Andermatt
Aug 11 2006, Kanchan

The small village of Andermatt is to be developed into an ace skiing destination by the Egyptian millionaire Samih Sawiris . Over decades, the long flat valley became one of the most militarized regions in apparently neutral Switzerland. In the wake...

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