpaid tax—more than the combined budget deficits of all 27 EU member states. Switzerland and its banking secrecy has been mentioned here a few times, she says:
Dateline CH: EU tightens screws on banking secrecy
Thursday, 16 May, 2013Some say the pressure on Switzerland to abandon banking secrecy has become unbearable. The BBC’s Imogen Foukes weighs in on how the EU is tightening the screws further on demanding the automatic exchange of information:
Thursday, 16 May, 2013Some say the pressure on Switzerland to abandon banking secrecy has become unbearable. The BBC’s Imogen Foukes weighs in on how the EU is tightening the screws further on demanding the automatic exchange of information:
Dateline CH: SBB gets back on track with policy on fines
Thursday, 9 May, 2013In Dateline this week, the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes reports on an unexpected climbdown by one of Switzerland’s biggest companies, the Swiss Federal Railways:
Thursday, 9 May, 2013In Dateline this week, the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes reports on an unexpected climbdown by one of Switzerland’s biggest companies, the Swiss Federal Railways:
Dateline CH: The dark side of mountaineering
Thursday, 2 May, 2013The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes looks at the competitive and commercial world of mountaineering…and its darker side:
Thursday, 2 May, 2013The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes looks at the competitive and commercial world of mountaineering…and its darker side:
Dateline CH: Citizenship rules threaten Swiss football
Thursday, 25 April, 2013The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes looks at a threat to the Swiss national football team—from a new policy on citizenship:
Thursday, 25 April, 2013The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes looks at a threat to the Swiss national football team—from a new policy on citizenship:
The trouble with flex-time
Thursday, 18 April, 2013In Dateline CH this week, the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes examines the pros and cons of flex-time in a punctuality-proud country. The idea would be to solve Switzerland’s overcrowded trains. Researchers say that over the next 10 years, trains will fill up by another 75 percent. Is flex-time the answer then?
Thursday, 18 April, 2013In Dateline CH this week, the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes examines the pros and cons of flex-time in a punctuality-proud country. The idea would be to solve Switzerland’s overcrowded trains. Researchers say that over the next 10 years, trains will fill up by another 75 percent. Is flex-time the answer then?
Dateline CH: The legacy of Guantanamo Bay
Thursday, 11 April, 2013Despite promises by President Obama to close it four years ago, Guantanamo Bay is still holding prisoners. UN human rights commissioner Navi Pillay said last week, as long as the prison remains open, the U.S. is in violation of international law, and the centre’s very existence undermines the values of freedom and justice for all that the U.S. so often claims to uphold. Imogen Foulkes looks back at the legacy of one of the most controversial prisons in the world:
Thursday, 11 April, 2013Despite promises by President Obama to close it four years ago, Guantanamo Bay is still holding prisoners. UN human rights commissioner Navi Pillay said last week, as long as the prison remains open, the U.S. is in violation of international law, and the centre’s very existence undermines the values of freedom and justice for all that the U.S. so often claims to uphold. Imogen Foulkes looks back at the legacy of one of the most controversial prisons in the world:
Dateline CH: Frustration over nuclear arms treaty progress
Thursday, 4 April, 2013The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes looks at the ups and downs of UN disarmament negotiations when it comes to frustratingly slow nuclear arms treaty progress:
Thursday, 4 April, 2013The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes looks at the ups and downs of UN disarmament negotiations when it comes to frustratingly slow nuclear arms treaty progress:
Dateline CH: A Swiss intolerance of noisy children
Thursday, 28 March, 2013Are children who make noise while playing happy children or naughty children? The answer to this question in parts of the country might surprise you, as Imogen Foulkes notes:
Thursday, 28 March, 2013Are children who make noise while playing happy children or naughty children? The answer to this question in parts of the country might surprise you, as Imogen Foulkes notes:
Dateline CH: A new threat to the Swiss Army
Thursday, 21 March, 2013With waning support from even its own soldiers, the Swiss Army is having a difficult time inspiring the enthusiasm for military traditions it once did. Now, army barracks are being raided by new kind of threat—one that strikes in multitudes and under the cover of darkness. Imogen Foulkes explains:
Thursday, 21 March, 2013With waning support from even its own soldiers, the Swiss Army is having a difficult time inspiring the enthusiasm for military traditions it once did. Now, army barracks are being raided by new kind of threat—one that strikes in multitudes and under the cover of darkness. Imogen Foulkes explains:
