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2011 In Switzerland
Events from 2011 in Switzerland. Incumbents *Swiss Federal Council, Federal Council: **Doris Leuthard **Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf **Ueli Maurer **Didier Burkhalter **Johann Schneider-Ammann **Simonetta Sommaruga **Micheline Calmy-Rey (President) Events * 24–30 January – The 2011 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Bern. *May–June – 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak affects Switzerland *June 16 – Convention on Domestic Workers is signed in Geneva *July 2 – Kidnapping of Swiss tourists in Balochistan, Swiss tourists are kidnapped in Balochistan *July 25–July 31 – 2011 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad was in play *August – August 2011 stock markets fall affects the Swiss Franc *August 17–August 21 – 2011 Basel Summer Ice Hockey was in play *October 31–November 6 – 2011 Swiss Indoors was in play *November 25–27 – 2011 International ZO Women's Tournament was in play *December 15–December 22 – Cyclone Joachim affected Switze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Swiss Alps, Alps and the Jura Mountains, Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's Demographics of Switzerland, 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts List of cities in Switzerland, its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |