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Lugano simply (Daily Life 2021, by Goran Basic) - Swiss Press Award

Lucia Saponaro auf der Terasse des Kantonsspitals Lugano mit sicht auf Lugano.
Lucia Saponaro auf der Terasse des Kantonsspitals Lugano mit sicht auf Lugano.
Photo / Daily Life
2021

Lugano simply

Goran Basic

Ticino has been arguing for years about wage dumping, traffic jams, and cross-border commuters. This played into the hands of the SVP. But then the coronavirus pandemic hit – and the people of Ticino begged the foreigners to stay. Lucia Saponaro, head of the Lugano Regional Hospital, an Italian who grew up in Germany, came to Switzerland to work, and moved to Como "for love," recounts the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Photo / Daily Life
2021

Goran Basic

Ticino has been arguing for years about wage dumping, traffic jams, and cross-border commuters. This played into the hands of the SVP. But then the coronavirus pandemic hit – and the people of Ticino begged the foreigners to stay. Lucia Saponaro, head of the Lugano Regional Hospital, an Italian who grew up in Germany, came to Switzerland to work, and moved to Como "for love," recounts the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.

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