In South Sudan, the Hope and Pain of Nonviolence
Gunmen killed our children. We seek peaceful justice but cannot be sure it will happen.
This article...
Beyond Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The new nuclear arms race
Less than half a year ago, most of the Earth’s inhabitants could barely imagine a pandemic besieging almost the entire planet, shutting...
Swiss Journeys: Le Tessin, un souffle de Méditerranée en Suisse (Première partie)
La pandémie du coronavirus et la crainte d’un nouveau confinement
transfrontalier ont convaincu nombre d’habitants de différentes régions suisses
de se rendre au Tessin,...
WRITING A NOVEL – A NOVEL EXPERIENCE: The story that would not leave me...
When I sat
down to write a novel several years ago, there were a lot of things I didn’t
know.
For
starters,...
POLAR FOCUS: Iceland Exceptionalism – Renewable energies, effective pandemic measures and careful tourism.
Steam from one of Iceland's innumerable geysers. Abundant renewable geothermal resources help cover 85 per cent of the country's energy needs....
Publishing World’s Evil Empire? How Facebook and other social media subvert journalism
UPDATED: 9 August, 2020. Facebook is not alone. Google, Twitter, Amazon, Instagram and other social media outlets do virtually the same thing....
Covid-19 et crise économique ne doivent pas éclipser l’urgence climatique
Comment affronter un présent angoissant et penser un futur innovant et positif, alors que l’attention des dirigeants politiques et des citoyens est...
(Extended deadline: 30 September, 2020) – Global Geneva launches 2nd edition...
"I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in." Robert Louis Stevenson
Updated...
The first Youth Writes information & young leadership webinar
Welcome to this first in our series of information webcasts and video specials focusing on quality journalism, compelling writing, photojournalism, videography, cartooning,...
A chance for high school students worldwide to get published
Years ago, as an aspiring writer just out of university, I received my first job as a...
Internships of a lifetime
This article is part of Global Geneva’s Youth
Writes Focus on Internships, a series of articles and other access
options designed to help young...
Mountain Biking Blasts in the Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc Region
This outdoors feature is part of Global Geneva's 'Youth Writes' initiative.
I began riding as a kid in the south of England before joining a...
One expat recruit’s experience in Switzerland’s militia
This article is part of Global Geneva's 'Youth Writes' initiative encouraging young people to write, but also better understand the role of quality journalism. The...
In South Sudan, the Hope and Pain of Nonviolence
Gunmen killed our children. We seek peaceful justice but cannot be sure it will happen.
This article...
The Continuing Battle for Okinawa
Despite opposition by many Okinawans, the U.S. is holding on to its military power in these nominally Japanese islands. Once resistance to...
Coronavirus Stories: Letter from London. On the NHS Frontline with COVID...
Working in healthcare is never easy; but working through the Covid-19 pandemic takes all the usual stresses, strains and anxieties and amplifies...
Coronavirus Stories: Lessons from the roller coaster life of an Italian...
Tears do not roll easily from the eyes of veteran journalists who have covered death and destruction in many parts of...
Botswana’s rhino poaching crisis: COVID-19 increases the pressure
Any thought that the coronavirus outbreak and supposed clampdowns in China and other East Asia countries on illegal wildlife trade and markets...
Coronavirus Stories: When uncomfortable becomes comfortable
I am a city boy. Call that a curse or a blessing. But I also want to have my cake and...
Beyond Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The new nuclear arms race
Less than half a year ago, most of the Earth’s inhabitants could barely imagine a pandemic besieging almost the entire planet, shutting...
Le Suisse vue de Paris et de Bruxelles
Le correspondant du quotidien Le
Temps à Paris l’affirme : « Si l'on parle
de la Suisse en général, l'image est incontestablement positive. Même les clichés
sur...
Covid-19 et crise économique ne doivent pas éclipser l’urgence climatique
Comment affronter un présent angoissant et penser un futur innovant et positif, alors que l’attention des dirigeants politiques et des citoyens est...
HELVETICA: Swiss Style and 60 years of font war
"The Swiss were good," admits the authoritative design magazine Print. What it meant was the post-1945 artistic movement from Switzerland launched...
Rachel et les siens : le roman de Metin Arditi qui...
Metin Arditi est l’un des écrivains francophones les plus lus. Parmi la douzaine de romans qu’il a signés figurent également Victoria-Hall, La...
‘People, planet, profit can be the new norm, with a COVID-19...
What is there good to say about the COVID-19 crisis? Dimitri de Vreeze, co-CEO of DSM, a big Dutch company producing health,...
Swiss Journeys: Le Tessin, un souffle de Méditerranée en Suisse (Première...
La pandémie du coronavirus et la crainte d’un nouveau confinement
transfrontalier ont convaincu nombre d’habitants de différentes régions suisses
de se rendre au Tessin,...
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Métropole horlogère et ville de culture
Le visiteur prend le train ou la route de la Vue des Alpes pour arriver à La Chaux-de-Fonds. La Métropole horlogère, sise...
The Artistic World of Betsabeé Romero in Mexico
Betsabeé Romero is now listening to the suddenly silent streets of Mexico City, North America’s largest city. From her little street house...
Cinematic Street Photography: The definitive guide
What is cinematic street photography?
Cinematic Street Photography is a street shot that looks like a frame from a...
Moving together: jazz from a funky Swiss philosopher
Philosophers’ ideas for music are rarely fun. Among the Swiss, Friedrich Nietzsche's music is nobody's idea of a good time. Jean-Jacques Rousseau's...
Running an English bookstore in the time of the pandemic
Matthew Wake with Clare O'Dea, author of The Naked Irish. (Photo: Books, Books, Books)
A pandemic swept through my bookshop ten...
