2024 in Switzerland
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Switzerland-related events during 2024
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Events in the year 2024 in Switzerland .
Incumbents
[edit ]- President of the Swiss Confederation: Viola Amherd
- President of the National Council: Eric Nussbaumer
- President of the Swiss Council of States: Eva Herzog
Events
[edit ]February
[edit ]- 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]
March
[edit ]- 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]
April
[edit ]- 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]
May
[edit ]- 11 May – Swiss singer Nemo wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden with the song The Code .[7]
- 15 May – In a suspected terrorist attack, a man stabs six people in Zofingen.[8]
June
[edit ]- 9 June – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters reject limits on healthcare spending and an initiative against compulsory vaccination, while approving the initiative of a new law on electricity.[9]
- 13 June – Two people are killed and 11 others are injured following a series of explosions inside an underground parking garage at an apartment building in Obersiggenthal.[10]
- 15-16 June – June 2024 Ukraine peace summit: World leaders meet at the Bürgenstock Resort to advance the Ukrainian peace process.[11] [12]
- 21 June – A court in Geneva sentences billionaire Prakash Hinduja and three of his family members to four years in prison for exploiting domestic workers at their villa in Cologny.[13]
- 22 June – One person is killed and two others are reported missing after a rockslide hits the town of Lostallo in Graubünden.[14]
- 25 June – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elects former Swiss president Alain Berset as the Council's new Secretary General, succeeding Marija Pejčinović Burić.[15]
- 30 June – Four people are killed and two are missing after landslides and torrential floods in Ticino and Valais.[16]
July
[edit ]- 11 July – Five people are injured in a machete attack inside an apartment in Saint Gallen. The suspect is arrested.[17]
- 12 July – Three people are killed and eight others are injured after scaffolding falls off an under construction building in Lausanne.[18]
- 23 July – The United States invites Sudan's military and the Rapid Support Forces to ceasefire talks in Switzerland on 14 August.[19]
August
[edit ]- 28 August – The Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland convicts two PetroSaudi executives to six and seven years in prison respectively for embezzling more than US1ドル.8 billion from the Malaysian strategic development firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad.[20]
- 30 August – Basel is selected to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, defeating a rival bid from Geneva.[21]
September
[edit ]- 10 September – A Swiss appeals court convicts Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of rape and sexual coercion. He receives a three-year prison sentence, with two years suspended. Ramadan still faces multiple other rape allegations in both Switzerland and France.[22]
- 22 September – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters reject proposals to increase public funding to create wilderness areas, increase the amount of territory occupied by protected areas and pension reform.[23]
- 23 September – An American woman dies after using a sarco pod to commit assisted suicide in Merishausen, Schaffhausen Canton. Several people are subsequently arrested in connection with the incident.[24]
- 27 September –
- Cyclist Muriel Furrer dies after sustaining serious head injuries in a crash while participating in the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich the previous day.[25]
- Switzerland officially redefines parts of its border with Italy following topographical changes caused by melting glaciers.[26]
October
[edit ]- 1 October – Three children are injured in a knife attack at a daycare centre in Oerlikon, Zürich. The suspect, a 23-year old Chinese national, is arrested.[27]
November
[edit ]- 24 November – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters reject proposals for additional road infrastructure and rent changes, while approving changes to healthcare funding.[28] In Basel, 66.4% of voters approve funding additional programs for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 to be hosted in the city, apart from the event's final.[29]
- 28 November–15 December – The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship at Basel.[30]
December
[edit ]- 7 December – Twenty-six people are hospitalised following an incident of carbon monoxide poisoning at a campsite in Giswil.[31]
Art and entertainment
[edit ]Holidays
[edit ]Further information: Public holidays in Switzerland
Source:[32]
- 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
[edit ]- 1 January – Niklaus Wirth, 89, computer scientist (Pascal).[33]
- 6 January – Kurt W. Forster, 88, architecture historian and teacher.[34]
- 14 January – Christophe Boesch, 72, French-Swiss primatologist.[35]
- 20 January – Jacques Guhl, 101, writer, poet, and footballer (Lausanne-Sport, Sion).[36]
- 29 May – Claude Torracinta, 89, Swiss journalist.[37]
- 18 August – Ulrike Hoffmann-Richter, German psychiatrist.[38]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Hockey sur glace – Genève-Servette est champion d'Europe!". Tribune de Genève (in French). 2024年02月20日. Retrieved 2024年02月21日.
- ^ Bradley, Simon (2024年03月03日). "Swiss vote: 'yes' to higher pensions, 'no' to retiring later". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2024年03月03日.
- ^ "Missing 5 cross-country skiers found dead near Switzerland's Matterhorn. Search for a 6th persists". AP News. 2024年03月11日. Retrieved 2024年03月11日.
- ^ "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年04月09日. Retrieved 2024年04月11日.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Plüss, Jessica Davis (2024年06月09日). "Swiss voters reject limits on healthcare spending". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2024年06月10日.
- ^ "Swiss voters reject limits on healthcare spending". Associated Press. 2024年06月14日. Retrieved 2024年06月14日.
- ^ O'Carroll, Lisa (2024年06月15日). "World leaders to gather in Swiss resort in attempt to forge Ukraine peace plan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024年06月16日.
- ^ Kennedy, Joshua Berlinger, Niamh (2024年06月16日). "Major Ukraine summit ends with fresh plea for peace but key powers spurn final agreement". CNN. Retrieved 2024年06月16日.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "4 members of a billionaire family get prison in Switzerland for exploiting domestic workers". AP News. 2024年06月21日. Retrieved 2024年06月22日.
- ^ "1 person found dead and 2 still missing after floods, rockslide hit a Swiss Alpine village". AP News. 2024年06月24日. Retrieved 2024年06月24日.
- ^ "Reynders defeated in race to lead Council of Europe". POLITICO. 2024年06月25日. Retrieved 2024年06月26日.
- ^ "Four dead, two missing after landslides, floods in southern Switzerland". Reuters . June 30, 2024.
- ^ "A man armed with a machete attacks his neighbors in Switzerland, wounding 5". Associated Press. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "At Least Three Dead As Scaffolding Collapses In Switzerland". Barron’s. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "US announces Sudan ceasefire talks". TRT Afrika. Retrieved 2024年07月24日.
- ^ "Swiss court convicts two executives for embezzling 1ドル.8bn from 1MDB". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024年08月29日.
- ^ "Swiss city of Basel is chosen to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest". Associated Press. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 2024年08月30日.
- ^ "Tariq Ramadan convicted of rape in Switzerland". BBC. Retrieved 2024年09月10日.
- ^ "Birds, bees and ballots: Swiss voters reject plan to better protect the country's biodiversity". Associated Press. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 2024年09月24日.
- ^ "Multiple arrests after US woman uses machine-assisted suicide in Switzerland". France 24. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 2024年09月24日.
- ^ "Swiss cyclist Furrer dies after crash at Worlds". BBC. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 2024年09月27日.
- ^ "Switzerland and Italy redraw border due to melting glaciers". BBC. Retrieved 2024年09月30日.
- ^ "Three children injured in knife attack at Zurich daycare centre". BBC. Retrieved 2024年10月01日.
- ^ "Seven lessons from the November 2024 Swiss referendums". SWI. 2024年11月24日. Retrieved 2024年11月25日.
- ^ "Eurovision 2025: Basel votes yes to funding song contest". Euronews. 2024年11月24日. Retrieved 2024年11月25日.
- ^ "New organisational structure for women's EHF EURO 2024". EHF . 16 March 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "26 Suffer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning At Swiss Campground: Police". Barron's. 2024年12月08日. Retrieved 2024年12月08日.
- ^ "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年01月03日. Retrieved 2024年01月20日.
- ^ Viva, Arquitectura. "Kurt W. Forster (1935-2024) - Luis Fernández-Galiano". Arquitectura Viva. Retrieved 2024年01月20日.
- ^ "Помер приматолог Крістоф Беш". UAZMI (in Ukrainian). 2024年01月17日. Retrieved 2024年01月20日.
- ^ "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年01月20日.
- ^ "Décès du journaliste Claude Torracinta". Frapp (in French). Retrieved 2024年05月29日.
- ^ "Ulrike Hoffmann-Richter (17.03.1958 - 18.08.2024)". Lebenswege. 23 August 2024.
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