The United Nations should be supporting – not blocking – independent journalism.
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A new journalism platform: Are we missing the point of International Geneva?
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Cyber Monsters: Time to do something about social media perverting our kids
What are young people – our new generation of the future – supposed to think when the President of the United States – the supposed “leader of the free world” -...
International Geneva: Not just a hub but a global reality
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, while chatting with a group of international aid workers in Bangkok, I was asked why we had chosen Global Geneva as the title for our magazine (www.global-geneva.com),particularly given that much of...
Ocean problems (e.g. plastic): no time for easy answers
Look how fast the international community can react.
United Nations experts reported in 2017 that "there will be more plastic in the world's oceans than fish by 2050 unless people stop using single-use plastic items such...
Nurturing global responsibility in schools: More toys, or credible knowledge?
This editorial is a slightly longer version of the one published in the December, 2018-February, 2019 Winter Print/e-Edition of Global Geneva.
WHEN AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST FRIEND – a veritable gadget freak with the latest technology – had...
How dangerous is it to question the local powers in France? Clochemerle turns nasty.
Two years ago, bulldozers knocked down a clutch of 17th, 18th and 19th century building in Cessy, a once attractive French village in the Pays de Gex region near Geneva. The buildings were hardly in great...
World Radio Switzerland interview with Global Geneva editor Edward Girardet
This was first broadcast on the weekly MacKay interview on December 18, 2017 on Switzerland's English-language radio, Word Radio Switzerland (WRS).
How to communicate International Geneva’s global view
This article was first published in the Oct/Nov 2017 print and e-edition of Global Geneva magazine.
FROM THE EDITOR
LIVING IN THE LAKE GENEVA AREA, on whichever side of the border, we cannot help but be aware of...
FROM THE EDITOR: Real democracy doesn’t come on a platter. Nor does credible information.
Launching into our second issue of Global Geneva (APRIL-MAY, 2017), we realised that we could not ignore Donald Trump. Or what is happening to democracy, good governance and transparency— all international Geneva themes -...
Why Global Geneva Magazine?
As a young reporter during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, I encountered a guerrilla commander who was holding two Red Army prisoners. They were barely 20 and facing execution. After all, the Soviets were...
