2018 in Switzerland

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Events in the year 2018 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

Events

23 September – The Canton of St Gallen become the second canton in Switzerland to vote in favor of a ban on facial coverings in public with two-thirds casting a ballot in favor.^[1]

Sports

9 to 25 February – Switzerland participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 166 competitors in 14 sports

9 to 18 March – Switzerland participated at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea

Deaths

9 January – Kurt Thalmann, footballer (b. 1931)
10 January – Urs Fankhauser, rower (b. 1943)^[2]
16 January – Wilhelm Melliger, equestrian (b. 1953)
1 March – Luigi Taveri, motorcycle road racer (b. 1929)
19 March – Jürg Laederach, writer (b. 1945)
24 March – Lys Assia, singer (b. 1924)^[3]
4 May – Alexander Tschäppät, politician (b. 1952)
19 May – Ernst Sieber, pastor (b. 1927)
6 July – Gilbert Facchinetti, entrepreneur and football executive, President of Neuchâtel Xamax (b. 1936).^[4]

References

^ "Swiss canton St Gallen votes for ban on burqas in public | DW | 23.09.2018". Deutsche Welle.
^ "Ehemaliger Spitzenruderer Urs Fankhauser verstorben". luzernerzeitung.ch (in German). Archived from the original on 2018-01-12. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Remembering Lys Assia, the first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest". The Independent. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ Neuchâtel orphelin de Gilbert Facchinetti (in French)

[1] "Swiss canton St Gallen votes for ban on burqas in public | DW | 23.09.2018". Deutsche Welle.

[2] "Ehemaliger Spitzenruderer Urs Fankhauser verstorben". luzernerzeitung.ch (in German). Archived from the original on 2018-01-12. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[3] "Remembering Lys Assia, the first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest". The Independent. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[4] Neuchâtel orphelin de Gilbert Facchinetti (in French)

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