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Reportage Switzerland-France border (Swiss Stories 2017, by Simon Tanner) - Swiss Press Award

500th anniversary of the "Perpetual Peace" peace treaty between Switzerland and France. Image: Views of Lake Geneva from the ferry between Lausanne and Thonon-les-Bains.
500th anniversary of the "Perpetual Peace" peace treaty between Switzerland and France. Image: Views of Lake Geneva from the ferry between Lausanne and Thonon-les-Bains.
Photo / Swiss Stories
2017

Reportage Switzerland-France border

Simon Tanner

500 Years of Peace between France and Switzerland. Je t'aime . . . moi non plus. Reportage by Matthias Sander (text) and Simon Tanner (photos) in the NZZ on November 25, 2016. Switzerland and France celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Peace Treaty of Fribourg, the "Eternal Peace," on Tuesday. How peaceful is it really along the border? A journey from Basel to Geneva.

Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ

Photo / Swiss Stories
2017

Simon Tanner

500 Years of Peace between France and Switzerland. Je t'aime . . . moi non plus. Reportage by Matthias Sander (text) and Simon Tanner (photos) in the NZZ on November 25, 2016. Switzerland and France celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Peace Treaty of Fribourg, the "Eternal Peace," on Tuesday. How peaceful is it really along the border? A journey from Basel to Geneva.

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