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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

drawn to Switzerland's diverse landscape as well as the available activities, which take advantage of the Alpine climate and landscapes, in particular...

By-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held on 5 December 2018, after federal councillors Johann Schneider-Ammann (FDP-BE) and Doris Leuthard (CVP-AG)...

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

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

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

Switzerland made detailed plans to acquire and test nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Less than two weeks after the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and...

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

Rail transport in Switzerland is noteworthy for the density of its network, its coordination between services, its integration with other modes of transport...

Events in the year 2025 in Switzerland. President of the Swiss Confederation: Karin Keller-Sutter President of the National Council: Maja Riniker President...

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...

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

Prostitution in Switzerland is legal and regulated; it has been legal since 1942. Trafficking, forcing people into prostitution and most forms of pimping...

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...

On 4 August 2018, a Junkers Ju 52 passenger aircraft operated by Ju-Air crashed near Piz Segnas, Switzerland, while en route from Locarno to Dübendorf...