2024 in Switzerland

3 March – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters accept the initiative to increase monthly pensions, but reject raising the retirement age.^[2]
11 March – Five skiers are found dead after they went missing two days ago en route from Zermatt to the village of Arolla. A sixth person is still missing.^[3]
30 March–7 April – The 2024 World Men's Curling Championship at Schaffhausen.^[4]

9 April – The European Court of Human Rights rules that the Swiss government's efforts to tackle climate change are insufficient and violate fundamental human rights, in its first such verdict against a state on the issue, following a lawsuit filed by about 2,500 members of the group Senior Women for Climate Protection.^[5]
17 April – The Federal Assembly votes to ban public displays of the Nazi swastika.^[6]

11 May – Swiss singer Nemo wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden with the song The Code.^[7]
15 May – In a suspected terrorist attack, a man stabs six people in Zofingen.^[8]

9 June – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters reject limits on healthcare spending and an initiative against compulsory vaccination, while approving the initiative of a new law on electricity.^[9]
13 June – Two people are killed and 11 others are injured following a series of explosions inside an underground parking garage at an apartment building in Obersiggenthal.^[10]
15-16 June – June 2024 Ukraine peace summit: World leaders meet at the Bürgenstock Resort to advance the Ukrainian peace process.^[11]^[12]
21 June – A court in Geneva sentences billionaire Prakash Hinduja and three of his family members to four years in prison for exploiting domestic workers at their villa in Cologny.^[13]
22 June – One person is killed and two others are reported missing after a rockslide hits the town of Lostallo in Graubünden.^[14]
25 June – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elects former Swiss president Alain Berset as the Council's new Secretary General, succeeding Marija Pejčinović Burić.^[15]
30 June – Four people are killed and two are missing after landslides and torrential floods in Ticino and Valais.^[16]

11 July – Five people are injured in a machete attack inside an apartment in Saint Gallen. The suspect is arrested.^[17]
12 July – Three people are killed and eight others are injured after scaffolding falls off an under construction building in Lausanne.^[18]
23 July – The United States invites Sudan's military and the Rapid Support Forces to ceasefire talks in Switzerland on 14 August.^[19]

28 August – The Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland convicts two PetroSaudi executives to six and seven years in prison respectively for embezzling more than US$1.8 billion from the Malaysian strategic development firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad.^[20]
30 August – Basel is selected to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, defeating a rival bid from Geneva.^[21]

10 September – A Swiss appeals court convicts Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of rape and sexual coercion. He receives a three-year prison sentence, with two years suspended. Ramadan still faces multiple other rape allegations in both Switzerland and France.^[22]
22 September – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters reject proposals to increase public funding to create wilderness areas, increase the amount of territory occupied by protected areas and pension reform.^[23]
23 September – An American woman dies after using a sarco pod to commit assisted suicide in Merishausen, Schaffhausen Canton. Several people are subsequently arrested in connection with the incident.^[24]
27 September –
- Cyclist Muriel Furrer dies after sustaining serious head injuries in a crash while participating in the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich the previous day.^[25]
- Switzerland officially redefines parts of its border with Italy following topographical changes caused by melting glaciers.^[26]

1 October – Three children are injured in a knife attack at a daycare centre in Oerlikon, Zürich. The suspect, a 23-year old Chinese national, is arrested.^[27]

24 November – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters reject proposals for additional road infrastructure and rent changes, while approving changes to healthcare funding.^[28] In Basel, 66.4% of voters approve funding additional programs for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 to be hosted in the city, apart from the event's final.^[29]
28 November–15 December – The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship at Basel.^[30]

7 December – Twenty-six people are hospitalised following an incident of carbon monoxide poisoning at a campsite in Giswil.^[31]

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