Events in the year 2018 in Switzerland. President of the Swiss Confederation: Alain Berset President of the National Council: Dominique de Buman President...

Banking in Switzerland dates to the early 18th century through Switzerland's merchant trade and over the centuries has grown into a complex and regulated...

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France...

Religion in Switzerland (age 15+, 2023) Unaffiliated (35.6%) Catholicism (30.7%) Swiss Protestantism (19.5%) Other Christian (5.8%) Islam (6%) Judaism...

Firearms regulation in Switzerland allows the acquisition of semi-automatic, and – with a may-issue permit – fully automatic firearms, by Swiss citizens and...

Health in Switzerland relates to a variety of issues. Namely, water and sanitation, diet and fitness, various addictions, mental fitness, communicable...

Swiss entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal was selected through the national final ESC 2018 – die Entscheidungsshow, organised by the Swiss...

represents Switzerland in men's international football. The national team is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. Switzerland's best performances...

compulsory for all persons residing in Switzerland (within three months of taking up residence or being born in the country). Health insurance covers...

overview of Swiss holidays (in German) "Feiertage Schweiz". Kalender12.ch. Retrieved 24 January 2024. (in German) "Switzerland Public Holidays". SwissCalendar...

second language across Switzerland, and many Anglophone migrants live in Switzerland. It is often used as a lingua franca as Switzerland has four official...

Islam in Switzerland has mostly arrived via immigration since the late second millennium. Numbering below 1% of total population in 1980, the fraction...

The Albanians in Switzerland (German: Albaner in der Schweiz, French: Albanais en Suisse, Italian: Albanesi in Svizzera, Albanian: Shqiptarët në Zvicër)...

in Switzerland is combated mainly by cantonal police. The Federal Office of Police investigates organised crime, money laundering and terrorism. In Switzerland...

In Switzerland, most of the people have a regular sport activity and one in four is an active member of a sports club. The most important all-embracing...

Voting in Switzerland (called votation) is the process by which Swiss citizens make decisions about governance and elect officials. The history of voting...

Swiss sovereign money initiative of June 2018, also known as Vollgeld, was a citizens' (popular) initiative in Switzerland intended to give the Swiss...

Cannabis in Switzerland is illegal, though minor possession was decriminalised to a fine in 2012. Several cantons began to allow adults to cultivate and...

Poverty in Switzerland refers to people who are living in relative poverty in Switzerland. In 2018, 7.9% of the population or some 660,000 people in Switzerland...

Switzerland is not a member state of the European Union (EU). It is associated with the Union through a series of bilateral treaties in which Switzerland...

Switzerland has a dense network of roads and railways. The Swiss public transport network has a total length of 24,500 kilometres (15,200 mi) and has more...

The 2018–19 Swiss Super League (referred to as the Raiffeisen Super League for sponsoring reasons) was the 122nd season of top-tier competitive football...

The 2018 Swiss Open, officially the Yonex Swiss Open 2018, was a badminton tournament which took place at St. Jakobshalle in Switzerland from 20 to 25...

Ten national referendums were held in Switzerland in 2018. Voting took place on 4 March, 10 June, 23 September and 25 November. Two referendums were held...

The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the...

Reformation in Switzerland was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli, who gained the support of the magistrate, Mark Reust, and the population of Zürich in the...

The Swiss Armed Forces (German: Schweizer Armee; French: Armée suisse; Italian: Esercito svizzero; Romansh: Armada svizra; lit. 'Swiss Army') are the military...

Television in Switzerland was introduced in 1950, with regular broadcasts commencing in 1953. People who live in Switzerland are required by law to pay...

Corruption in Switzerland describes the prevention and occurrence of corruption in Switzerland. Switzerland has a legal framework to combat corruption...

Switzerland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 65 times since its debut at the first contest in 1956, missing only four contests because...