2014 in Switzerland

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Switzerland.

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See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
  • Doris Leuthard
  • Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
  • Ueli Maurer
  • Didier Burkhalter (President)
  • Johann Schneider-Ammann
  • Simonetta Sommaruga
  • Alain Berset

Events

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 - 2014 Swiss referendums
  • 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.