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Arts, Culture & Media
Zero emissions race
The World
February 24, 2011
You need a pretty big battery to drive an electric car for hundreds of miles a day. That's what participants in the 'Zero Emissions Race' did. The race began last August and ended today in a Swiss city that we want you to name…
New report ranks environmental efforts
The World
January 23, 2008
A new report was released today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the 2008 Environmental Performance Index ranks countries for their efforts in addressing environmental issues
Love in Davos
The World
January 25, 2008
Davos, Switzerland is getting a lot of attention this week as the site of The World Economic Forum, but it's also drawing other forums that are exploring other subjects, like the science of love
Arts, Culture & Media
Global hit - King Kora
The World
February 27, 2008
The World's Marco Werman profiles the group, King Kora. They're based in Zurich, Switzerland, but their music was born in West Africa.
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
The World
March 17, 2008
Today's Geo Quiz asks you to name the central Swiss town that gives its name to a famous cheese. The answer is the Swiss town of Gruyeres, producer of the well-known Gruyere cheese
Environment
Geo answer
The World
April 30, 2008
The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Basel, Switzerland. The city was home to Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, who died yesterday. The World's David Leveille reports that Hofmann's discovery of LSD remains controversial.
Sports
Letter to hooligans
The World
June 05, 2008
The European Soccer Championships gets under way this weekend in Austria and Switzerland. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details on a Swiss plan to head off any potential bad behavior at the games. Swiss police have sent a letter to about 300 known "hooligans," warning them to behave.
Arts, Culture & Media
German national anthem mix-up
The World
June 18, 2008
Swiss TV has played the wrong version of the German national anthem - the wartime version, as The BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports.
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
The World
September 03, 2008
The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Geneva, Switzerland. The world's newest particle accelerator laboratory called the Large Hadron Collider is located near Geneva. Lisa Mullins speaks with Kate McAlpine, a science writer with the project and the author of a rap music video that explains the collider's goals.
Environment
Large Hadron Collider launched
The World
September 10, 2008
A European scientific research organization near Geneva today switched on the world's most power particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).