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Here is a tale of rebirth. A brilliant journalist, writer, chess puzzle creator and avid sportsman - Thierry Ott's world came crashing down in 1994 when he was struck with aphasia. After undergoing ...
One has to learn how to heal. And it's not because the medical treatment is considered a success that the patient's journey is over. This documentary looks back on the journey of four people ...
After a rollercoaster pro skiing career littered with highs and lows, podium glories and shattering injuries, Gregory Tuscher now helms the Swiss freeski team as their national coach. An icon ...
Ikaria, an untamed Greek island nestled between mountains and rugged coastlines, embodies a Greece that's off the beaten path, far from the madding crowds of tourists. Here degrowth has become a way ...
It's a dazzlingly successful social network: with hundreds of millions of users, and 6 billion in sales, Onlyfans allows influencers to sell erotic or pornographic content to their community. Lured ...
Spain was hit by torrential rains and flooding again last week, which worsened the anguish of populations hit hard by the rising waters two weeks ago... With 225 dead in the Valencia region, public ...
Extraordinary healings that sometimes leave even medical professionals stunned are modern-day miracles for the patients involved. But they're more than just individual remissions - these recoveries ...
Unmasking long COVID's medical maze, as patients tend to grasp at random any remedies that might work. For Caroline, Gloria, and Aurélie, long COVID upended life itself - and mainstream medicine is ...
Has masculinity become an ideological battle that mirrors society’s deepening fractures? You may have heard about Incels, but what about pick-up artists, MRAs and MGTOWs? All these masculinists ...
Can the wolf cohabit with man? In Switzerland, the summer has been deadly on the mountain pastures. Angry breeders lock horns with officials and are not satisfied with slain livestock indemnities. ...
Scientific fraud is gaining momentum, threatening to erode the very foundations of knowledge. From blatant plagiarism and cooked data to doctored images, some scientists are willing to cheat to ...
With climate change hitting the accelerator on invasive plant proliferation, how can we tackle this growing ecological menace? In Switzerland, the cherry laurel has been banned, as it's one of many ...
Can we still eat meat with a clear conscience? Accused of endangering our health and our planet, meat is no longer on the up-and-up. In Switzerland, the government has updated its climate strategy ...
Denis Bertholet was among the vanguard of alpine guides and filmmakers who first took mountaineers to the Himalayas. Among them was Benoit Maury, the father of this documentary’s director. Through ...
In the summer of 2023, a tornado of unprecedented violence swept through La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. In just a few minutes, the storm destroyed everything in its path: buildings, forests, parks ...
On February 8, 2024, Qader B. took 13 people hostage on a small provincial rail line in Switzerland. One dead, fourteen traumatized: this is the heavy toll of Qader B.'s descent into hell, an Iranian ...
Could "On Running", the sneaker brand that Roger Federer has teamed up with, hold the prize for greenwashing across all categories? The sneaker success story presents the Cloudneo as the first ...
Five years after the defeat of the Islamic State, 70,000 men, women and children from around the world are still detained by the Kurds in northeastern Syria. The security situation in the camps where ...
Danielle Jaqui is an extraordinary woman. For 50 years, the singular and unclassifiable artist has painted her home in the south of France from floor to ceiling. Often compared to Ferdinand Cheval, ...
Chiara Vigo is one of the world's last weavers of sea silk. This little-known but centuries-old art is now in danger of extinction. Chiara perpetuates the tradition in her workshop on the Sant ...
107 young musical virtuosi, aged 15 to 25, from the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra hit the road to bring Mahler's 7th to life. For most, it's a dress rehearsal for life as professional virtuosos, ...
the 107 young musicians aged 15 to 25 of the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler's 7th Symphony at Zurich's Tonhalle.
Veterinarians commit suicide four times more than the rest of the population. According to a recent study in France, burnout is decimating the ranks of the profession. Faced with enormous demands ...
Since childhood, they have been helping their father or mother to cope with daily life. Very early on, these children become natural caregivers and take on heavy responsibilities that are not their ...
How to deal with the distressing issue of school bullying? Through the portraits of Siddharta and Amelina, this report lifts the veil on the dysfunctions encountered within the school institution. ...
It was supposed to be just another training session in preparation for the Glacier Patrol in a month's time. Setting out from Zermatt on Saturday morning, the 6 mountaineers never made it to Arola. ...
Losing a loved one inevitably brings pain. Even more so when the countdown is related to assisted suicide. In Switzerland, assisted dying has more than tripled in ten years. Chantal chose it almost ...
Russia is about to elect its president, and the lack of suspense is matched by the terror that reigns in this campaign. While crowds have turned out to pay tribute to Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin's ...
Precarious housing is still taboo. Black mould on walls, poor ventilation, confined space is a reality for many. How is daily life like when one lives with no access to a shower, in a caravan or as a ...
War medicine is about braving death to save lives. Ukrainian health workers wage a relentless struggle to rescue and treat thousands of wounded in extreme conditions. Under the bombs, in the trenches ...
With the precedent of the war in Ukraine, Estonia lives in fear of being attacked in its turn. Thousands of Estonian civilians, via the Estonian Defense League, are preparing to counter a dreaded ...
Portraits of the "bio hackers" seek to hijack the biological system at any cost to live better and longer. To make their dreams of eternal youth come true, they will stop at nothing: coaching, ...
Viruses are increasingly being blamed as the triggers of autoimmune diseases in people with genetic predispositions. For example, multiple sclerosis appears to be a rare complication of infection by ...
Who still believes in the good intentions of Big Tobacco? Puffs are getting young people hooked on nicotine. These disposable electronic cigarettes with a fruity taste are the latest products used by ...
How to account for the courage of people who have saved one or more lives? In the event of someone drowning, getting stabbed or during a terrorist attack. Lassana Bathily saved several people held ...
Our journalists investigate GLP-1 analogues, the drugs that s said to help anyone shed pounds effortlessly. Touted as miracle drugs for weight loss and type 2 diabetes on social networks, they're ...
February 25, 2023, a boat filmed by Frontex is about to sink off the coast of Crotone, Italy. Of the 190 migrants on board, almost half will die, including 35 children. Among the victims was Kenan. ...
Lia, Anouck, Eline and Sébastien suffer from anorexia, bulimia or alternate between the two. Eating disorders are still often taboo, confusing and poorly understood. Yet they are real mental ...
What is detention like for Ukrainian POWs in Putin’s jails? We've met three young women in their thirties, all soldiers in the Azov batailion of the Ukrainian army, who had to surrender when ...
Let’s get into ice diving. Lake Lioson, at an altitude of 1850m, is a magnificent mountain lake in the Vaud canton, Switzerland. Frozen over in winter, it attracts from January to late March divers ...
We have a special relationship with our caregivers: the therapeutic relationship. It's a relationship that is studied and learned, and can be either supportive or highly detrimental in treating ...
From its height of 2,877 metres, the Pic du Midi observatory has been enthroned over the French Pyrenees for 140 years. The world's first high-mountain observatory, its scientific center specializing ...
An estimated 3-4% of adults have ADHD, Attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity. Often, it's the parents of diagnosed children who realize that they, too, have been suffering from ...
In March 2018, Marta Rovira had to flee her country and take refuge in Switzerland to escape 30 years in prison. Her crime? Organizing a referendum on Catalan independence. An intimate portrait of a ...
Ten years ago, Adeline Morel accompanied an inmate on a therapeutic outing. Fabrice A., twice convicted of aggravated rape, slit her throat. The killer was sentenced to life imprisonment, and joined ...
Exorcists don't just exist in the movies. Beyond the frightening fantasies, we went to meet the men within the Catholic Church, in the evangelical community and an independent healer who all address ...
Is organic food a privilege of the rich? Why isn't organic food more democratic? What are the industry's real margins? Eating organic fruit and green means a healthier, pesticide-free diet. But not ...
In October 2023, the surprise attack by Hamas shocked the world with its power and terrifying scenes. A spiral of violence had already been ravaging the other part of the Palestinian territory, the ...
How to provide care to prisoners? In this rare investigation, our journalist was able to film the nurses and doctors of La Chaux-de-Fonds prison, Switzerland. Prisons are not designed to be treatment ...
For survivalists, our world is only bound to collapse. Who are these shadowy activists, convinced that our society is heading straight for disaster? They have no doubt the dystopias of series like ...
More and more young girls fall into prostitution. It all starts with a honeymoon and promises of eternal love. But the degree of control and influence exercised by their lover will have them trapped ...
After 18 months of war in Ukraine, the massive sanctions against the Russian economy seem to be ineffective. Private jets and mansions, bank accounts and financial assets: in the hunt for oligarchs ...
Too big to fail Crédit Suisse ended up being carried away by a storm of scandals that precipitated its fall. The Swiss finance giant was forced to be taken over by UBS. It all happened very quickly ...
Freedivers Cindy, Roland, Saini and Christian consider their sport as a way of life, an inner adventure. Several times world champion Christian takes us on a journey into the depths of the Rhône, ...
Using one’s cell phone while driving has become commonplace yet it is a real scourge for road safety. Having one’s eyes riveted on the screen while driving triples the risk of accidents. In ...
Where do trees come from, how old are they when they are alive, when did they die when all we are left with are their remains: The dendrochronologist 's job is to answer all these questions, and with ...
In the North of Ecuador, the Los Yaltes ecological reserve is an endangered forest. French film-maker Philippe Moulin has dedicated 25 years of his life to saving Los Yaltes from deforestation, ...
Treating depression or addictions with psychedelics may sound mind-boggling. Yet, more and more mental health professionals in Switzerland and Australia resort to hallucinogenic drugs to cure their ...
Who is really Nathalie Yamb, the pro-Putin influencer spreading the Kremlin's agenda on her popular social media posts? What are the links between Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, and Afric, Russia’s ...
They weigh more than 100 kilos and they are tired of being weighed down on a daily basis, both in the public space and in their intimacy. What is the sex life of overweight people like? The subject ...
Is detransition taboo in the queer community? Why has the debate around gender issues become so controversial? Chloé, Jess, Niki, Fanny and Zora all wanted to transition. Like them, many young ...
Research is now focusing on the microbiota to help treat depression, anxiety disorders or hyperactivity. In case of a porous abdominal wall, microbiota’s billions of micro-organisms are suspected ...
Into the heart of the war, we followed the lives of three Ukrainian couples, all of whom survived, sometimes miraculously, the conflict that disrupted the lives of 40 million Ukrainians. A chronicle ...
Verbier was re-elected best ski resort in the world by the World Ski Awards in 2022. Between its 400 kilometers of ski slopes and its ultra-lively nightlife: what makes the success of the very famous ...
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Prix de Lausanne, this documentary follows the journey of four young dancers from the four corners of the world. Participating in this prestigious competition is ...
Four women and four men are stuck together for a long weekend in a beautiful mountain chalet. Their mission: to live together and talk on the themes that makes people talk today. Questions of gender, ...
The advent of #metoo and neo-féminism has shifted the lines in men/women relationships. This reality mini-series of 2 x 45' brings together, during a long weekend, 4 women and 4 men who don't know ...
How can ecosystem monitoring be improved to respond quickly to the early stages of a new epidemic? How do scientists scrutinize the hot spots of contamination around the world? This investigation ...
A media star, adulated by sponsors, Mike Horn has been travelling across the globe in search of new extreme exploits for three decades. But who really is the South African-born adventurer? Why and ...
How do children with cancer live and survive the ordeal? Perrine has just turned 3, Sofia and Julia are 14 years old, Ilona has just turned 17. In addition to having undergone chemotherapy ...
How many pesticides can be found in fruits and vegetables? How are they controlled and studied? What are the real dangers associated with pesticide residues? Eating greens might not be just as ...
How did a mother turn from a helpless victim to a whistleblower in the Depakine health scandal? This anti-epileptic drug, produced by French Big Pharma giant Sanofi, is notoriously known to have ...
When will fully autonomous cars hit the roads? Level 3 autonomous driving has been authorized in Europe, particularly in Germany and France. While international negotiations are moving forward fast ...
Can you be a man without getting an erection? Whether caused by anxiety or a medical reason, erectile dysfunction affects many men, including youth. Because of shame or fear of disappointing others, ...
At the beginning of 2022, the international nursing home operator ORPEA, listed on the stock exchange, generated negative headlines around the world for a scandal of abuse to the elderly in its ...
What if there was an afterlife? How does science apprehend the strange testimonies collected from patients, on the verge of death, who think they have seen the dead. Or from those who, during their ...
This is the second and last part of Raymond Jaunin’s portrait. It took 78-year-old Raymond almost 40 years to build his own boat. Director Séverin Bolle followed him for 4 years until the hull of ...
It took Raymond Jaunin 40 years to complete the magnificent 17-meter sailboat he built with his own hands. Between Switzerland and Majorca, he kept his childhood dream alive for years, refining his ...
Big oil companies, like ExxonMobil or Shell, deliberately covered up the truth about global warming, whereas they had known about the disastrous impact of their products for more than 40 years, ...
Because of rising cancel culture controversies, humorists, comedians and cartoonists now find themselves in a tough spot. The debate around woke has brought culture wars to the forefront of ...
What is amnesia and what is it like when our memories are replaced by a black hole? Amnesia can occur at any time. Shirley and Daniela have learnt it the hard way. Nicolas only came to realize the ...
In January 2019, a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in a Geneva parking lot, his attacker himself barely 18 years old. The tragedy is all the more shocking as the teen murderer was already under ...
Is Liraglutide therapy the definitive solution that will put a stop to the worldwide obesity epidemic? To this day, overweight and obese people still have to fight hard for acceptance and access to ...
When one learns, often in adulthood, that one was born by sperm donation in medically assisted procreation, the news falls like a bombshell. Thousands of people learn that their father is not who ...
All youtubers dream of turning from amateurs to entrepreneurs mingling with the rich and famous, earning big money thanks to product placements and Youtube videos. Nico and Daniela, the couple ...
Hans-Martin Bader is a violin maker by trade who has dedicated his life to ancient farming for almost 40 years. With two horses as sole company, he lives out of time in harmony with nature, to the ...
Is generalized DNA profiling for tomorrow? DNA has been used for nearly 20 years by the police and the justice system to solve serious criminal cases. We'll see how it is done in the field and how it ...
Will we ever live to be 150? And in good health? What do scientists at the forefront of anti-aging research promise us? Will the elixir of youth sought by all pharmaceutical laboratories come from ...
The Russian aggression against Ukraine forced Switzerland, after some procrastination, to set aside its neutrality. Concerned about the country's jeopardized reputation, the Federal Council finally ...
A wildlife photographer and fauna guide, Julien Regamey is an outstanding tracker who spends half his time in South Africa. In the Kruger Park, his safaris combine wildlife discovery, species ...
How to walk in balance on a 1" wide highline stretched out between two mountains? Half-man, half-bird, sometimes even blindfolded, extreme highliners defy fear and gravity hundreds of meters above ...
This is the 2nd part of Isaline's journey. Along the way, her trek will serve as an initiation rite, allowing her to spread her wings and eventually take flight. Follow in the foodsteps of an ...
The gigantic business of food supplements stems from a desire shared by us all : that of boosting one's immune system in order to better cope with illness. But the evidence of effectiveness of food ...
At the age of 16, with her braids blowing in the wind, Isaline undertakes an extraordinary journey. She has decided to leave for a 3-week-trekking adventure alone through the Alps, with her two goats ...
In 2015, the WHO classified meat as "probably carcinogenic". What does the research say today? Can meat quality make a difference, both in terms of health and ecology? What is the value of age-old ...
Ever since the war started on February 24, they have tried to manage with courage and fear mixed together. Aleksandr, Svetlana, Andriy, Vadim live in Dnipro, Kiev, Kharkiv or Lviv. They chronicle ...
Parental burn-out is poorly diagnosed and often hidden by parents overwhelmed with shame and guilt. It may seem similar to depression, but it initially affects only the family sphere. Stress and ...
Based in Chermalyk, Donbass, on February 22, under the shellfire that immediately followed Putin's declaration of invasion, our journalist experienced the explosion of the war on the Ukrainian ...
Not all companies are in the same box when it comes to international sanctions against Russian companies. In the North-East of Guatemala, the Compania Guatemalteca de Niquel, subsidiary of the ...
Bernard Garo paints matter, disappearance and monumentality. All his work bears witness to an urgency regarding the slipping away of time and a world bound to collapse. Whether he focuses on ancient ...
The art of cowbells is typical of Switzerland. Here is a moving portraits of two families, one of saddlers and the other of bell founders, who fight to preserve their craft and a Swiss tradition that ...
Born in Zermatt, the Anthamatten brothers are exceptional mountaineers. All three trained guides, they have climbed the highest peaks in the world alongside the greatest. The elder of the three ...
Switzerland is the cradle of neutrality and international law, yet weapons made in Switzerland can be found in battlefields throughout the world. Open source big data helped us track assault rifles, ...
Switzerland is the cradle of neutrality and international law, yet weapons made in Switzerland can be found in battlefields throughout the world. Open source big data helped us track how the Pilatus ...
How to exfiltrate from the Taliban the young women of the Zohra Orchestra, the only all-female musical ensemble in Afghanistan, whose world-famous success came with their 2017 performance at the ...
This report denounces human trafficking and forced labor in one of the world’s richest capitals: Geneva. Undocumented migrants from Ukraine, Britain, Poland or Macedonia working on building sites ...
Scary fact : 2.2 billion people, i.e. 40% of the world's population, are considered overweight or obese. In Mexico, the figure skyrockets to 76%. Junk food plays the main role in this notorious ...
'There is no cure for who you are'. This is how a psychiatrist sums up how far we've come in recent years with regard to gender dysphoria, i.e. the permanent identification with the other gender and ...
Anyone looking for the soul of Corsica should be heading straight to the GR20 trail, far from the coast swarming with tourists. Walking the GR20 remains the royal way to discover real Corsica. Along ...
More and more teenagers want get an Apollo body fast. They are inspired by models on the web and the social networks, from people who’ve increased their muscle mass fast, and they sometimes injure ...
Climbing all the peaks over 8'000 meters of altitude on the planet! With already ten 8000 summits to her credit, she’s never been so close to achieving this challenge of a lifetime. If she ...
Anger is building up among women farmers! Out in the country, women have always been numerous to farm the land and work tirelessly on the agricultural domains, a male fiefdom no matter what. However, ...
If stray cats and domestic cats purr perfectly together, their frenetic sexual activity is a bomb-like threat to biodiversity. According to scientists, cat’s slaying of birds, insects and ...
The major international migration crisis at Europe's borders is exacerbating political tensions. This investigation reveals the fierce police repression of the 300'000 Belarusians who demonstrated in ...
Alongside legendary wildlife photographers like Vincent Munier, many amateurs scrutinize the beauty of the wild to transcribe its magic. Vincent Chabloz is one of them. An upholsterer-decorator ...
Does voluntourism do more harm than good? Teaching English in Nepal, counting elephants in Botswana; paid volunteer missions abroad are very popular with young people. Many of them, full of ...
This documentary tells the story of a metamorphosis. Of a return to life thanks to science, after years of suffering. Yves Auberson was diagnosed with Parkinson's at age 35. 17 years later, his life ...
Victor hunts according to the tradition of his grandfather, a Mexican shaman. His field of exploration takes us to the Vaud Jura, Switzerland. Here, over the years, the Indian has become a close ...
Hugely successful dating apps such as Tinder or GrindR have a dark side: they leave the field open to sexual predators. Encounters that go wrong, sexual brutality, rape, multiple and lasting traumas: ...
Immersion with the Cistercian monk-farmers of the Abbey of Hauterive, in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In this nine-century-old place, he monks cultivate both earth and spirit. All of them ...
Our journalists investigate a feminicide which, by its violence, shocked the whole country. In October 2019, Christophe Keller slit his wife Melanie's throat before cutting his own. How to explain ...
The prices for second homes in the mountains are skyrocketing. With the pandemic, more urbanites have become aware of their environment and some have make up their mind to get to higher ground. In ...
Why has autism been under-diagnosed in women for decades? Some autistic people have very high IQs. When they are women, their invisibility is increased tenfold because of a paternalistic culture. But ...
They're young and have already botoxed them-selves up the wazoo! For the first time in the his-tory of cosmetic surgery, 18-34 year olds out-number 50 year olds in resorting to surgery acts. Relayed ...
How to account for the slow transition toward healthier agriculture as the overwhelming scientific evidence of the toxicity of pesticides is stacking up? Three quarters of flying insects have now ...
What goes on in the mind of small children when confronted all day with masked faces? Since the introduction of face masks in the public space, we communicate with half-faces. This lack of ...
They have lost friends, and often a good part of themselves; Afghanistan veterans are taking a hard look at the end of 20 years of war. There are the thousands of billions spent, but the human cost ...
Breathing is the most necessary act of life. Yet pollution and climate change threaten this basic right for all. As temperatures rise, pollinations that used to occur only in spring are now also ...
Are corpses just like any other commodity that can be sold with impunity? Donating one's body to science after death allows medical research and the training of surgeons to progress. But the ...
How to manage and clean up the toxic dumps and polluted industrial sites that threaten the quality of our drinking water? The river Rhone waters flowing from Alpine glaciers at above 2,000 metres is ...
China’s resolve to become the world’s first superpower has led Beijing to keep weaving informal networks in its attempt to influence foreign political and economic decision-makers in its favour. ...
Buying the life insurance from seriously ill patients in order to make a profit when they die: welcome to the grim reality of the life settlements industry, a financial sector regularly boasting a ...
Who are the new 'witches' that have made their presence felt during the major recent feminist demonstrations or against global warming? Far from the medieval clichés of old age and ugliness, these ...
The use of smart drugs among students is constantly on the rise. What are the risks and benefits of brain boosters on one's health? How can they help your brain make you a better performer? How ...
They are between 16 and 72 years of age and some of them speak out for the first time ever. Most incest victims, children of silence and pain, use raw and heavy words to speak about child abuse, in ...
Global warming is increasingly threatening the security of our water supply. Every summer, the water levels of our rivers decrease drastically. In France, villages now have to be supplied with ...
Every day, we breathe and drink more and more microplastics than we'd ever have wanted. From the tires of our cars to our clothes and cosmetics, microplastics are everywhere. They are even found in ...
The idea of transplanting animal organs into patients to make up for the lack of donors is resurfacing. But how far can we manipulate the living and exploit animals to save human lives? At the ...
How and why does one become a jihadist? When exactly does one cross over the tipping point and fall into horror territory? How can a terrorist deny the humanity of those he is about to kill? In ...
Olivier Boulanger is a farrier, like his grandfather and great-grandfather before him. Every day he walks the roads of the Bernese Jura to shoe Grand Prix or Franches-Montagnes horses. With a smile ...
Portrait of a unique breed of cows made famous as early as 1917 by its fights in the Valais region of Switzerland. Once simply called "horned animals", they were so numerous at the foot of the Dent ...
He had everything going for him: sumptuous mistresses, despite a sham marriage, the prestige of power over Spain, whose democratic transition he had ensured after Francos's military dictatorship. ...
Climate change is already a reality. Because of higher temperatures new viruses are emerging that put the most fragile among us at risk. The south of France has been affected by increasingly violent ...
20-year-old Lara, has made her dream come true: she became a buffalo breeder and started her own mozzarella and yoghurt farm while holding her family farm's torch high. Portrait of a young breeder ...
How to take care of the illuminated books and art works of the convent of Fribourg, which has preserved since 1256 the writings related to its history and to the commentaries of the Gospel? Carole ...
As a gateway to Europe, the Greek island of Samos has become a hellish journey for thousands of migrants who have no choice but to wait, sometimes for years, for a response to their asylum ...
Bypass surgery (RYGB) is the most practised surgery for people suffering from severe obesity. But this solution that guarantees an impressive weight loss also brings about deep upheavals in the ...
We hadn't seen cross-sanctions between Europeans and Chinese authorities since 1989. At the heart of the crisis are the Xinjiang camps where Beijing claims to be de-radicalising hundreds of thousands ...
Ancestral healing therapies resist all scientific progress and healers are overwhelmed by patients requests. By helping us mobilize our self-healing abilities, healers sometimes seem to work ...
"My night is more beautiful than your day" : this could be the motto of all the characters taking us on a journey in the deep of the night. An astro-photographer observes the nebulae of other ...
Tens of thousands of people across Europe have lost loved ones, sometimes several family members, during the first wave of the coronavirus. Now they are holding their government and health ...
Is medical tourism really worth the risk? Many people faced with prohibitive fees for cosmetic surgery in their home country turn to specialized agencies that manage everything – but the unexpected ...
Olga Letykai Csonka is a shaman from Chukotka, in the far north-east of Russia. For more than 20 years, she has been living in Switzerland, but her heart and soul remain deeply connected to her ...
How far can the greed of slum landlords go? This investigation into the living conditions of Filipino workers in Geneva reveals a sordid traffic in which an apartment can be rented by the room at ...
Osula, a yak breeder in Valais, Switzerland, decided to cross the Austrian Alps with her animals. After a transalpine journey which led her from the Alps to the Mediterranean, she embarked ...
From the 1980s until 2010, the NSA spied through a backdoor in the Solaris operating system that equipped hardware sold by Sun microsystems to countless Swiss companies and universities. Was the ...
As if coming close to death through a NDE wasn't enough, some NDE experiencers come back to life with what they describe as extraordinary abilities. In addition to their disturbing stories, the ...
What if there was an afterlife? What if the disturbing accounts of patients who have had a near death experience were more serious than the skeptics think? Since the 1970s, faced with countless ...
Panic attacks trigger serious physical reactions without any real imminent danger. However, if left untreated, they can become very severe and disabling for those suffering from them. How can ...
Thefts, beatings, torture, murder sometimes... Violent crimes by teen gang members seem to have gone out of control. Violence is trivialized by social networks that blur the line between real life ...
The number of patients addicted to opioids is skyrocketing in Europe, even though their long-term effectiveness is much debated. The American crisis has raised awareness and many doctors are ...
Disruptive behaviour in schools has become the number one problem for teachers. Restlessness, disrespect and aggressive behaviour is seen in younger and younger kids who mess up kindergarten classes. ...
Does the actual profitability of wind farms live up to the promises of green energy developers? Everyone agrees on the need to supplement our energy mix with green energy to reduce our dependence on ...
The wave of testimonies regarding elite sport coaches' acts of psychological, physical or sexual misconduct continues to flood in and undermine the world of high-performance sport. More and more ...
The golden age of the Internet almost seems a thing of the past for the millions of lonely hearts still looking for a soul mate. While young people massively look for one-night sexfriends on Tinder, ...
Cancer, epilepsy, diabetes: these devastating diseases are mobilizing medical staff around the globe. Today, some researchers are getting help from unusual collaborators: animals. Thanks to their ...
They have received one of the best technical and medical training in the world. However, in the field, paramedics will have to deal with psychosocial situations that do not require emergency kits or ...
Can children learn under a tree the same way they would sitting on a chair in a classroom? Spending 100% school time out in the forest: is this just possible? And to what benefit? For one year, a ...
Survivalists and collapsologists have made food autonomy the new trend. Fuelled by no other ideology but their love for nature, a family decided to take action by becoming self-directed vegie ...
David, a sports journalist, received anonymous death threats for a comment on a racist slur he made during a game. So did Carolina, for supporting female sexual liberation on her Youtube ...
Their numbers exploded in the cities during lockdown: food delivery couriers, with their nose alwasys to the grindstone, have seen their working conditions worsen yet again. American meals-on-wheels ...
Our journalists report on the true environmental impact of the plastics recycling industry lying behind the greenwashing of mass market retailers. Late 2018, China stopped importing plastic waste ...
Our journalists investigate into the controversial biobank sector. In 2019, 250,000 European families who thought they were protecting their children from rare genetic diseases by entrusting their ...
Overweight or hypertension are not randomly distributed in our cities. On the contrary, they cluster in specific neighbourhoods. Geomedicine proves that individual responsibility is not everything. ...
Global warming can have deadly consequences. In the summer of 2019, a French couple on vacation in the mountains lost their 6-year-old daughter Lisa as she was swept away by a mudslide in Chamoson, ...
Being exposed to too much screen time early on may cause serious consequences on the development of preschool-aged children. Delayed language acquisition and behavioural ssues are regularly observed ...
Where exactly did the coronavirus come from? From an exotic animal captured for the Wuhan pet market? From the P4 lab incriminated by conspiracy theories? Did African pangolins imported into China by ...
Kurt Moser has been travelling through the mythical mountains of the Dolomites to capture its wilderness thanks to pictures resulting from a particularly delicate technique: the ambrotype. Kurt only ...
They are the new slaves of our societies, whose ageing demography is one of our major challenges. Working 24 hours a day, six days a week for low wages including board and room allowance, migrants ...
They are united by the bonds of blood, those of brotherhood but also by the same passion of bouldering. Fred has marked the history of climbing by pushing back the scale of difficulty in the ...
Discover authentic Northern Sicily through the eyes of an expatriate returning from abroad. Olive plantations and beekeeping are Giuseppe’s passion. The young man deeply fell in love with the ...
Any person assisting or attempting to assist the unauthorised entry of a foreigner in the EU is liable for prosecution. This "crime" has a name: the offense of solidarity. In theory, European ...
Being a veterinarian in the mountains requires an unfailing passion. Detailing the hours or kilometers to do one's job is useless when the need for care makes it necessary to answer the call 24/7. ...
The therapeutic interventions of Vincent Humbert's case, in France, has left its mark and highlighted the importance of advance directives. This signed document can be unsettling as it details what ...
After years of battle, Christian, aged 40, married and the father of a girl, became Christine, the first transgender high-ranking officer in the Swiss army. Before her, Claudia, also in the army, had ...
How can children be protected when they getcaught up in warfare during high-conflict divorceor separation? In order to better identify familydysfunctions, justice authorities sometimesrequest ...
Eating disorders are constantly on the rise. Unlike obesity, binge eating disorder does not involve any compensatory strategy after overeating. This morbid passion for food led the French tv host Guy ...
Air pollution kills millions prematurely. Road traffic's exhaust fumes are the primary cause of this excess. Whereas over 300 cities in Europe have restricted access to the most polluting cars, ...
Running away from home or foster care leave indelible marks in the emotional and family lives of youth. For teens, it is alwas a cry for help. For their parents, anguish gives way to ...
What is the daily life of the nurses who spend their lives saving the lives of others? How do they manage deal with the stress of every moment, and the lack of time that sometimes prevents them from ...
Could music be used to strengthen our brains? A major neuroscience study, conducted between Geneva and Hanover, purports to prove the incredible benefits of music on our health. By using imaging to ...
They present themselves as "shamans", "medicine men" with mysterious healing powers. Some of them do not hesitate to take advantage of gullible Europeans to thrive on a juicy business where therapy, ...
This report shot in Sicily and Nigeria investigates the sex trafficking of young Nigerian women forced into prostitution throughout Europe after being manipulated and bewitched during voodoo rituals. ...
On August 28th, 9 million euros were robbed in an armored van in the suburbs of Lyon. Several months before, the same modus operandi was used in various attacks in Fren-speaking Switzerland. ...
What is the true cost of cheap clothes, a large part of which are now made in Ethiopia? With wages almost ten times lower than in China, Ethiopia has become the new Eldorado of the fasion industry. ...
Who are the animal rights activists calling for an antispeciesist revolution? Over the past few years, they have illegally occupied slaughterhouses, freed animal held in poor conditions, smashed up ...
Antibiotic resistance is, according to the WHO, one of the most serious threats to global health. Multidrug resistant bacteria modify our microbiota and the environment. They are responsible for the ...
A year ago, the global revelation of the "Implant Files" showed how Health authorities across the globe have failed to protect millions of patients from poorly tested implants. Since then, the ...
Portrait of a wildlife photographer whose pictures are collected all over the world. In all his work, Vincent Munier creates a very unique bond between man and life in all forms. In this documentary ...
In Switzerland, too, the number of people fed up with mass tourism is on a constant rise. Nearly 9.5 million tourists went to Lucerne in 2018: an all-time record that tourism stakeholders welcome, ...
Have you ever wondered who will take care of your body after your death? A man? A woman? Maybe you don't care! Anyway, until now, you didn't really have a choice in the almost exclusively male world ...
Early puberty has become a very worrying public health issue of late. Our journalists headed to Copenhagen, where endocrinologist Anders Juul has been documenting the phenomenon for years. Pr. Juul ...
In Carrara, Tuscany, the blue of the sea blends with the sparkling white of the marble quarries that overlook the city. For thousands of years, the mythical place is home to men welcomes sculptors ...
Crans-Montana has always looked like a duplicate of Monaco, if you replace the beach by the mountains, that is. The wrld-famous resort embodies a certain idea of Switzerland, with prosperity, calm ...
Should the children of the European Isis fighters who have died in combat be flown home? For their grandparents, getting these children out of the Syrian chaos is absolutely necessary.But how can one ...
How can we combat the sedentary lifestyle that is slowly killing our society? Sitting still for too long is now a major public health issue. Nearly 70% of the population is reportedly weakened by ...
Why are millennials the least sexually active generation in decades? The sexual recession, documented by sexologists for several years, is cause for concern. The blame lies with too much pressure ...
A portrait of Scottish Isle of Lewis, its wild and powerful landscapes, and its Gaelic-speaking inhabitants, located at the isolated end of the Hebrides archipelago. Beyond Lewis Island, there is ...
From the Quai Branly in Paris to Kuala Lampur and Dubai, Patrick Blanc's vertical gardens have been beautifying peri-urban façades around the world for nearly 30 years. The erudite botanist has set ...
For many decades, Sri Lanka and Lebanon's stolen babies flooded the adoption market to fill the heart of European would-be parents with happiness. For these children, now adult themselves, seeking ...
As more countries are rushing to prepare the commercial launch of 5G, the unchartered territory for 5G mobile networks has become a concern for a growing proportion of the population. However, 5G ...
Esther Larios Wiget did not intend to be a mountain guide. Encouraged by her brother, she moved forward down this path in her twenties. Today, extreme long-distance tours are no longer part of her ...
Millions of youth worldwide took to the streets to urge their leaders to combat climate change faster. How come the awareness of climate emergency so suddenly took off among Greta Thunberg fellow ...
Our journalists investigate the ethical, social and economic issues related to the commercialization of the human genome. DNA tests claiming to reveal the origins of one's ancestors are all the rage ...
Despite more than a century of feminism and the Me Too movement, machismo is making a comeback among young people. A major study by the University of Zurich reveals that teens today are much more ...
It is a story of letters, friendship, cycling, degrowth and family bonding. The story of a long gone kind of mailman if it ever existed. When Vincent retired, he wanted to go on a long bike ride. He ...
What if hypnosis could revolutionize hospital care ? The natural method that used to be controversial makes it possible to drastically reduce the dose of chemical anesthetics. In Yverdon, ...
Investigation into the disturbed relations between cops and prostitutes following an unprecedented corruption scandal that shattered Geneva's police forces.. Corrupt police officers are reported to ...
How can we avoid avalanches and put a stop to the increase in mountain accidents? With the growing success of freeride and cross-country skiing, the ending season has been three times more deadly ...
Music and mountains are the two main ingredients of the Cosmojazz festival, about to celebrate its tenth anniversary in July 2019. For eight days, free concerts take place at high altitude between ...
The tradition of alpine pasture and "désalpe" is passed down from generation to generation. In the Swiss Jura region, two families settle each summer with their cows. Some make cheese out of their ...
France has decided to stop reimbursing drugs for Alzheimer's disease. For numerous medical studies show that these molecules have a very disappointing effect or no effect at all on patients. But how ...
Discover the tradition of Swiss raclette cheese making as if you were a local! At an altitude of 2200 m, the Mille mountain pasture in the Val de Bagnes is the Michellod family's chosen holiday ...
After wandering around the planet, Lito decided to follow in his father's footsteps. He settled down on a heavenly beach on the Pacific coast. He decided to buy several hundred hectares of forest in ...
Portrait of a zootherapist who calls on huskies to treat through the mediation of the animals. In addition to her mushing companions, she also gets horses, goats, hens, rabbits, turtle-doves to bild ...
It is the story of an encounter between a magical place and a ham maturing tradition. The story of two brothers, former senior executives in multinationals who have turned Pata Negra ham ripeners . ...
The sexuality of seniors is a taboo subject even though it is of paramount importance in the daily life of retirement homes. There are beautiful love stories, couples come together and share the same ...
Although LSD is associated with the hippies of the 70s, the drug was actually discovered in Switerland... The first psychedelic trip occured at Sandoz in Basel in 1943! The chemist who discovered the ...
Scientists have now found the missing evidence proving that nature does heal humans. Whether in the Japanese forest bathing or in the therapeutic garden of the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, ...
Not a week goes by without a woman dying at the hands of her partner. However, domestic violence is not necessarily synonymous with battered women. Men are also concerned and intimate partner ...
The Donbass War is a silent, murderous conflict that has been tearing apart eastern Ukraine since 2014. Women represent nearly a quarter of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the struggle against ...
Diana Fankhauser considers schwingen or panty wrestling a family affair. She's always been passionate about it as long as she can remember. Diana has followed in the footsteps of her two aunts, ...
A trip to Italy with the starred chef Carlo Crisci, owner of the restaurant du Cerf, who gives us a glimpse of his Italian roots and the prime importance of olive in his cuisine and in his own life.
Meet two masters in their arts, two men living the life they have always dreamed of: one forges Samurai swords while the other manufactures old unique bicycles.
A dangerous drug for some, a miracle plant for others, cannabis has become a legal and lucrative market on a large scale. So much so that it is now on the stock market via major pharmaceutical ...
How could being an orphan mean forced commitment to psychiatric hospitals for young adults? In Switzerland, in the 1950s, a psychiatric clinic could have one third of so-called "socially ill" ...
Faced with the growing success of vaporizers, the tobacco empire strikes back. With IQOS, Glo, Ploom, etc., cigarette companies have found a way to sell both tobacco and electronic devices. But are ...
Portrait of François Junod, a mechanical artist in the purest tradition of 18th century automatons. François Junod has constantly been pushing back the limits of mechanics. He breathes life into ...
Jeremie Heitz is probably one of the best freeriders of his generation. This young Swiss made a name for himself in "The List", a film in which he skied down a dozen mythical mountains of more than ...
What are the therapeutic benefits of fasting? Clinics and wellness centres offering cures are multiplying! Intermittent fasting has become increasingly popular of late. But how does it compare to the ...
It has never been easier to buy your dog online.But a dirty business of dog smuggling spreading allover Europe lies behind thousands of internet ads.The unsuspecting buyers often have no clue ...
Will we ever be immortal? Is living better, healthier, longer lives what science and technology have in store for us in the short run? Paraplegics can now start walking again thanks to exoskeletons ...
How to you survive a violent attack? Victims of rape and homophobic crimes that are interviewed in this report tell us about their slow attempts at inner reconstruction. They also confide in us the ...
More and more people are immersing themselves in the cold to benefit their health. How could exposing one's body to such cold temperatures could be beneficial? Diving in an icy lake or entering ...
Can living in an overly sanitized environment bad be detrimental to health? Are we overburdening our immune system by chasing germs from our environment? Our journalists investigate.
Are smartphones destroying an entire generation? Never before has a technology invaded our lives so fast and so completely. For parents, the smartphone has become the enemy. Teens are especially hard ...
It only takes a split second to become a paraplegic. These dramatic accidents often affect young people whose lives are then irreparably disrupted. How can one apprehend the future when one finds ...
It is estimated that one in five people will experience a depressive episode in their lifetime. If no one is safe, women are twice as affected as men. Women and men agreed to talk openly about the ...
Why has the number of caesareans exploded in the past ten years? Is medical necessity always at the origin of the surgeon's decision to operate? Today, the growing number of health conditions related ...
Under the influence of global warming, mountains in the Alps are breaking up, threatening villages located in red zones. The people in charge of mountain security are voicing concerns and imagining ...
Born on the edge of the Amazon, ayahuasca is the new buzzword. Horribly bitter, emetic and purgative, this plant decoction associated with shamanism is more and more popular under northern latitudes. ...
The Pittsburgh synagogue Mass shooting that left 11 dead on October 27 is another tragic evidence that Anti-Semitism is on the rise throughout the world. Our journalist investigated the circumstances ...
Sentimental scams leave in their wake men and women both ruined and sentimentally broken. Bernard dreamed of a tender retirement alongside a young Frenchwoman. Julie thought she had found love with ...
Portrait of the Swiss navigator Alan Roura during his last preparations for the next Route du Rhum. In February 2017, he finished 12th for his first participation to the Vendée Globe. The event was ...
The birds are disappearing fast from our fields and meadows. Slowly, silently but surely. Nearly 40% of the species in agricultural areas are in sharp decline in Switzerland. Experts are deeply ...
The incidence of chronic IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) has exploded worldwide. Why? According to researchers, the growing amounts of additives used in processed foods bear the brunt of the blame ...
At age 20, Delphine had a car accident and has been suffering chronic ankle pain ever since. His multiple ankle fractures were mysteriously not diagnosed immediately at the hospital. It was only ...
They heal burns, eczema and warts, cure shingles and allergies. They're swamped by demand for their services, from patients who have often exhausted the possibilities afforded by conventional ...
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 ...
This report tackles vaccine scepticism, a movement prompting a growing number of parents not to have their children vaccinated. Leaving behind mistrust and the sterile debate on the pros and cons ...
The Baie de Somme is one of the most beautiful bays in the world. This outstanding protected natural area, recovered twice a day by the tide, is the largest migratory crossroads of Europe. Portrait ...
Louis, Jeanne and Agnès are 102, 104 and 105 years old. How did they live so long and stay healthy and young at heart? Our journalists travelled to the province of Ogliastra, Sardinia, one of the ...
In Europe, more than 20,000 women are victims of human trafficking and forced into prostitution. In this fierce, brutal environment, women are sold as mere pieces of meat by the sex mafia, in Africa, ...
Who are the dictators spending surreal amounts of money in Switzerland's most opulent hotels while their people live in abject poverty? For decades, their regular presence has been a mainstay of ...
Our journalist investigate the amazing story of a con artist is the Swiss military. Everyone believed it. Switzerland would compete with the American giants race in the private sector space race ...
When exactly does a flattering comment breaks up the limits of sexism? How does one say loud and clear what is acceptable and what is not? Is a zero-tolerance policy towards harassment possible in ...
How to allow end of life patients to die at home but in an institution? Tara's home, in Switzerland, offers patients and their families personalized support with attention and consideration that are ...
Acute mountain sickness is as much a problem for experienced alpine climbers and mountaineers as for tourists on a trekking tour. Symptoms range from simple headaches with nausea to complications ...
Why do so many migrants come on European soil from Eritrea? This exceptional report, shot unescorted in a country considered by many NGOs as one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world, ...
The film goes back to the origins of the creation of the State of Israel and treats the history of Zionism (1896-1948) from the very specific angle of the West's responsibility. Through the analysis ...
This report looks at the green gold rush of legal cannabis, or CBD. Since becoming freely available in Switzerland, the medicinal virtues of CBD – anti-inflammatory, painkiller, stress reliever – ...
Portrait of Marco Crettenand, the last cow hoof carer from the canton of Valais, Switzerland, who looks after cows hoofs with shears and not with a grinder. He inherited this traditional method from ...
Gestational surrogacy allows LGBT couples to become parents. Only a few couples are willing to set out and go on the adventure. The phenomenon is statistically marginal. It remains nonetheless ...
Immersion in the heart of the forest, with forest engineer Ernst Zürcher, an unusual scientist giving as much credit to ancestral beliefs as to his scientific knowledge. Intermingling science and ...
One of the tourist attractions of Valparaiso, Chile: a fleet of public transport vehicles that rank among the oldest in the world. Among them, Swiss trolley buses from the 50s and 60s. After years of ...
Thanks to the appearance of low-cost fitnesscentres, everyone's getting into shape, a widespread trend that can find several generations of the same family working out together - and that has seen ...
Can stones tell stories? Travel with a group of young university researchers – archeologists, restorers, workers, divers from France, Switzerland and Spain – as they endeavour to reconstruct the ...
Can you imagine that a thief, a rapist or any other criminal could be arrested today even before he commits his crime? This sci-fi scenario is already partly an established reality in Los Angeles, ...
Every year the Muveran Trophies mark the finalrace of the backcountry ski season in Switzerland.Nothing's left to chance when it comes to safety.Patriarch Philippe Bonnet heads the team ofvolunteers ...
What are the dangers associated with the thousands of chemicals found in our daily cosmetics? Endocrine disruptors, suspected of causing many diseases, have been identified as major polluters. We now ...
This report investigates the third life of our used cars in Africa: the impossible marriage alliance between business, recycling and environment. With the announced death of diesel, the pressure on ...
Raphaël Mayoraz is a mountain guide, a rescue worker and a geologist specialized in the prevention of natural risks. It’s his job to prevent dangers in a region that is particularly vulnerable to ...
Freddy Nock holds 22 world records and is descended from seven generations of tightrope walkers. He works in spectacular settings: on wires spread taut across a canyon, between electricity pylons or ...
They're between 18 and 30 years old and their youth has been blighted by mental illness. Schizophrenic, bipolar, depressed, Geeti, Jonathan, Alexandre and Manon are all patients at an outpatient ...
How can you recover from the cancer that'sturned your life upside down when you're afraid it will get you fired? Our journalists interviewed four patients struggling to cope in just that situation. ...
This report combines first-hand accounts andarchive footage to reconstitute the story of the Swiss who led a double life as shadowy soldiers in a Cold War episode that beggars belief. Armed with ...
Discover keto and low carb-high fat (LCHF), two diets that are about to shatter traditional nutritional recommendations. The research is unequivocal: it's sugar that makes you sick, notfat! Diabetes, ...
Let's take look back on the history of cardiac transplantation with Swiss expert René Prêtre. How has the life of heart transplant patients really changed over the last 50 years? The tragic story ...
The day she discovered a very peculiar vibration within her, Lucie, a young girl from St-Maurice, Switzerland, decided she had to change her life. Her search for "the real life" lead her to ceramics ...
When a crime is committed, the spotlight is always on the victim and his or her family. But what aboutthe perpetrator's relatives? Their lives will never be the same again either. Dominique Moulinas ...
Distillers, collectors and lovers of absinthe tell us the thousand and one lives of absinthe, or Green Fairy, a spirit drink whose roots lie in the heart of Val-de-Travers Switzerland.The legendary ...
This musician's story mirrors the instrument he plays, the bandoneon, and the musical genre now associated with his name: the tango. Seven years ago, Alain left everything to live in the Buenos ...
Over 200 million women are living with the consequences of female genital cutting, a horrific practice that is not limited to remote villages in distant places. As European countries institute ...
The clitoris is the least well known and the least studied organ of the human body. It wasn't even included in anatomy books until the 19th century, as scientists had realized that it didn't play an ...
Telling your name, answering the phone or going out for shopping can turn into a nightmare for stutters. For Morgane, Philippe and Estéban, the most casual of conversations is an ordeal. Are ...
Follow one of the on-site vets behind theenclosures at Basel Zoo. Learn all about theanimals and the people who care for them ina model zoo that has carried out pioneeringreproduction programmes ...
This is the second and last episode of our report following the daily life of specialized educators in charge of Pascal, Manuel or Claire. These young people, all of whom have committed crimes, are ...
Discover a bow maker who has revived an ancient tradition, using 5 or 6 types of wood to make bows. A nature lover, he selects the best yews and laburnums, and with other instinctive archers, he ...
There have been plenty of films about John Howe, the Canadian illustrator famous for his work on The Lord of the Rings trilogy. But this one's different. It's essentially a philosophical journey, for ...
Juvenile justice usually has to choose between punishing and educating. In Switzerland, judges can do both. Swiss juvenile law requires that young offenders who have dropped out and have family ...
Manu Torrent fisherman's hut is a Spanish inn where friendship and sharing are king. On the shores of Lake Geneva, fishing and Vietnamese cuisine go hand in hand without stirring much controversy. ...
In 2005, the documentary "An Affair Of The Heart" filmed every step of six-year-old Lorena's life-saving heart transplant. Today, Lorena is 17. A fragile young woman, she speaks about life ...
Learn all about two extreme diets that have nothing in common through this portrait of two families: in this corner, the Paleos, who eat meat at every meal; in that corner, the Vegans, who boycott ...
For Anne Wiltafsky, cows are more than just a source of milk and meat. For over ten years she's directed a unique centre, in Switzerland, where cows learn to climb stairs, pull a sled or run an ...
How much would you pay to live six months longer? Once a taboo subject, the soaring cost of endof-life health care and treatment has become amatter for urgent discussion - the last year of life costs ...
Meet the veterinarian who lives life to the fullest, in the air and on the ground. He criss-crosses the Franches Montagnes daily to care for his animal patients, then takes to the air to look down on ...
Thanks to social egg freezing, or oocyte cryopreservation, women can now delay motherhood. I'll have a baby if, with whom and when I want to! could become the rallying call of an entire generation ...
Several recent food scandals have made consumers increasingly cautious about what they eat. And public health services are constantly hammering home the message, “Eat well to stay healthy.” So ...
Through the overwhelming testimony of the parents of Laurent Kremer, the 20-year-old young man who was one of the six victims of the Liège massacre, this survey tackles organ donation from the ...
While tobacco prevention has reduced the number of smokers, youth continue heavily to fall into tobacco addiction. The industry is thus doing all it can to seduce this strategic age group. ...
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 ...
What happens to the anatomical waste used in hospital medicine? Placenta, biopsy, biological samples: who do they belong to? How are these tissues stored or disposed of and what is their legal and ...
Discover the hidden world of Marseille's Calanques, where the juxtaposition of azure blue sea and jagged white limestone showcases the Mediterranean. Heaven on earth for walkers and divers, the ...
Each year in June, Lisbon awakens to the sounds of the musette balls and the lure is great for locals and tourists alike to postpone rest and sleep forever. In scents of grilled sardines, the ...
How to take a fresh take on French suburbs? Are they really the no-go zones that some politicians thrive on? Last October, an attack of unprecedented brutality put France in turmoil: about fifteen ...
Half of the violent deaths are considered natural deaths and remain unnoticed by the justice system! Many accidents, suicides or even murders are never brought to justice as they are wrongly ...
The demons of the past have come back to haunt Switzerland's Catholic Church. Up to 1981, over 100,000 children were forcibly placed with families or in institutions on the pretext that their parents ...
The Grande Dixence is the world's highest dam. A 15-million ton behemoth built in the 1950s, thedam rises above more than 100 kilometres ofgalleries dug into the mountainside as far awayas the ...
A neo-Nazi storm is gathering over Europe. Seizing on the migrant crisis to come outi nto the open, right-wing, sometimes violent extremists are very active in Switzerland.In Germany, their many ...
From the Himalayas to the Andes, from the Rocky Mountains to the Alps, plants from the Thomasia botanical garden offer a miniature tour of the world of alpine plants. From May to October, gardener ...
Is burn-out to the twenty-first century what consumption was to the nineteenth? It affects all occupations and jobs, with almost one in four employees feeling stressed at work and exhausted at a cost ...
With over 4 million patients developing a health care acquired infection. every year in Europe, hospital-acquired conditions have become a major public health problem. How can such infections ...
Visit the Mont-Blanc Massif, today and yesterday, with Hubert Gay-Couttet, a member of a family that has photography in the blood. Photos in hand, he walks in the footsteps of his forebears, who ...
The taboo of farmers' suicide has broken. Families speak out and denounce unbearable working conditions, pressure from mass-market retailers and consumers, legal norms, costly investment, hardship ...
What is it like to live with endometriosis? Twoyoung women speak about the distress causedby this complex disease while a medical scandalbrews in the wings. With its controversial recommended doses ...
The life expectancy of people with Down's syndrome has dramatically increased over the century. Advances in medicine have made it possible to move from a life expectancy of 9 years in 1900 to 35 ...
Prenatal screening for Trisomy 21 is a technological advance that also presents parents with an extremely difficult ethical decision: should the pregnancy be terminated? Nine out of ten couples opt ...
Mindfulness meditation is the new trend that is about to convince official medicine. Neuroscience studies now prove that meditating can transform our brain. Well-being programs with a heavy emphasis ...
This is the story of two friends' dream. One is a forest ranger, the other is a woodcutter. Both in love with their forests, they did everything to be one day able to age wine in a barrel made of an ...
Do you ask your doctor to prove he’s qualifiedwhen you show up for an appointment? Of coursenot. And yet, bogus doctors exist. In this report,the victims of medical charlatans describe theirordeals ...
This portrait of today's best Swiss wrestlers takes us for a memorable journey into a unique sport where tradition, respect and authenticity are king. The Federal Fest is the greatest Swiss sports ...
Discover Vercofly, the hike-and-fly paragliding competition. Competitors have four days to tag nine high-altitude huts and four lakes between the Turtmanntal and the Val de Bagne, in Switzerland, on ...
French-speaking Switzerland shooting ranges attract more and more women. What are their motivations? What are they really attracted by when it comes to weapons? A student, a bank clerk, a security ...
Local dialects are for some is the language of childhood, of one's first emotions, few words that remain at the back of the ear. For others, it is a language in its own right, the Franco-Provençal, ...
For some, patois is a language of childhood, of one's first emotions. For others, it is a language in its own right, the Franco-Provençal, and it must be defended at all costs as it is threatened, ...
Winter in the hills of the Côte d'Azur and Liguriais brightened by the froth of countless yellow mimosa blossoms. Feted, cultivated, visited, the mimosa is today the symbol of an entire region. ...
Looking to one side, his hand to the other, cartoonist Derib has observed movement in order to capture it for over 50 years. With 'The Galloping Silence', his comic strip devoted to the ...
