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View from the South
The Wrap’s Alex Helmick talks to Ticino correspondent Nicole della Pietra every week about the news making waves in Italian-speaking Switzerland.
View from the South: Big money laundering trial
Friday, 17 May, 2013It’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:
Friday, 17 May, 2013It’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:
View from the South: Police, parking, a church and a brothel
Friday, 10 May, 2013Free 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:
Friday, 10 May, 2013Free 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:
View from the South: Drunk driving politicians and angry prostitutes
Friday, 26 April, 2013Despite 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:
Friday, 26 April, 2013Despite 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:
View from the South: Ticino bans all face coverings
Friday, 19 April, 2013A 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:
Friday, 19 April, 2013A 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:
View from the South: Assault weapons, explosions and 30 million euros
Friday, 12 April, 2013The 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:
Friday, 12 April, 2013The 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:
View from the South: 5.4 million francs of gold bars for Easter Sunday
Friday, 5 April, 2013Border 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:
Friday, 5 April, 2013Border 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:
View from the South: Ticino tourism unhappy with increased road tolls
Friday, 15 March, 2013After 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:
Friday, 15 March, 2013After 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:
View from the South: Guigliano Bignasca dies at age 67
Friday, 8 March, 2013The 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:
Friday, 8 March, 2013The 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:
View from the South: Five Star Movement inspires Ticino politicians
Friday, 1 March, 2013Beppe 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:
Friday, 1 March, 2013Beppe 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:
View from the South: Culling of M13 stirs controversy
Friday, 22 February, 2013A 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:
Friday, 22 February, 2013A 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:
