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The National
Weekdays from 6:30 to 9 am
Dave Goodman joins journalist Helena Humphrey in Geneva and Jo Fahy in Zurich to present a cross-country national morning broadcast with news and views from around Switzerland. Listen to interviews, opinions and fresh voices from across the country’s four linguistic regions. With a cheerful, entertaining, conversational format, the new National is designed to accompany the listener in his or her start to the day, with Swiss and international current affairs, as well as music from the Anglophone pop-rock repertory of hits.
Featuring: Business Report, Sports Round-Up, Dateline CH, WRS News, Brain Freeze, The Weekender and more…
Sports Round-Up: Swiss takes top place in Moto2 race
Monday, 21 May, 2012In motor bike racing the 25-year-old Bernese Thomas Luethi won the Moto2 race. Matthew Leighton has the details, plus the latest in European football news. Also, European rugby and ice hockey updates. In tennis, we hear the latest on the women’s matches from the Rome Masters. And from the U.S., NBA results:
Monday, 21 May, 2012In motor bike racing the 25-year-old Bernese Thomas Luethi won the Moto2 race. Matthew Leighton has the details, plus the latest in European football news. Also, European rugby and ice hockey updates. In tennis, we hear the latest on the women’s matches from the Rome Masters. And from the U.S., NBA results:
Business Report: Yahoo sells its stake in Alibaba back to Chinese firm
Monday, 21 May, 2012The euro crisis with the risk of debt contagion continues to weigh on the markets. Henk Potts has the details. There are further meetings with European officials this week to discuss the crisis. In corporate news, Yahoo is selling back its stake in Alibaba, paving the way for a public listing for the Chinese company:
Monday, 21 May, 2012The euro crisis with the risk of debt contagion continues to weigh on the markets. Henk Potts has the details. There are further meetings with European officials this week to discuss the crisis. In corporate news, Yahoo is selling back its stake in Alibaba, paving the way for a public listing for the Chinese company:
Banks under pressure with Greek cash withdrawals
Monday, 21 May, 2012As Greece threatens to pull out of the euro, local banks have seen withdrawals worth billions in just a few days. While a good share of that money is channeled abroad, what does that mean with respect to the country’s situation and outlook? WRS’s Pete Forster talks to Salvatore Cantale, professor of Finance at IMD Business School in Lausanne:
Monday, 21 May, 2012As Greece threatens to pull out of the euro, local banks have seen withdrawals worth billions in just a few days. While a good share of that money is channeled abroad, what does that mean with respect to the country’s situation and outlook? WRS’s Pete Forster talks to Salvatore Cantale, professor of Finance at IMD Business School in Lausanne:
Hopes ride on top UN diplomat's visit to Zimbabwe
Monday, 21 May, 2012Yesterday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay began a visit to Zimbabwe—something no one in her role has ever done before. For years, human rights advocates have pointed to state violence, disputed elections and impunity as just a few of the violations being carried out there. But the UN needed a formal invitation, and they’ve finally got one. Marlon Zakeyo heads the NGO the Zimbabwe Advocacy Office in Geneva. He told reporter Daniel Gross that the visit is going ahead following unrelenting international pressure and ahead of planned national elections and constitutional reform later this year. He expanded on the “tough issues” facing Zimbabwe:
Monday, 21 May, 2012Yesterday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay began a visit to Zimbabwe—something no one in her role has ever done before. For years, human rights advocates have pointed to state violence, disputed elections and impunity as just a few of the violations being carried out there. But the UN needed a formal invitation, and they’ve finally got one. Marlon Zakeyo heads the NGO the Zimbabwe Advocacy Office in Geneva. He told reporter Daniel Gross that the visit is going ahead following unrelenting international pressure and ahead of planned national elections and constitutional reform later this year. He expanded on the “tough issues” facing Zimbabwe:
Chef's journey from dropout to top prize
Monday, 21 May, 2012
Monday, 21 May, 2012
Swiss born Daniel Humm was named outstanding chef at last week’s James Beard Foundation awards—a kind of Oscars for the food world. Thirty-five year old Humm, who trained in Switzerland before moving to the U.S., is among the youngest chefs to ever receive the top award. Reporter Britta Conroy-Randall visited him at his New York City restaurant to find out more:
The Weekender: Jeff Koons in Basel and antiques in Locarno
Friday, 18 May, 2012If you love music, check out a tribute to the icon that was Michael Jackson, plus a music festival that celebrates French musical legends. In Basel, the Foundation Beyler features the Jeff Koons exhibition. This is a not to miss event by one of the world’s most famous and often controversial contemporary artists. But if rummaging for antiques is more your thing then the Locarno Antique Fair is on all weekend:
Friday, 18 May, 2012If you love music, check out a tribute to the icon that was Michael Jackson, plus a music festival that celebrates French musical legends. In Basel, the Foundation Beyler features the Jeff Koons exhibition. This is a not to miss event by one of the world’s most famous and often controversial contemporary artists. But if rummaging for antiques is more your thing then the Locarno Antique Fair is on all weekend:
Business Report: Spanish banks downgraded
Friday, 18 May, 2012World stock markets fell for a fifth day as Moody’s downgraded the credit ratings of 16 Spanish banks. Henk Potts has the latest. The economy is set to contract by about 1.7 percent this year amid the highest unemployment rate in the eurozone. Meanwhile, in Greece, people are pulling their money out of their bank accounts:
Friday, 18 May, 2012World stock markets fell for a fifth day as Moody’s downgraded the credit ratings of 16 Spanish banks. Henk Potts has the latest. The economy is set to contract by about 1.7 percent this year amid the highest unemployment rate in the eurozone. Meanwhile, in Greece, people are pulling their money out of their bank accounts:
Sports Round-Up: Federer to face Andreas Seppi at Rome Masters
Friday, 18 May, 2012At the Masters in tennis in Rome it was a tough day for the favorites—but Roger Federer faces Andreas Seppi in the next round. At the ice hockey world championships, Canada and Sweden are in trouble and the semi-finalists are now known. In Poland, it was a close call for Swiss Kayaker Fabio Wyss in the Olympic qualifiers, but he didn’t make it. Plus, Matthew Leighton has the latest in Champions League football:
Friday, 18 May, 2012At the Masters in tennis in Rome it was a tough day for the favorites—but Roger Federer faces Andreas Seppi in the next round. At the ice hockey world championships, Canada and Sweden are in trouble and the semi-finalists are now known. In Poland, it was a close call for Swiss Kayaker Fabio Wyss in the Olympic qualifiers, but he didn’t make it. Plus, Matthew Leighton has the latest in Champions League football:
Migros Museum exhibits $20,000 as art
Friday, 18 May, 2012What would you do with 20,000 dollars? Buy a car, trip of a lifetime perhaps—or maybe a deposit for a house? Not many people would hang it in an art gallery. But that’s just what Italian artist Gianni Motti has done. Twenty-thousand used dollar bills are currently hanging from the ceiling at the Migros Museum in Zurich. WRS’s Dave Goodman spoke to the collection curator Judith Welter to find out why—and began by asking her if she could tell us more about the artist:
Friday, 18 May, 2012What would you do with 20,000 dollars? Buy a car, trip of a lifetime perhaps—or maybe a deposit for a house? Not many people would hang it in an art gallery. But that’s just what Italian artist Gianni Motti has done. Twenty-thousand used dollar bills are currently hanging from the ceiling at the Migros Museum in Zurich. WRS’s Dave Goodman spoke to the collection curator Judith Welter to find out why—and began by asking her if she could tell us more about the artist:
'You have the gameboy but you don't have the gamegirl'
Friday, 18 May, 2012Getting more women and girls interested in information technology has been a priority for telecom experts meeting in Geneva this week. At the World Summit on the Information Society Forum, speakers lamented the lack of women in key positions in the world of telecom and proposed solutions to close the gap. WRS’s Vincent Landon was there:
Friday, 18 May, 2012Getting more women and girls interested in information technology has been a priority for telecom experts meeting in Geneva this week. At the World Summit on the Information Society Forum, speakers lamented the lack of women in key positions in the world of telecom and proposed solutions to close the gap. WRS’s Vincent Landon was there:
