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2014 in Switzerland

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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Switzerland.

Contents

January

  • January 20 - World leaders are meeting in Davos for the World Economic Forum.

    • February

  • February 9 - 50.3% of voters vote in favor of the federal popular initiative "against mass immigration", to re-introduce quotas of immigrants for foreigners.

    • April

  • April 6 - Holcim agrees to a merger that would create a firm with a market value of $55 billion with LaFarge of France.

    • May

  • May 18 - Voters in Switzerland resoundingly reject a proposed law change that would have given that country the world's highest minimum wage.

    • August

  • August 13 - Three train cars derail and 11 people are injured after a landslide hits a mountain train in the Swiss Alps.

    • November

  • November 13 - A spokeswoman for the public prosecutor in Switzerland confirms existence of open criminal investigations regarding several people who may have taken part in manipulation of the currency exchange markets; such investigations are also underway in the United States and Britain.
  • November 16 - At least four people are killed in mudslides in southern Switzerland and northern Italy after days of heavy rain.
  • November 30 - Swiss referendums, 2014
  • Voters in Switzerland (74%) reject the proposal to reduce immigration from about 80,000 to 16,000 people a year.
  • By a similar margin Swiss voters rejected a monetary-policy initiative that would have required the central bank to buy gold.

    • References

    2014 in Switzerland Wikipedia
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