2014 in Switzerland
The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Switzerland.
Events
January
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.[1]
April
- April 6 - Holcim agrees to a merger that would create a firm with a market value of $55 billion with LaFarge of France.[2]
May
- May 18 - Voters in Switzerland resoundingly reject a proposed law change that would have given that country the world's highest minimum wage.[3]
August
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.[5]
- November 16 - At least four people are killed in mudslides in southern Switzerland and northern Italy after days of heavy rain.[6]
- 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.[7]
- By a similar margin Swiss voters rejected a monetary-policy initiative that would have required the central bank to buy gold.[8]
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