1 day ago · Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country situated at the confluence of Western, Central, and Southern Europe. It is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern.
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1 day ago · The COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Switzerland on 25 February 2020 when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed following a COVID-19 outbreak in Italy.
1 day ago · History. The history of television in Switzerland began in 1939 when the first test transmissions commenced. Regular transmissions started in 1953, at first only one hour a day for five days a week, and only in German: transmissions in French started in 1954 and in Italian only in 1958.
6 hours ago · Switzerland has managed to qualify for nine FIFA World Cups and three European Championships. The greatest achievement of the Swiss team was the quarterfinals achieved in the World Cups of 1934, 1938 and 1954, the latter played in Switzerland.
1 day ago · Switzerland has sent athletes to compete in every Games since it first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games. Switzerland boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , but the equestrian events for those Games were held in Stockholm , Sweden earlier that year, where the Swiss dressage team won a bronze medal.
6 hours ago · The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz, SP; Romansh: Partida Socialdemocrata de la Svizra), also rendered as the Swiss Socialist Party (French: Parti socialiste suisse, PS; Italian: Partito Socialista Svizzero), is a political party in Switzerland.
1 day ago · Geneva is a global city, a financial centre, and a worldwide centre for diplomacy due to the presence of numerous international organizations, including the headquarters of many agencies of the United Nations and the Red Cross. Geneva hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world.
1 day ago · Zwitserland is een binnenstaat en Alpenland met een oppervlakte van 41.284 km² en ca. 8,6 miljoen inwoners (2019). Bestuurlijk gezien is het een federale republiek bestaande uit 26 kantons. Zwitserland heeft officieel geen hoofdstad, maar Bern vervult in de praktijk die rol en wordt ook officieel aangeduid als 'bondsstad'.