Objectif Monde L'hebdo

Switzerland, train country

In Switzerland like elsewhere, trains do not always arrive on time but the country can be proud of its rail network, one of the most developed in the world. Mythical panoramic trains, exceptional transport service, freight, piggybacking... How can this success be explained? Immediate boarding with the Compagnie ferroviaire fédérale.
Report by Hélène Hug for the France Télévisions magazine programme "Nous, les Européens".

Guests: Hélène Hug, France Télévisions journalist; Bernard Wuthrich

Presented by: Dominique Laresche

Battle of Waterloo: what happened to the bodies?

18 June 1815. Napolean's troops were defeated at Waterloo. Two hundred years later, only a few skeletons and scattered bones have been found out of 20,000 dead bodies. Historians suggest that the missing human remains were used by the local sugar industry.
Report by André Bernard for the Radio Canada magazine programme "Découverte".

Guests: André Bernard, Radio-Canada journalist; Johan Vaucher, historian, specialist in modern and contemporary conflicts

Presented by: Dominique Laresche