The Swiss village of Brienz/Brinzauls in eastern Switzerland is again threatened by the collapse of a mountain that looms overhead. Movements in the scree slope above Brienz in canton Graubünden have accelerated sharply in recent weeks. All 100 residents are being evacuated. Brienz was evacuated once before in 2023, because of the threat of a landslide. You can read more about the dangers the villagers face on swissinfo.ch.
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The Swiss village of Brienz/Brinzauls in eastern Switzerland is again threatened by the collapse of a mountain that looms overhead. Movements in the scree slope above Brienz in canton Graubünden have accelerated sharply in recent weeks. All 100 residents are being evacuated. Brienz was evacuated once before in 2023, because of the threat of a landslide. You can read more about the dangers the villagers face on SWI swissinfo.ch.
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A popular subject in Moldova schools is Education for Society. It is a prime example of progressive pedagogy and receives a major part of its funding from Swiss sources. SWI swissinfo.ch visited a Russian- and a Romanian-language school to see how it works.

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This week Inside Geneva goes to New York. The United Nations (UN) General Assembly is hearing multiple reports of serious human rights violations.

“I think it’s more difficult to get the human rights message [across] here in New York at the General Assembly. But hopefully we will be heard,” says Mariana Katzarova, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Russia.

Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan are on the agenda. But so is the situation of human rights groups inside Russia.

“The situation with political prisoners in Russia today is no longer a crisis, it’s a catastrophe. We now have more political prisoners in Russia alone than there were in the whole of the Soviet Union, so that’s 15 countries put

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Using a new type of instrument, two astrophysicists from the University of Bern hope to get a little closer to unravelling the mystery of the solar system’s origins. They believe the key to this lies in the ice that can occur in a dust layer on comets.

Please visit SWI swissinfo.ch for more information about this research and a video about ice on comets. (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science/why-do-two-swiss-researchers-want-to-find-ice-on-comets/84717866) Please come to SWI swissinfo.ch for more of our science stories from Switzerland (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/topic/science/) .

Jounalist: Christian Raaflaub (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/author/christian-raaflaub/)
Host: Jo Fahy

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Swissinfo talks to Herwig Shopper, former CERN director, the grandfather of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, who helped promote peace through a Middle Eastern science hub and has his qualms about the Nobel Prize. If Herwig Schopper has learned anything during his 100 years on Earth, it’s that breakthroughs only happen when we work together.

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Jounalist: Zeno Zoccatelli

The Swiss are about to vote on a government plan to expand six stretches of the country’s A1 motorway. Right-wing politicians and an employer’s organisation support the plan, saying there is too much congestion on the motorways, which harms the economy. Environmental organisations organised a referendum against expansion, which they believe will lead to more traffic. They think the budget would be better spent expanding the train network. Alexandra Andrist visited a stretch of the A1 earmarked for expansion.
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A divided nation goes to the polls today.

As we wait to find out if Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be the next US President, here’s a snippet from an interview we did over the summer. We asked Americans living in Switzerland what they think about the polarised political climate back home.

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On Inside Geneva this week we talk to the people behind a new book about life in Gaza, told through the words of those who live there. 

“People are actually travelling in the middle of a war, in the middle of Gaza at midnight – the peak of the risk, if you like – to get somewhere where they can get a better internet so they can actually talk to us,” says Mahmoud Muna, editor of Daybreak in Gaza. 

This book, edited by Mahmoud Muna and Matthew Teller with Juliette Touma and Jayyab Abusafia, is about history, culture, food, music and life. 

“It’s not a football game. This is about our humanity and it’s about being able to sympathise with people wherever they are. This is not about taking sides. It’s about

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The Swiss Connection Podcast is back on October 22 with six new episodes on science happening in Switzerland.

SWI swissinfo.ch (https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/) is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

Here are three stories from Switzerland you shouldn’t have missed this week! 🗞️

🏆 An estimated 200 tonnes of gold, worth almost CHF15 billion ($17.3 billion), is privately owned in Switzerland. The owners store a fifth of this at home.
🚍 A Thai electric bus company, which is partially financed by Swiss CO₂ tax funds, stands accused of violating local labour rights in Bangkok.
🥾 Tired of dating apps, a mountain lover from Switzerland has launched "Tinder for hikers"

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The duration of a rape must never be taken into account in favour of the perpetrator when sentencing. This was emphasised by the Swiss Federal Court in a case from canton Valais published on Tuesday.

However, it can certainly have an aggravating effect on the perpetrator’s guilt if the length of the crime indicates “increased criminal energy”.

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More than 300 million girls and women worldwide are menstruating every day, yet in West Africa, the topic is still taboo. This impacts girls’ education and womens’ health. Some NGOs are trying to change how the local population is talking about menstruation.

In Ghana and Togo, grassroots organisations like IAMANEH Switzerland and local NGOs work to challenge cultural perceptions and improve health norms around menstruation. These organisations empower rural communities through workshops, teaching women how to make reusable sanitary pads and address inadequate hygiene.

One example is the Obibini Girls Surf Club in Ghana’s beach town Busua. It is breaking down gender barriers by encouraging young girls to surf, while also challenging the taboo around menstruation. Through this

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The presidential elections in the United States (US) are just a couple of weeks away. What will they mean for international affairs, for Ukraine, for the Middle East, for humanitarian work, for international law and for the United Nations (UN) in Geneva?

“When I was in the US, I definitely saw that there is no interest for anything called multilateralism or collaboration globally. Because it’s a matter of support – political, financial and moral support for international questions and for international Geneva. I think Europe is there, yes, but I don’t think Europe will be able to match the US,” says Swedish journalist Gunilla von Hall.

Does it even matter who wins? Or is the waning support for

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Here’s part four of our series about Switzerland’s ties to European colonialism.

What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments.

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Switzerland wants to develop large solar farms in high-mountain regions to generate lots of extra renewable power, especially in winter. The first major project under the federal government’s “Solar Express” scheme is being built near the village of Sedrun in southeast Switzerland.
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This month the United Nations (UN) will host the ‘Summit of the Future’ in New York. What’s the point of this high-level event? Inside Geneva investigates.

“The UN is not an entity that does anything. I mean, we can all blame it, but what is the UN? It’s just the sum of its parts: the governments,” says Christiane Oelrich, journalist for the DPA German Press Agency.

Is the UN’s 1945 structure even fit for purpose?

“Historically the UN for many people is still associated with the West. And the question of including the global south still haunts the UN,” continues analyst Daniel Warner.

Does the UN have an answer to today’s brutal, intractable conflicts?

“Since World War Two there have been plenty

Here are some more examples of how Switzerland, despite not having any colonies of its own, still had ties to European colonialism.

Stay tuned for part four!

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In the Swiss news this week, an uproar caused by pictures posted by young politician Sanija Ameti, a new Switzerland tourism campaign featuring former tennis star Roger Federer and Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, and the Flightright ranking on airline’s punctuality.
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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Public Forum is underway in Geneva and its key theme is ‘re-globalisation’. Are we nervous of that word? Inside Geneva sat down with WTO officials to find out what it means.

“Trade has been a very powerful force for reducing between-country inequality. Since 1995, for example, since the foundation of the WTO, extreme poverty in the world has been reduced from 40% to 10%, because of growth in many countries that was also export-led,” says Ralph Ossa, WTO chief economist.

Many ordinary people think global trade makes them poorer. How can it benefit them?

“At the WTO, our members have gotten together and many of them have formed a working group on trade and gender to

The Swiss will be voting on a biodiversity initiative on September 22. It seeks to give nature more space and resources but is considered too extreme by its opponents. Alexandra Andrist explains what is at stake in the vote. #ForNature #switzerland #botanicalgardens
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The Swiss will be voting on a biodiversity initiative on September 22. It seeks to give nature more space and resources but is considered too extreme by its opponents. Alexandra Andrist explains what is at stake in the vote. 
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) Public Forum is underway in Geneva and its key theme is ‘re-globalisation’. Are we nervous about that word? Inside Geneva sat down with WTO officials to find out what it means.

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Have you ever wondered what happens when a banknote is deemed unfit for circulation? Who makes the call to take it out of circulation, and what happens afterwards? We went to the #Swissnationalbank to find out
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A banknote’s life is not eternal: tears, stains and other imperfection make it unfit for circulation after some time, but how damaged has a banknote to be in order to be taken out of circulation? Who decides whether a banknote can still be used for payment?

In Switzerland, a banknote’s life is a perfect circle because it ends where it started: at the Swiss national bank. We’ve met with Peter Eltschinger, Advisor in the Cash division, to understand what happens at the end of a banknote’s lifecycle.

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Conflict-related sexual violence has existed for as long as war itself – forever.

“It is a weapon of war. I would say it’s a weapon of mass destruction. It is really maximising harm,” says Esther Dingemans, Executive Director of the Global Survivors Fund.

In Inside Geneva’s final summer profile, we talk to a woman working to support survivors of sexual violence…from Sudan, to Ukraine, to Syria, or Chad.

“Young girls have been raped in front of their parents. Fathers are bound to chairs and forced to watch that. Or that an older – a woman in her 80s is raped in front of her son-in-law,” says Dingemans.

The 1949 Geneva Convention prohibits wartime rape and enforced prostitution. But even today there