Virginie Mangin

Bern

Head of English Dept @Swissinfo_en after 17 yrs in China (Le Figaro, Business Times, La Tribune). Tweets on China, Switzerland, int'l affairs.

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Articles

From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1975: Fifty Years Ago: Civil liberties

Jan 9, 2025 | dawn.com | Virginie Mangin

DAWN.COM E-Paper | January 10, 2025 LAHORE: The Government is earnest in its resolve to amplify and enlarge civil liberties in the country, subject to paramount considerations of national security, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto declared here today [Jan 9]. The Prime Minister was inaugurating the Second Pakistan Jurists Conference.
New technology introduced for instant detection of spurious drugs

Oct 8, 2023 | dawn.com | Virginie Mangin

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has introduced a new technology, the first of its kind in the country, to facilitate analysts to carry out inspection of suspected medicines on the spot and save time and risks associated with raw material analysis. “Since July 2022, we have tested 13,500 drugs in the main markets in Peshawar and other districts of which 372 were found spurious and 464 were substandard,” said Imranullah, the head of drug testing laboratory (DTL), Peshawar.
‘The IOC is under pressure from the West’

Jul 4, 2023 | swissinfo.ch | Virginie Mangin

The war in Ukraine is forcing the International Olympic Committee to choose between peace and human rights on the one hand, and neutrality on the other. An expert on the Olympic movement explains how the IOC could extract itself from this dilemma. This content was published on July 5, 2023 - 09:00 A rift between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Russia is deepening.
Were you ever victim of sexual harassment while you were studying?

Mar 8, 2023 | swissinfo.ch | Virginie Mangin

Swiss universities are tackling sexual harassment. Are they getting it right? This content was published on Mar 8, 2023Mar 8, 2023Swiss universities are multiplying campaigns to eradicate sexual harassment ‒ with mixed results.