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12 May

Who controls landmines and drones?

Send us Fan Mail On Inside Geneva, we look at weapons contamination and the harm it causes. “We have at least one casualty every single day in Afghanistan – someone killed or injured –and it is most likely a child,” says Nick Pond, from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. From old conflicts to new. “Ukraine is the breadbasket of Europe and billions of square metres of land are suspected to be contaminated, which means they can’t be farmed,” says Paul Heslop, from the UN Mine Action, Ukraine. And from old weapons to new. “This is proliferating well beyond Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia are the two leaders in drone technology, but the level of proliferation is scary,” says Sean Moorhouse, from Mine Action, UN Development Programme. In response to Russian aggression, the Baltic states are pulling out of the landmine convention. “We did not say yes to landmines; we said no to unilateral disarmament constructs,” says Jonatan Vseviov, Secretary General, Estonian Foreign Ministry. But others are joining. “We heard that Lebanon will be joining the convention. This is a massive achievement and a massive push for the convention itself,” says Rana Elias, from the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining. As warfare changes, weapons contamination becomes more complicated. Who is responsible when a weapon fails to hit its target and harms someone years later? Who should pay for the clean‑up? And are we turning away from our opposition to indiscriminate weapons? 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
17/09/2024 · Video

‘Russia is ready for a new Tsar.’ Interview with Russian-Swiss Writer Mikhail Shishkin

Russian writer Mikhail Shishkin, who lives and works in Switzerland, is our guest in On the Record. He talks about how to defend Russian culture, how he witnessed Switzerland welcome dirty money with open arms and whether Russia and Ukraine will ever be able to reconcile. More on this story SWI swissinfo.ch Journalist: ⁠Elena Servettaz Video journalist & editor: ⁠Carlo Pisani
09/11/2021

Why this Swiss doctor supports assisted suicide

Send us Fan Mail Every year, over 1,000 seriously ill people end their lives in Switzerland with the help of suicide assistants. Assisted suicide is legal in several countries, including Switzerland, Canada and the Netherlands. A handful of other countries – like Germany and Colombia – are working out the legal and practical details. Some people even travel great distances to die in Switzerland because assisted suicide is illegal where they live. For example, a 104-year-old Australian man made the trip in 2018. One of the people who helped him was Erika Preisig, a Swiss doctor and the founder of Life Circle, which operates in Basel in the northern part of the country. She’s passionate in her belief that people should have the right to die. She’s even been charged with -- and later acquitted of -- murder. Long before she started doing assisted suicide, Preisig worked in palliative care. Then her father had a stroke and threatened to throw himself in front of a train. Preisig decided to help him find another way, as she was telling SWI swissinfo.ch reporter Jessica Dacey. This episode is the first of a two-part series on the topic. In the next episode, we’ll hear the stories of two seriously ill Japanese patients who came to Basel in 2021. SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.
15/03/2020

The sound of Nashville with a Swiss twist

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16/07/2024

What Switzerland can learn from Silicon Valley and Hippies: EP1 The potential of human beings

Send us Fan Mail In his 50 years in the USA, St. Gallen psychologist and consultant Herman Gyr has never lost faith in human ingenuity, the ability to learn and adapt to even the most adverse circumstances. This is despite the fact that climate change is his biggest concern. In this exclusive interview with SWI swissinfo.ch, Gyr shared his insight into what he thinks are the key influences that drive innovation in Silicon Valley. An article and a video about this interview can be found here on SWI swissinfo.ch: in German in French (original) in Italian Journalist: Marc-André Miserez Host: Jo Fahy Audio editor/Video: Michele Andina Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.
23/05/2025 · Video

«La Suisse doit négocier, mais pas se mettre à genoux devant Donald Trump»

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21/01/2025 · Video

«La planète a des limites qu’il ne faudrait pas dépasser»

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09/04/2025 · Video

«L’État social ne va pas être démantelé»

Let's Talk - Swissinfo en français
20/08/2025 · Video

«La numérisation doit servir les intérêts des citoyennes et des citoyens»

Let's Talk - Swissinfo en français
15/06/2023

Let's Talk: Schweiz – EU: Eine schwierige Beziehung

Die Beziehung zwischen Bern und Brüssel sind abgekühlt. Die Chancen auf Fortschritte im Wahljahr 2023 stehen schlecht. Was bedeutet das für die Auslandschweizer:innen? Es sind 450'000 Schweizerinnen und Schweizer, die sich in Ländern der EU niedergelassen haben. Sie arbeiten da, studieren, oder geniessen ihre Rente an der Sonne. Doch sonnig ist die Beziehung zwischen Bern und Brüssel längst nicht mehr. Da herrscht Distanz, die Liebe ist abgekühlt. SWI swissinfo.ch for Swiss Abroad, Auslandschweizer und Auslandschweizerinnen

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