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Dateline CH
Dateline CH: Natalie Rickli's controversial comments
Thursday, 17 May, 2012Now, is it okay for a Swiss politician to single out a particular nationality, and say they are overrepresented here in Switzerland? Imogen Foulkes looks at the recent comments of one of the most popular figures in Swiss politics—the Swiss People’s Party golden girl Natalie Rickli, who has said there are too many Germans in the country:
Thursday, 17 May, 2012Now, is it okay for a Swiss politician to single out a particular nationality, and say they are overrepresented here in Switzerland? Imogen Foulkes looks at the recent comments of one of the most popular figures in Swiss politics—the Swiss People’s Party golden girl Natalie Rickli, who has said there are too many Germans in the country:
Dateline CH: What happened to the lost guns?
Thursday, 3 May, 2012The defence department is in hot water again over army weapons. The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes wants to know whether the department has lost the plot…as well as its weapons:
Thursday, 3 May, 2012The defence department is in hot water again over army weapons. The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes wants to know whether the department has lost the plot…as well as its weapons:
Dateline CH: Basel's anti-noise rules made to be broken
Thursday, 26 April, 2012Does Switzerland really live up to its image as a country of strict rules and regulations? Imogen Foulkes analyses the reality behind the stereotypes following the implementation of some very specific new noise brand new rules in the city of Basel:
Thursday, 26 April, 2012Does Switzerland really live up to its image as a country of strict rules and regulations? Imogen Foulkes analyses the reality behind the stereotypes following the implementation of some very specific new noise brand new rules in the city of Basel:
Dateline CH: Debunking Weltwoche article targeting Roma
Thursday, 19 April, 2012The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes discusses the controversy created by Swiss magazine, Die Weltwoche, which has been accused of stirring up racial tensions with provocative pictures and headlines about the Roma community:
Thursday, 19 April, 2012The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes discusses the controversy created by Swiss magazine, Die Weltwoche, which has been accused of stirring up racial tensions with provocative pictures and headlines about the Roma community:
Dateline CH: Why Swiss really said 'no' to more vacation
Thursday, 12 April, 2012The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes comments on why she thinks the Swiss really voted against an initiative to increase the amount of statutory annual leave to six weeks from the current legal minimum of four. She says it’s because actually, the Swiss don’t really work that hard anyhow:
Thursday, 12 April, 2012The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes comments on why she thinks the Swiss really voted against an initiative to increase the amount of statutory annual leave to six weeks from the current legal minimum of four. She says it’s because actually, the Swiss don’t really work that hard anyhow:
Dateline CH: 20 years after the start of war in Bosnia
Thursday, 5 April, 2012It was a war everyone said could never again happen on European soil, but the wars of former Yugoslavia proved everyone wrong. Imogen Foulkes looks back on the tragic events of 20 years ago:
Thursday, 5 April, 2012It was a war everyone said could never again happen on European soil, but the wars of former Yugoslavia proved everyone wrong. Imogen Foulkes looks back on the tragic events of 20 years ago:
Dateline CH: Top nation in tobacco smuggling
Thursday, 29 March, 2012As World Health Organization (WHO) members gather this week to tackle tobacco smuggling, something that the WHO claims that the tobacco industry is complicit in. However some key countries are not participating. Imogen Foulkes reflects on how Switzerland is one of these:
Thursday, 29 March, 2012As World Health Organization (WHO) members gather this week to tackle tobacco smuggling, something that the WHO claims that the tobacco industry is complicit in. However some key countries are not participating. Imogen Foulkes reflects on how Switzerland is one of these:
Dateline CH: Too high a price to pay for travelers taken hostage?
Thursday, 22 March, 2012The return of two Swiss hostages taken last year in Pakistan has raised questions about travelling in dangerous parts of the world and ultimately who bears the responsibility and the cost if things go wrong. The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes gives her take on events and a growing and profitable industry in international kidnappings:
Thursday, 22 March, 2012The return of two Swiss hostages taken last year in Pakistan has raised questions about travelling in dangerous parts of the world and ultimately who bears the responsibility and the cost if things go wrong. The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes gives her take on events and a growing and profitable industry in international kidnappings:
Dateline CH: 'Little Portugal' of Täsch a win-win model?
Thursday, 8 March, 2012Imogen Foulkes turns a quizzical eye on the small village of Täsch in canton Valais. It has a population hovering just under 1,300—and over half of its residents are the Portuguese workers washing dishes and folding sheets in the plush resort town of Zermatt just up the road. But it seems they’re on the right road to integration:
Thursday, 8 March, 2012Imogen Foulkes turns a quizzical eye on the small village of Täsch in canton Valais. It has a population hovering just under 1,300—and over half of its residents are the Portuguese workers washing dishes and folding sheets in the plush resort town of Zermatt just up the road. But it seems they’re on the right road to integration:
Dateline CH: Arms exports numbers in the black have a dark side
Thursday, 1 March, 2012Despite the faltering economy in Europe and the rest of the world, Switzerland seems for the most part, unaffected. That’s partly due to the world’s appetite for Swiss cheese, chocolate, watches—and arms. Recent numbers show arms exports from Switzerland are up—way up. But what’s the dark side to the positive data? The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes comments:
Thursday, 1 March, 2012Despite the faltering economy in Europe and the rest of the world, Switzerland seems for the most part, unaffected. That’s partly due to the world’s appetite for Swiss cheese, chocolate, watches—and arms. Recent numbers show arms exports from Switzerland are up—way up. But what’s the dark side to the positive data? The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes comments:
