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The Wrap
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It’s the end of the day. You’re heading home after a hard shift in the office or taking a breather after chasing the kids all day. What films are out this week? Where should I go this weekend? Whose face will be gracing tomorrow’s front pages? Alex Helmick puts the day’s events in perspective with interviews and analysis, alongside the best of Swiss and international pop culture.
Featuring Food Scout, Movie Week, Arts CH, Gadget Guru, BBC’s The Strand and more…
Business Insight: Plane, train or automobile? Ask routeRANK
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012Travel planning websites are nothing new, but Lausanne-based routeRANK is hoping it’s found an untapped niche market. It lets you compare the cost and time of flying versus travelling by train or by car—and it even calculates the potential carbon footprint for each option. WRS’s Pete Forster spoke with CEO and founder Jochen Mundiger:
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012Travel planning websites are nothing new, but Lausanne-based routeRANK is hoping it’s found an untapped niche market. It lets you compare the cost and time of flying versus travelling by train or by car—and it even calculates the potential carbon footprint for each option. WRS’s Pete Forster spoke with CEO and founder Jochen Mundiger:
Wikipedia founder to open Geneva conference
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012The Global INET conference will feature Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Mozilla honcho Mitchell Baker among its keynote speakers and guests. The event, which is open to the public, starts April 22. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Walda Roseman, COO of the Internet Society, the group organizing the conference about the big theme of “Imagining the future of the Internet”:
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012The Global INET conference will feature Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Mozilla honcho Mitchell Baker among its keynote speakers and guests. The event, which is open to the public, starts April 22. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Walda Roseman, COO of the Internet Society, the group organizing the conference about the big theme of “Imagining the future of the Internet”:
Movie Week: Chronicle and Albert Nobbs
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012Chronicle takes us on a wild trip as three high school students gain superpowers and use them to their great amusement until their lives begin to spin out of control. Film critic Franziska Oliver calls it “smart, fresh and surprising”—but she can’t say the same for Albert Nobbs despite actress Glenn Close’s portrayal of a man in this film set in 19th century Ireland:
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012Chronicle takes us on a wild trip as three high school students gain superpowers and use them to their great amusement until their lives begin to spin out of control. Film critic Franziska Oliver calls it “smart, fresh and surprising”—but she can’t say the same for Albert Nobbs despite actress Glenn Close’s portrayal of a man in this film set in 19th century Ireland:
Swiss Olympic Dreams: Judo champ aims for London medal
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012The Swiss Olympic Dreams series continues with Juliane Robra, an eight-time Swiss individual judo champ. She was also a bronze medalist at the 2010 European Championships. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with her during a training day in Geneva:
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012The Swiss Olympic Dreams series continues with Juliane Robra, an eight-time Swiss individual judo champ. She was also a bronze medalist at the 2010 European Championships. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with her during a training day in Geneva:
Foreign Affairs: Nuclear North Korea and Iran
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012From last week’s spectacular rocket launch failure in North Korea to resumed talks in Iran, the discussion this week centers on nuclear weapons. Matthew Stevenson and Daniel Warner join host Philippe Mottaz for that—plus the first UN observers are now in Syria to monitor a very fragile ceasefire:
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012From last week’s spectacular rocket launch failure in North Korea to resumed talks in Iran, the discussion this week centers on nuclear weapons. Matthew Stevenson and Daniel Warner join host Philippe Mottaz for that—plus the first UN observers are now in Syria to monitor a very fragile ceasefire:
Paléo lineup includes The Cure, Sting and Guetta
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012The Paléo festival in Nyon doesn’t begin until mid-July, but Switzerland’s biggest music festival has already announced its lineup. Some of the headliners include Lenny Kravitz, The Cure, Sting and David Guetta. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Paléo programmer Dany Hassenstein:
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012The Paléo festival in Nyon doesn’t begin until mid-July, but Switzerland’s biggest music festival has already announced its lineup. Some of the headliners include Lenny Kravitz, The Cure, Sting and David Guetta. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Paléo programmer Dany Hassenstein:
Arts CH: Il Divo back in Switzerland this weekend
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012Simon Cowell’s brainchild super-group, the classical music quartet Il Divo performs in Geneva this Sunday, then Zurich on Monday. WRS’s Alex Helmick speaks with the group’s Swiss tenor Urs Buhler ahead of the shows:
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012Simon Cowell’s brainchild super-group, the classical music quartet Il Divo performs in Geneva this Sunday, then Zurich on Monday. WRS’s Alex Helmick speaks with the group’s Swiss tenor Urs Buhler ahead of the shows:
Swiss Olympic Dreams: Beach volleyball
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012The Swiss Olympic Dreams series continues with two of the best beach volleyball players in the world: Nadine Zumkehr and Simone Kuhn. The pair has won multiple Swiss championships and medaled at European championships as well. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with them during a training session at the Beachcenter in Bern:
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012The Swiss Olympic Dreams series continues with two of the best beach volleyball players in the world: Nadine Zumkehr and Simone Kuhn. The pair has won multiple Swiss championships and medaled at European championships as well. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with them during a training session at the Beachcenter in Bern:
Gadget Guru: Nintendo at the Louvre + you can be a superhero
Monday, 16 April, 2012Alex Helmick and Ian the Gadget Guru look at the Louvre’s new way to tour the massive Parisian museum. Plus, a new solar panel setup and a way to make yourself into a superhero action figure:
Monday, 16 April, 2012Alex Helmick and Ian the Gadget Guru look at the Louvre’s new way to tour the massive Parisian museum. Plus, a new solar panel setup and a way to make yourself into a superhero action figure:
BBC, RTS accuse Glencore of child labor abuses
Monday, 16 April, 2012An investigation by the BBC’s Panorama and Swiss broadcaster RTS says it has found evidence of child labor in a Congolese mine linked to Zug-based commodities giant Glencore. The reports also allege that one of Glencore’s plants polluted a nearby river with acid. Alex Helmick talks to Glencore’s Simon Buerk and Marc Allgöwer, an investigative journalist at RTS, who worked with Panorama on the story.
Monday, 16 April, 2012An investigation by the BBC’s Panorama and Swiss broadcaster RTS says it has found evidence of child labor in a Congolese mine linked to Zug-based commodities giant Glencore. The reports also allege that one of Glencore’s plants polluted a nearby river with acid. Alex Helmick talks to Glencore’s Simon Buerk and Marc Allgöwer, an investigative journalist at RTS, who worked with Panorama on the story.
Speed Read: 100 years after the Titanic sank
Monday, 16 April, 2012
Monday, 16 April, 2012
Michael Yates from the Stauffacher English bookstore in Bern brings us three Titanic tomes:
- The Loss of the Titanic by Lawrence Beesley
- A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
- Titanic: The Last Great Images by Robert Ballard
Joining Viktor Röthlin on the road to London
Monday, 16 April, 2012The Swiss Olympic Dreams series starts with one of Switzerland’s best known runners, Viktor Röthlin. He is the reigning European marathon champion, taking that title after a near-fatal illness. He was hit with a blood clot, thrombosis, that nearly cost him more than just his running career. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with him during a training session in Bern:
Monday, 16 April, 2012The Swiss Olympic Dreams series starts with one of Switzerland’s best known runners, Viktor Röthlin. He is the reigning European marathon champion, taking that title after a near-fatal illness. He was hit with a blood clot, thrombosis, that nearly cost him more than just his running career. WRS’s Alex Helmick caught up with him during a training session in Bern:
What do thieves do with stolen art worth millions?
Friday, 13 April, 2012A Paul Cézanne painting that was stolen from the Emil Buehrle Collection in Zurich in 2008 was found by police in Serbia this week. The painting, The Boy in the Red Vest, is estimated to be worth some 100 million francs. So what would do thieves do with such valuable art? Who would buy them? WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Karl-Heinz Kind, coordinator of the Works of Art Unit in the Specialized Crimes Directorate at Interpol:
Friday, 13 April, 2012A Paul Cézanne painting that was stolen from the Emil Buehrle Collection in Zurich in 2008 was found by police in Serbia this week. The painting, The Boy in the Red Vest, is estimated to be worth some 100 million francs. So what would do thieves do with such valuable art? Who would buy them? WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Karl-Heinz Kind, coordinator of the Works of Art Unit in the Specialized Crimes Directorate at Interpol:
F1 analysis: Sauber 'not yet a top team'
Friday, 13 April, 2012
Friday, 13 April, 2012
The Swiss Formula One team Sauber has had an incredible run so far in the early season. Just two races in, the small Hinwil-based team is fourth overall in constructor championship points and has both drivers in the top 10 in the driver’s championship standings. But it has been two weeks since the last Formula One race and that means the big teams have had a lot of time to get ready for the Chinese Grand Prix. So will the Goliaths squash the Swiss David?
Alex Helmick talks SF’s Formula One correspondent Michael Stauble from Shanghai.
The Connectors: Expats on stage in Switzerland
Thursday, 12 April, 2012The Connectors invite John McKillop, president of the Village Players, an English speaking theatre group in Lausanne, and Chris Hemmens, who is directing the group’s next production The Complete Abridged works of William Shakespeare to find out how the entire works of Shakespeare can be crammed into 97 minutes—and how many costume changes they need—as well as more about the club’s expat members and the social events it organises through the year. Plus information about the Cine Club Persan, the Geneva English Drama Society and Geneva Operatic Society:
Thursday, 12 April, 2012The Connectors invite John McKillop, president of the Village Players, an English speaking theatre group in Lausanne, and Chris Hemmens, who is directing the group’s next production The Complete Abridged works of William Shakespeare to find out how the entire works of Shakespeare can be crammed into 97 minutes—and how many costume changes they need—as well as more about the club’s expat members and the social events it organises through the year. Plus information about the Cine Club Persan, the Geneva English Drama Society and Geneva Operatic Society:
