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A look at Switzerland’s ageing society

Switzerland has one of the largest greying populations in the world. How happy are elderly people in this country and what’s life like after retirement? (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

This content was published on December 6, 2012 - 11:00

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A documentary and animation filmmaker from Bern, Michele studied film at Zurich University of the Arts. He's been a swissinfo.ch video journalist since 2004 and has a special interest in developing new video formats for mobile viewing, mixing animation and documentary styles.

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