2024 in Switzerland
Switzerland-related events during 2024
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Events in the year 2024 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
- President of the Swiss Confederation: Viola Amherd
- President of the National Council: Eric Nussbaumer
- President of the Swiss Council of States: Eva Herzog
Events
- 20 February – In ice hockey, Genève-Servette HC of the Swiss National League wins their first Champions Hockey League title, defeating Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League 3–2 in the final.[1]
- 3 March – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters accept the initiative to increase monthly pensions, but reject raising the retirement age.[2]
- 11 March – Five skiers are found dead after they went missing two days ago en route from Zermatt to the village of Arolla. A sixth person is still missing.[3]
- 30 March–7 April – The 2024 World Men's Curling Championship at Schaffhausen.[4]
- 9 April – The European Court of Human Rights rules that the Swiss government's efforts to tackle climate change are insufficient and violate fundamental human rights, in its first such verdict against a state on the issue, following a lawsuit filed by about 2,500 members of the group Senior Women for Climate Protection.[5]
- 17 April – The Federal Assembly votes to ban public displays of the Nazi swastika.[6]
- 11 May – Swiss singer Nemo wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmo, Sweden with his song The Code.[7]
- 15 May – In a suspected terrorist attack, a man stabs innocent people in Zofingen.[8]
- 21 May – Swiss parliamentary committee rejects European climate ruling
(Reuters)
Scheduled
- 28 November–15 December – The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship at Basel.[9]
Art and entertainment
Holidays
Source:[10]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 2 January - Berchtoldstag Day
- 6 January - Epiphany
- 1 March - Republic Day
- 19 March - Saint Joseph's Day
- 29 March - Good Friday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 4 April - Näfels Ride
- 1 May - International Workers' Day
- 9 May - Ascension Day
- 20 May - Whit Monday
- 30 May - Corpus Christi
- 29 June - Saints Peter and Paul
- 1 August - Swiss National Day
- 15 August - Assumption Day
- 5 September - Jeûne genevois
- 15 September - Lundi du Jeûne
- 25 September - Saint Nicholas of Flüe Day
- 1 November - All Saints' Day
- 8 December – Immaculate Conception
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day
- 31 December – Restoration Day
Deaths
- 1 January – Niklaus Wirth, 89, computer scientist (Pascal).[11]
- 6 January – Kurt W. Forster, 88, architecture historian and teacher.[12]
- 14 January – Christophe Boesch, 72, French-Swiss primatologist.[13]
- 20 January – Jacques Guhl, 101, writer, poet, and footballer (Lausanne-Sport, Sion).[14]
References
- ^ "Hockey sur glace – Genève-Servette est champion d'Europe!". Tribune de Genève (in French). 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ Bradley, Simon (2024-03-03). "Swiss vote: 'yes' to higher pensions, 'no' to retiring later". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ^ "Missing 5 cross-country skiers found dead near Switzerland's Matterhorn. Search for a 6th persists". AP News. 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "LGT World Men's Curling Championship 2024". World Curling. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "Top European court hands Swiss women victory in landmark climate ruling". Al Jazeera. 2024-04-09. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ "Swiss vote to ban swastika in crackdown on extremist symbols". Reuters. April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Eurovision 2024: Switzerland's Nemo wins the most controversial edition of the song contest". Euronews. May 12, 2024.
- ^ "Man wielding a knife injures several in Swiss town of Zofingen". May 15, 2024.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "New organisational structure for women's EHF EURO 2024". EHF. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Switzerland Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Niklaus Wirth ist tot: IT-Welt trauert um Erfinder von Pascal". winfuture.de (in German). 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ Viva, Arquitectura. "Kurt W. Forster (1935-2024) - Luis Fernández-Galiano". Arquitectura Viva. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Помер приматолог Крістоф Беш". UAZMI (in Ukrainian). 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Carnet noir: Jacques Guhl, pionnier de la formation des footballeurs en Valais et poète, est décédé". Carnet noir: Jacques Guhl, pionnier de la formation des footballeurs en Valais et poète, est décédé (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-20.
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