The Wrap’s Alex Helmick talks to Ticino correspondent Nicole della Pietra every week about the news making waves in Italian-speaking Switzerland. The Wrap’s Alex Helmick talks to Ticino correspondent Nicole della Pietra every week about the news making waves in Italian-speaking Switzerland. WRS WRS web@wrs.ch en Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:15 UT Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:27:58 GMT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/index.shtml (C) WRS 2009 ticino no A railway is causing a diplomatic dispute between Ticino and Italy south of the Alps. Plus, are some maids in Ticino forced to work in slavery-like conditions? WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Nicole Della Pietra: Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-railway-dispute-and-controvers.shtml?35915 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-25915 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap It’s being called the biggest money laundering trials in Swiss history—some 660 million francs—allegedly involving a former International Monetary Fund official. On today’s View from the South we head to Bellinzona where the trial of five Czech citizens along with a Belgian man are charged with the crime. Our Ticino correspondent Nicole della Pietra talks to WRS’s Alex Helmick about the trial: Fri, 17 May 2013 18:37:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-big-money-laundering-trial.shtml?35827 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-25827 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap Free water in Ticino. We’ll explain in today’s View from the South with correspondent Nicole della Pietra. But before we get to that, a story of the police, parking spaces, a church and a brothel. And it’s a controversy that is spreading further than the village of Piambo-Noranco: Fri, 10 May 2013 16:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-police-parking-a-church-and-a-.shtml?35731 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-25731 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap Despite being caught driving drunk in his sports car a week ago, Lega politician Michele Barra decides to apply for the position of Ticino cantonal minister. While angry prostitutes demonstrate for their right to work as dozens of Ticino brothels are closed by the chief prosecutor. Nicole della Pietra has the details: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:20:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-drunk-driving-politicians-and-.shtml?35543 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-25543 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap A proposed burqa and niqab ban lost support due to its religious nature. Nevertheless, Ticino has indirectly pass the law by banning all face coverings in public—citing public safety—even though such garments are rarely seen in the region. Ticino correspondent Nicole della Pietra has the details: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:15:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-ticino-bans-all-face-coverings.shtml?35448 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-25448 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap The Federal Office of Migration’s plans to reopen a bunker in the village of Bedretto to house asylum seekers has the towns officials up in arms. And masked gunmen with assault weapons take over a highway along the border with Italy, setting a tractor trailer ablaze and stealing some 30 million euros. Nicole della Pietra has these stories: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:20:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-assault-weapons-explosions-and.shtml?35368 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-25368 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap Border police seize 5.4 million francs worth of gold bars in Ticino on Easter Sunday, and not the kind filled with chocolate. Plus, former Miss Swiss contestant, TV host and model Xenia Tchumitscheva tries her hand at “singing.” Nicole della Pietra has more: Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:30:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-54-million-francs-of-gold-bars.shtml?35292 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-25292 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap After arguing for a month, both Switzerland’s Houses of Parliament have agreed to increase the transport tax and price of road tolls. Though it won’t come into effect until 2015, some fear tourists might not travel to Ticino. Plus, the controversy of the now deceased Lega dei Ticinesi boss Giuliano Bignasca still being on the ballot continues for the Lugano Town Council. Nicole della Pietra has more: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:20:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-ticino-tourism-unhappy-with-in.shtml?35052 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-25052 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap The founder and controversial leader of Ticino’s nationalist Lega dei Ticinese party, Giuliano Bignasca, died yesterday aged 67. He earned a national reputation as an ardent anti-European, and while he was well known for his straight-talking attitude, he was also known for his generosity. And the Bellinzona FC are on the verge of bankruptcy, in the latest round of bad news for the struggling football club. Ticino correspondent Nicole della Pietra joins WRS’s Jo Fahy from Locarno: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:20:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-guigliano-bignasca-dies-at-age.shtml?34945 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-24945 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap Beppe Grillo and the Italian Five Star Movement aren’t just shaking up Italian politics, but are also inspiring political leaders in Ticino. And things are going from bad to worse for the Bellinzona football club, whose promised payment of the team’s delayed salaries has not yet been materialized. Ticino correspondent Nicole della Pietra has the details: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:20:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-five-star-movement-inspires-ti.shtml?34847 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-24847 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap A Ticino deputy in the federal Parliament in Bern spoke out against the culling of the brown bear named M13—and it is causing an endless controversy in the canton. Plus the football club in Bellinzona had been facing serious financial problems. It needed  hundreds of thousands of francs to pay the bills and the paychecks of the players. The money came through but where did it come from? WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Ticino correspondent Nicole della Pietra: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-culling-of-m13-stirs-controver.shtml?34734 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-24734 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap Satirical magazine Il Diavolo’s controversial cover had a cartoon drawing of a former female member of the Ticinesi government surrounded by sex toys, something that would likely offend most outside Ticino, shows that politics south of the Alps has its own rules. And though gasoline has never been so expensive and traffic so congested, the density of private vehicles has never been higher in Switzerland and is highest in Ticino. Swiss-Italian correspondent Nicole della Pietra has these stories: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:30:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-naughty-politics-and-so-many-c.shtml?34641 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-24641 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap More and more cross-border workers are filling up the tertiary sector, occupying office jobs in finance and insurance industries, and finding themselves in tense situations with local workers. Plus, while crime hasn’t increased in the region, the number of crime investigations has never been so high. Roughly 12,300 new files have opened and many among them are connected to the sex industry. Ticino correspondent Nicole della Pietra reports: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:20:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-white-collar-cross-border-work.shtml?34426 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-24426 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap A beauty queen takes aim at hot political issues, infuriating those opposed to certain issues. And the Ticino government wants to keep a closer eye on the sex industry to “clean” it up and see who exactly is cashing in. Correspondent Nicole della Pietra has more: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:20:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-cleaning-up-the-sex-industry-a.shtml?34310 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-24310 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap While the minimum wage debate rages on across Switzerland, Ticino decided this week that no less than 3,000 francs per month is the bottom line. Some see it as a step forward, but some employers do not. And as ex-cycling champion Lance Armstrong confesses to doping, his world famous Ticino oncologist, Franco Cavalli, decides to modify some paragraphs of his book about cancer: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:30:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/viewfromthesouth/view-from-the-south-minimum-wage-and-armstrongs-on.shtml?34199 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-24199 Programmes/View from the South Daily Shows/The Wrap