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Switzerland on course for mild start to winter, easing energy supply fears - paper
Switzerland is on track for a mild start to the winter and above average temperatures could even stretch into February, weather forecasters told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, raising hopes that energy supplies will not be overstretched.
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