2024 in Switzerland
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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 their 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 US$1.8 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]
Scheduled
[edit]- 28 November–15 December – The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship at Basel.[30]
Art and entertainment
[edit]Holidays
[edit]Source:[31]
- 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).[32]
- 6 January – Kurt W. Forster, 88, architecture historian and teacher.[33]
- 14 January – Christophe Boesch, 72, French-Swiss primatologist.[34]
- 20 January – Jacques Guhl, 101, writer, poet, and footballer (Lausanne-Sport, Sion).[35]
- 29 May – Claude Torracinta, 89, Swiss journalist.[36]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Plüss, Jessica Davis (2024-06-09). "Swiss voters reject limits on healthcare spending". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "Swiss voters reject limits on healthcare spending". Associated Press. 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ O'Carroll, Lisa (2024-06-15). "World leaders to gather in Swiss resort in attempt to forge Ukraine peace plan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Kennedy, Joshua Berlinger, Niamh (2024-06-16). "Major Ukraine summit ends with fresh plea for peace but key powers spurn final agreement". CNN. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
{{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. 2024-06-21. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ "1 person found dead and 2 still missing after floods, rockslide hit a Swiss Alpine village". AP News. 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ "Reynders defeated in race to lead Council of Europe". POLITICO. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "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 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Swiss court convicts two executives for embezzling $1.8bn from 1MDB". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ "Swiss city of Basel is chosen to host next year's Eurovision Song Contest". Associated Press. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Tariq Ramadan convicted of rape in Switzerland". BBC. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ "Birds, bees and ballots: Swiss voters reject plan to better protect the country's biodiversity". Associated Press. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ "Multiple arrests after US woman uses machine-assisted suicide in Switzerland". France 24. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ "Swiss cyclist Furrer dies after crash at Worlds". BBC. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "Switzerland and Italy redraw border due to melting glaciers". BBC. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- ^ "Three children injured in knife attack at Zurich daycare centre". BBC. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ "Seven lessons from the November 2024 Swiss referendums". SWI. 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ "Eurovision 2025: Basel votes yes to funding song contest". Euronews. 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Décès du journaliste Claude Torracinta". Frapp (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-29.
