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Updated 24 Mar
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Updated 23/12/2025
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Updated 30 Mar
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24 MAR

Building a Swiss FabLab: the future of Switzerland’s semiconductor strategy

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Swiss Connection science podcast, we're digging into the push to create a Swiss FabLab, a shared chip fabrication laboratory that brings public research and private industry together under the Swiss Chip Alliance. Our host Jo Fahy is joined by swissinfo.ch's business and tech specialist Matthew Allen to unpack what’s being proposed near Zurich, why it’s still at the conceptual phase, and what it could mean for Switzerland's semiconductor industry as global investment surges. You can read more about the Swiss semiconductor industry here. Journalist: Matthew Allen Host: Jo Fahy Audio editor: Michele Andina Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.

24 Mar

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19 min
3 FEB

The Board of Peace, war and impunity

Send us Fan Mail On Inside Geneva this week, we take an in-depth look at US President Donald Trump’s new ‘Board of Peace’. Experts on conflict resolution are sceptical. “The US circulated an invitation to about 60 countries to join a new board of peace that would not just focus on Gaza but would instead be a global conflict prevention organisation, complete with a pre-baked charter that looks a bit like President Trump took the protocols for a golf club in New Jersey,” says Richard Gowan from the International Crisis Group. Still, the new board could be a challenge to the United Nations (UN). “I don’t really think this is a credible international institution that will have the capacities of the UN, but I do think that it is a very worrying signal for the UN,” Gowan says. We also hear about a new report on growing disrespect for international law. “People only have to look around at the conflicts that they’re seeing today, and the extent of devastation both of civilian life and of civilian property, to know that we are in very bleak times. Disregard of international law is not new. What I think is new is the extent to which it’s being flouted,” says Stuart Casey-Maslen from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law. Are governments swapping international obligations for short-term political gain? “We look at what’s happened in Gaza. We see the destruction of hospitals in Sudan. We see that people do this and are not held to account. We have institutions, we have the International Criminal Court, but even there, there’s an attempt to undermine it. It becomes a political decision rather than simply a legal one: respect for the law,” says Casey-Maslen. Join host Imogen Foulkes on Inside Geneva to listen to the full episode. Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.chTwitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_enThank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ Host: Imogen Foulkes Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain Distribution: Sara Pasino Marketing: Xin Zhang

3 Feb

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40 min
09/12/2025

«Traduire, c’est trahir» – le plurilinguisme entre choc culturel, créativité et gymnastique mentale

Parler plusieurs langues, c’est jongler entre plusieurs mondes intérieurs. Que se passe-t-il quand une nouvelle langue devient votre langue du quotidien? Dans ce troisième épisode d’«Adieu, merci la Suisse», la linguiste Simone Morehed et la Suisse de l’étranger Eva Bruenisholz décryptent le plurilinguisme tel qu’il est vécu par de nombreuses et nombreux Helvètes expatriés: les spécificités culturelles, les malentendus qui font rire, les mots qui n’existent que dans une seule langue, la gymnastique mentale permanente… et la joie de découvrir que les langues peuvent élargir notre monde. Tous les épisodes de ce podcast sont disponibles également dans SWI plus, l’application gratuite de Swissinfo, ainsi que sur toutes les plateformes habituelles.

09/12/2025

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45 min
02/03/2021

Why women's suffrage took so long

Send us Fan Mail Switzerland is celebrating a rather awkward anniversary this year. It was only 50 years ago that women got the right to vote at the federal level. What was the hold-up? And what’s still holding women back today? SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.

02/03/2021

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31 min
04/02/2025

Donald Trump, the UN and the future

Send us Fan Mail With Israel banning UNRWA and the US planning to withdraw from WHO, our Inside Geneva podcast reports on a turbulent couple of weeks for United Nations agencies. In Gaza, Israel’s ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has come into effect. “UNRWA is what we call the backbone of the humanitarian operation. Meaning that they not only bring in aid themselves, but they are also the operation on which all other humanitarian actors depend,” says Jorgen Jensehaugen from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). US President Donald Trump has also announced that the US will leave the World Health Organization (WHO). “This is going to mean that all of the vital work of the WHO – polio eradication, AIDS, TB and malaria – will be even more underfunded,” continues Lawrence Gostin, professor of Global Health Law at Georgetown University in the United States. Trump has also ordered a freeze on US foreign aid. “The 90-day suspension is a death sentence for many small NGOs who simply don’t have the finances to weather this period,” says Colum Lynch, a senior global reporter for Devex, a media platform for the development community. Where does that leave the UN’s humanitarian work? “I think there is an increasing disrespect for what the UN stands for,” says Jensehaugen. “This is really the end of foreign aid as we know it,” concludes Lynch. Join host Imogen Foulkes on our Inside Geneva podcast. Get in touch! Email us at insidegeneva@swissinfo.chTwitter: @ImogenFoulkes and @swissinfo_enThank you for listening! If you like what we do, please leave a review or subscribe to our newsletter. For more stories on the international Geneva please visit www.swissinfo.ch/ Host: Imogen Foulkes Production assitant: Claire-Marie Germain Distribution: Sara Pasino Marketing: Xin Zhang

04/02/2025

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42 min
18/02/2025

Lost Cells is out now!

Send us Fan Mail Please sign up for the latest episode SWI swissinfo.ch's new podcast tells the story of the families affected by a private stem cell banking scandal with Switzerland at its heart. Subscribe for free to our new podcast ‘Lost Cells’ wherever you get your podcasts. Episode one is released on February 18, 2025. Listen to this new podcast in English // French // Spanish SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.

18/02/2025

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4 min
06/10/2019

Inside Geneva: How the Human Rights Council works

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06/10/2019

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27 min
07/11/2023

Exploring Science in Davos: EP3 Why house dust mites, pollen and food additives cause allergies?

Send us Fan Mail The small city of Davos in southeastern Switzerland, located at an altitude of 1,560m above sea level in the Swiss Alps, attracted tuberculosis patients back in the 1800s and 1900s after scientists discovered that clean mountain air had a positive effect on their health. However, with the development of antibiotics, the sanatoriums eventually lost their purpose. Today that same clean Davos air, marked by the absence of tree pollen, such as birch, oak or alder, minimal air pollution and extremely low amounts of indoor dust mites – presumably because of the cooler and dryer climate – is a draw for asthma and allergy patients seeking treatment in the town’s clinics. Allergic diseases have become more prevalent in recent decades. They now affect more than one billion people worldwide, with estimates suggesting there could be up to four billion sufferers by 2050. While the reasons for this are not yet fully understood, experts believe several factors can contribute significantly to developing chronic diseases. Today we are exposed to many pollutants, such as chemical substances in our diet or cosmetics, worsening air pollution and microplastics. Thanks to the proximity to allergy patients and the ability to analyse various biosamples, Davos has become an ideal location for research and experiments in this field. As they pursue their exploration of the scientific side of the resort, Sara Ibrahim and Michele Andina visit the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), where around 50 biologists, biochemists and physicians are working to understand what's causing allergic diseases and find preventive and curative treatments. This podcast is an audio version of the SWI swissinfo.ch video series with the same title. Find out more about science research in Switzerland on www.swissinfo.ch/science Hosted by: Jo Fahy Journalist: Sara Ibrahim Journalist/Sound: Michele Andina SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.

07/11/2023

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14 min
22/06/2021

Should kids be sweating for our chocolate cravings?

Send us Fan Mail The success of Swiss chocolate depends on cocoa beans harvested far away, often with the help of minors. In this episode we discuss whether it's OK for children to work, and how to figure out if kids helped make your candy bar. SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.

22/06/2021

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23 min
26/03/2020

Inside Geneva: A decade of war in Syria

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26/03/2020

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26 min

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