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2012 In Switzerland
Events from 2012 in Switzerland. Incumbents *Swiss Federal Council, Federal Council: **Doris Leuthard **Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (President) **Ueli Maurer **Didier Burkhalter **Johann Schneider-Ammann **Simonetta Sommaruga **Alain Berset Events *January 13–15 – 2012 International Bernese Ladies Cup is in play *March 13 – Sierre coach crash, kills 28 of 52 *March 31–April 8 – The 2012 World Men's Curling Championship takes place in Basel. *April 8 – 2012 World Men's Curling Championship ends *August 30–September 8 – 2012 Asian Tour, partially held in Switzerland *October 4–October 7 – 2012 Swiss Cup Basel is in play *October 22–October 28 – 2012 Swiss Indoors is in play *December 26–December 31 – 2012 Spengler Cup was in play *Swiss Space Systems is established *1. Liga Promotion is established Deaths * 12 March – Friedhelm Konietzka, German-born Swiss footballer and manager (born 1938 in Germany, 1938) * 7 July – Leon Schlumpf, politician ( ... [...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] |