Lugano is Switzerland’s largest Italian-speaking city, a lakefront hub in Ticino with about 63,700 residents (2025).
UEFA has fined Red Star Belgrade 90,000 euros and banned ticket sales for their next away match after supporters chanted in tribute to Ratko Mladić, who died last week in The Hague while serving a life sentence for genocide. The incident followed a 5-1 defeat by Viktoria Plzeň on Aug. 27.