Grégoire Barbey

Grégoire Barbey is a freelance journalist. He worked for four years at the newspaper L'Agefi and was also a columnist for La Télé. Passionate about politics, he is very active in Geneva and on social networks. He is editor-in-chief of online news blog affranchi.ch.

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‘Switzerland is going to face an unimaginable level of poverty’

This content was published on May 5, 2020 The queues for food in Geneva show that while the health crisis seems to be subsiding, the economic crisis has only just begun.

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On April 5, thousands demonstrated in Zurich against the housing crisis. It was the city's largest housing demonstration since the turn of the millennium

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Life & Aging

Zurich: how the world capital of housing shortages is tackling the problem 

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Böögg

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Swiss Abroad

The Böögg, Switzerland’s exploding psychic snowman

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The start-up Sun-Ways has installed solar panels between the rails of a railway line near Buttes, canton Neuchâtel. in western Switzerland.

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Climate change

Switzerland turns train tracks into solar power plants

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Life & Aging

Switzerland’s housing shortage: how bad is it?

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Andermatt

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Alpine Environment

The Swiss Alps ski village that is luring nervous Americans

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Did you immigrate to Switzerland? What are your experiences?

What were the circumstances of your immigration to Switzerland? And what motivated your decision to stay or leave?

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Apr 1, 2025

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Should cows be fed additives to reduce the climate change impact of livestock farming?

Food companies are trying to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by getting suppliers to give their cows special methane-reducing feed.

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Mar 4, 2025

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What impact do social media platforms have on democratic debate?

Do Facebook, X, TikTok and co. foster a diverse and dynamic “digital public square”? Or do they just make people angrier and more entrenched?

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Mar 13, 2025

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