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The Wrap
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Ease into your evening.
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…
Rewind: U.S. pursues Wegelin private bank
Friday, 3 February, 2012The United States announces it will pursue criminal charges against the Wegelin private bank, several days after the government announced that tens of thousands of pages of bank documents were sent to the U.S., but as encrypted files. Many see events outpacing the slow Swiss system. WRS’s Jordan Davis reviews that and the rest of the week’s news with Paola Ceresetti from Italian-language public broadcaster RSI and Bernard Wuthrich from Le Temps:
Friday, 3 February, 2012The United States announces it will pursue criminal charges against the Wegelin private bank, several days after the government announced that tens of thousands of pages of bank documents were sent to the U.S., but as encrypted files. Many see events outpacing the slow Swiss system. WRS’s Jordan Davis reviews that and the rest of the week’s news with Paola Ceresetti from Italian-language public broadcaster RSI and Bernard Wuthrich from Le Temps:
View from the South: A million franc discovery and smuggling gold
Friday, 3 February, 2012A scientist in Lugano makes an important discovery, and now she wants to be paid more than a million francs for it. While reports are emerging that cash and gold are being smuggled to Lugano from Italy. The Italians are not happy about it and Lugano bankers are remaining silent.Ticino Correspondent Nicole della Pietra has more on these stories affecting Italian-speaking Switzerland:
Friday, 3 February, 2012A scientist in Lugano makes an important discovery, and now she wants to be paid more than a million francs for it. While reports are emerging that cash and gold are being smuggled to Lugano from Italy. The Italians are not happy about it and Lugano bankers are remaining silent.Ticino Correspondent Nicole della Pietra has more on these stories affecting Italian-speaking Switzerland:
Defense department decides to leave old munitions at bottom of lakes
Friday, 3 February, 2012Switzerland’s lakes attract tourists with their pristine image, but up until the 1960s the army was using them as a dumping site. Over 8,000 tons of munitions lay below the surface and today the department of defense announced that they will stay there for good. WRS’s Jordan Davis is at the Federal Palace in Bern:
Friday, 3 February, 2012Switzerland’s lakes attract tourists with their pristine image, but up until the 1960s the army was using them as a dumping site. Over 8,000 tons of munitions lay below the surface and today the department of defense announced that they will stay there for good. WRS’s Jordan Davis is at the Federal Palace in Bern:
Documentary explores how Nelson Mendela reconciled an entire nation
Friday, 3 February, 2012Reconciliation is perhaps both a noble and foreign concept to many. How do you forgive those who have been so violent and unfair towards you? Documentary filmmaker Michael Henry Wilson looks at how an entire nation was made to forgive each other in his latest documentary Reconciliation: Mandela’s Miracle. The director interviews victims of apartheid in South Africa and follows how Nelson Mendela united his country through the difficult process of reconciliation. His film is now open in French-speaking Switzerland. WRS’s Alex Helmick speaks to Wilson:
Friday, 3 February, 2012Reconciliation is perhaps both a noble and foreign concept to many. How do you forgive those who have been so violent and unfair towards you? Documentary filmmaker Michael Henry Wilson looks at how an entire nation was made to forgive each other in his latest documentary Reconciliation: Mandela’s Miracle. The director interviews victims of apartheid in South Africa and follows how Nelson Mendela united his country through the difficult process of reconciliation. His film is now open in French-speaking Switzerland. WRS’s Alex Helmick speaks to Wilson:
The Connectors: To tip or not to tip?
Thursday, 2 February, 2012How much should you reward good service? What’s the general rule in Switzerland? In a restaurant, what percentage of the bill is a reasonable tip? What about hotel staff, chamber maids or taxi drivers? The Connectors talk all about the culture of tipping in Switzerland:
Thursday, 2 February, 2012How much should you reward good service? What’s the general rule in Switzerland? In a restaurant, what percentage of the bill is a reasonable tip? What about hotel staff, chamber maids or taxi drivers? The Connectors talk all about the culture of tipping in Switzerland:
Could emerging economies solve the EU debt crisis?
Thursday, 2 February, 2012With the eurozone riddled by a debt crisis and EU countries unable to come up with a viable action plan, Switzerland’s export industry, which is heavily reliant on its neighbors Germany, France and Italy, is getting worried. Where can a solution be found? Many ideas are floating around out there and one of them involves help from the developing world, the emerging economies. WRS’s Alex Helmick asks 2001 Nobel Prize winner in Economics Michael Spence, an expert in the field of developing economies, whether this might work:
Thursday, 2 February, 2012With the eurozone riddled by a debt crisis and EU countries unable to come up with a viable action plan, Switzerland’s export industry, which is heavily reliant on its neighbors Germany, France and Italy, is getting worried. Where can a solution be found? Many ideas are floating around out there and one of them involves help from the developing world, the emerging economies. WRS’s Alex Helmick asks 2001 Nobel Prize winner in Economics Michael Spence, an expert in the field of developing economies, whether this might work:
Good skiing if you wrap up for wind chill
Thursday, 2 February, 2012The mountains will be very cold this weekend, with a wind chill factor that will make the temperature seem even lower. Presently, ski resorts are reporting excellent snow conditions at all altitudes, with little wind, but the northern bise is expected to arrive in the next 24 hours. Matthew Leighton gives the latest snow report and advises drivers to make sure that their cars are equipped with snow chains and a good battery:
Thursday, 2 February, 2012The mountains will be very cold this weekend, with a wind chill factor that will make the temperature seem even lower. Presently, ski resorts are reporting excellent snow conditions at all altitudes, with little wind, but the northern bise is expected to arrive in the next 24 hours. Matthew Leighton gives the latest snow report and advises drivers to make sure that their cars are equipped with snow chains and a good battery:
Food Scout: From bean to bar, how fine chocolate is made
Thursday, 2 February, 2012This is proving to be a good year for chocolate lovers as two popular chocolate shows, including the world’s largest event dedicated to this delight, the Paris-based Salon du Chocolat, will occur in Switzerland this year, and both are open to the public. To mark the occasion, food scout Amy Eber gives listeners an explanation of how fine chocolate is harvested and produced:
Thursday, 2 February, 2012This is proving to be a good year for chocolate lovers as two popular chocolate shows, including the world’s largest event dedicated to this delight, the Paris-based Salon du Chocolat, will occur in Switzerland this year, and both are open to the public. To mark the occasion, food scout Amy Eber gives listeners an explanation of how fine chocolate is harvested and produced:
Federal Council considers limiting immigration from EU
Wednesday, 1 February, 2012The Federal Council this week broke its silence on Europe. Today, it talked about trying to restart talks with the EU and move negotiations on new accords forward. However, Switzerland is also facing the question of whether or not to limit immigration from Eastern Europe. A spike in permit B requests from former Eastern bloc countries in the EU means that the Federal Council is looking at invoking what is known as the safeguard clause within the free movement of people accord. WRS’s Jordan Davis reports from the Federal Palace in Bern:
Wednesday, 1 February, 2012The Federal Council this week broke its silence on Europe. Today, it talked about trying to restart talks with the EU and move negotiations on new accords forward. However, Switzerland is also facing the question of whether or not to limit immigration from Eastern Europe. A spike in permit B requests from former Eastern bloc countries in the EU means that the Federal Council is looking at invoking what is known as the safeguard clause within the free movement of people accord. WRS’s Jordan Davis reports from the Federal Palace in Bern:
Watch your step as temperatures drop, says chief medical officer
Wednesday, 1 February, 2012With the Siberian weather front expected to hit tonight, temperatures could drop drastically to as low as -20°C in the lowlands. How dangerous is it for daily life and who is most at risk? And is it a good idea to go skiing this weekend? WRS’s Alex Helmick puts these questions to Jacques-André Romand, Geneva’s cantonal chief medical officer, who advises you to go skiing but wear layers and beware of slippery sidewalks:
Wednesday, 1 February, 2012With the Siberian weather front expected to hit tonight, temperatures could drop drastically to as low as -20°C in the lowlands. How dangerous is it for daily life and who is most at risk? And is it a good idea to go skiing this weekend? WRS’s Alex Helmick puts these questions to Jacques-André Romand, Geneva’s cantonal chief medical officer, who advises you to go skiing but wear layers and beware of slippery sidewalks:
