Social Issues / Current Affairs
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Thousands of babies were kidnapped or sold in Sri Lanka in the 1980s. The scandal affected Switzerland and involved private intermediaries, who were little concerned about the origin of the adopted children. Swiss couples adopted nearly 750 children...
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It's the deadliest migrant route in the world. From Niamey to Agadez, through the Sahel and Libya's Sahara desert and on across the Mediterranean, meet the smugglers, and also the women and men who risk their lives to reach European shores. By...
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Today's information-processing methods are revolutionizing police investigations. Predictive policing software is being used by police forces worldwide. From Zurich to Los Angeles, Cleveland to Milan, the results are spectacular. But they also raise...
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After 30 years of steady growth, humanitarian aid has become a multibillion-dollar industry, with some of the tens of thousands of NGOs active in the field operating like multinationals. But increasingly frequent crises have also led to dysfunctions...
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In the Arctic wilderness of Spitsbergen in Norway, the mining town of Barenstburg is a Russian enclave built by the former Soviet Union to showcase socialism and pay homage to the miner. Today the mine’s coal seam will soon be exhausted, but Russia...
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Why would the world's big oil companies traffic in dirty oil in Africa? Taking advantage of extremely lax anti-pollution standards, major Swiss traders mix low-grade oil products to flood West Africa with fuel containing more than 300 times the...
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Pushed by Beijing to expand abroad, Chinese companies invest heavily in Europe, Switzerland included. Their goal? Multiplying the acquisition of prestigious brands with a know-how they can then reuse as part of their strategy.Some of the flagship of...
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How to limit the negative impact of ultra-violent video games on teens? First-person shooter games whose only goal is to annihilate others are ever more realistic and immersive. They have now become the leading new addictions treated in...
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The da Vinci robot has been hailed as the future of surgery, but could it also be dangerous and even deadly? Surgeons worldwide have been won over by the huge technical progress the da Vinci system represents, but the robot also has its failings. In...
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Are we putting our health at risk by constantly bathing in the electromagnetic radiation of relay antennas, smartphones, wifi and connected objects? The medical and scientific communities is deeply concerned as the number of Electromagnetic...
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What is it like to be a Christian in Pakistan, Syria or Iran? This is what a young Italian-French priest was wondering while preparing to become a parish priest in the suburbs of Rome. The question would take him to the frontiers of Christianity, on...
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Sasha lives in Ukraine with his mother and his five siblings. Their everyday life is marked by misery and is complicated by the current war in their country. Sasha leaves this situation behind and comes to Catalonia, where he will spend a summer...
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Through three stories that span three continents we see ourselves reflected in the lives of African migrants, Spanish workers and Japanese salarymen. The words of José Mujica, the Uruguayan president, weave a thread through all three stories and...
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Khadija, born in Amsterdam to Moroccan parents, has not returned to the small village of which they are native in 20 years. They used to go on holidays but personal circumstances have prevented them from returning there all the time. After this...
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Kigali, Sarajevo, Beirut, Medellín. Out of Darkness maps out the soul of four cities whose names conjure the idea of destruction and pain. The challenge is to overcome the past and to look ahead with renewed hope. Political leaders have no role to...
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Alfredo Jaar is one of the most relevant contemporary artists. His works issue different issues all over the world such as the USA-Mexico border, the genocide in Rwanda or the military coup in Chile. He sees art as “the last place” of freedom in our...
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