Lessons in lockdown: The economic fall of Campione d'Italia the Italian exclave surrounded by Switzerland (Ticino canton) - Unsurprisingly the exclave dwellers had lots of disruption due to pandemic-control travel restrictions imposed by the parent state (ITA) and the surrounding host (CHE), too!
As there is a second wave of covid19 setting back the gains [for now, minorly] of disease control in my town, I tuned into the State public service radio of Switzerland - Romansh version-this evening. This led me to wonder how exclaves and enclaves are faring in the age of sealed borders.
This is a summary of the tumultuous fortunes of one exclave, Italy's Campione d'Italia locked in and cut off from Italy proper by the Swiss territory; before and during the height of the coronavirus outbreak in continental Europe.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200517-campione-ditalia-an-italian-town-surrounded-by-switzerland
And, here is the web stream of "RTR" the radio and television of the Swiss state broadcast in the most moribund and the remotest the Alpine federation's 4 federal official languages.
I'm listening to En Cuschina on Radio Rumantsch with @TuneIn. #NowPlaying http://tun.in/sepKC
Residents of Campione d’Italia are used to their quirky status, which stretches back more than a millennium. However, the future of this Ita