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Events from 2013 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

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

Events

  • 27 February – A man opens fire at a wood-processing plant in Menznau killing 5 people, including the shooter.[1]
  • September – By popular referendum approved by 66% of the voters, the canton of Ticino prohibited to hide the face in a public area. it become the first canton in Switzerland to ban it.[2]

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Death toll from Swiss Menznau shooting rises to five". The Independent. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ Squires, Nick (23 September 2013). "Burkas and niqabs banned from Swiss canton". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  3. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1986". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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