Wed, 01/05/2022 - 12:10
Marc Walder, CEO of Ringier, one of Switzerland's largest media groups, has come under fire after it emerged that he said at a conference in February 2021 that he had instructed journalists to take a pro-government line in their coverage of the Covid pandemic. Media react indignantly to this encroachment on editorial independence.
Tue, 01/04/2022 - 12:21
The euro is celebrating a big birthday after being available as cash since January 2002. Twenty years on, 340 million citizens in 19 EU countries use it every day, and in global transactions it is on a par with the US dollar. Although the initial scepticism has faded, there are still those who have their doubts about the single currency, as a look at today's commentaries confirms.