By Maurizio Vogrig Regarding the book “My Wonderful Monte Valdo” by Kathrin Rüegg This is about Switzerland, not Sweden. Worldwide, the confusion between Switzerland and Sweden is a running political gag. Indeed, the two countries share some commonalities – both belong to Europe and have similarly sounding names. Yet, following the Quran burning incident in […]
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