Events from 2011 in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Events

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in one or several cantons of

are marked (¹).

January

*January 1:

New Year's Day New Year's Day is a festival observed in most of the world on 1 January, the first day of the year in the modern Gregorian calendar. 1 January is also New Year's Day on the Julian calendar, but this is not the same day as the Gregorian one. Wh ...

¹ *January 2:

Berchtoldstag ''Berchtoldstag'' (also ''Bechtelistag, Bächtelistag, Berchtelistag, Bärzelistag,'' in Liechtenstein ''Bechtelstag, Bechtle'') is an Alemannic holiday, known in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is near New Year's Day, during the Rauhnächte, ...

February

March

*March 19:Saint Joseph's Day *March 29:Good Friday *March 31:Easter Day

April

*April 1:Easter Monday

May

*May–June- 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak affected Switzerland *May 1:May Day *May 9:Ascension Day *May 19:Pentecost *May 20:Whit Monday *May 30:Corpus Christi

June

*June 16-

Convention on Domestic Workers The Convention on Domestic Workers, formally the Convention concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers is a convention setting labour standards for domestic workers. It is the 189th ILO convention and was adopted during the 100th session of the ...

signed, took place in

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

July

*July 2- Some Swiss tourists were kidnapped in Balochistan *July 25-July 31- 2011 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad was in play

August

*August-

August 2011 stock markets fall The August 2011 stock markets fall was the sharp drop in stock prices in August 2011 in stock exchanges across the United States, Middle East, Europe and Asia. This was due to fears of contagion of the European sovereign debt crisis to Spain and ...

affected the Swiss Franc *August 1:Swiss National Day *August 15:Assumption of Mary *August 17-August 21- 2011 Basel Summer Ice Hockey was in play

September

*September 16:Swiss federal fast

October

*October 31-November 6-

2011 Swiss Indoors The 2011 Swiss Indoors was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 42nd edition of the event known that year as the Swiss Indoors, and was part of the 500 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It was held at the St. Jak ...

was in play

November

*November 1:All Saints' Day *November 25-27- 2011 International ZO Women's Tournament was in play

December

*December 8:Feast of the Immaculate Conception *December 15-December 22-

Cyclone Joachim Joachim is the name given to a European windstorm which caused major damage in much of Western Europe between December 16–17, 2011. Winds gusting to were recorded on the summit of Puy de Dôme in France. Joachim explosively deepe ...

affected Switzerland *December 24:Christmas Eve *December 25:Christmas Day *December 26:St. Stephen's Day *December 26-December 31-

2011 Spengler Cup The 2011 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland from December 26 to December 3, 2011. All matches were played at host HC Davos's home Vaillant Arena. The number of teams was expanded in 2010 from 5 to 6 in comparison to previous seasons, and ...

was in play *December 31:New Year's Eve

Incumbents The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-ele ...

Establishments

Anti-PowerPoint Party The Anti PowerPoint Party (APPP) is a Swiss political party dedicated to decreasing professional use of Microsoft PowerPoint and other forms of presentation software, which the party claims "causes national-economic damage amounting to 2.1 bill ...

Propulsion Universelle et Recuperation d'Energie Propulsion is the generation of force by any combination of pushing or pulling to modify the translational motion of an object, which is typically a rigid body (or an articulated rigid body) but may also concern a fluid. The term is derived from ...

Swiss Accident Investigation Board The Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB, german: Schweizerische Sicherheitsuntersuchungsstelle; french: Service suisse d'enquête de securité; it, Servizio d'inchiesta svizzero sulla sicurezza) is a government agency of Swit ...

Deaths

Erhard Loretan Erhard Loretan (28 April 1959 – 28 April 2011) was a Swiss mountain climber, often described as one of the greatest mountaineers of all times. Biography Loretan was born in Bulle in the canton of Fribourg. He trained as a cabinet maker (1979) ...

died climbing in the Alps *December 7-

Clemens Thoma Clemens Thoma (November 2, 1932 – December 7, 2011) was a Swiss theologian. He was professor of theology and Jewish studies and founder of the Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies (IJCF) at the University of Lucerne. He grew up as one of el ...

References

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