The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Switzerland.
Incumbents Federal Council: Doris Leuthard Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Ueli Maurer Didier Burkhalter (President) Johann Schneider-Ammann Simonetta Sommaruga Alain Berset
Events January January 20 – World leaders are meeting in Davos for the World Economic Forum.
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.
April April 6 – Holcim agrees to a merger that would create a firm with a market value of $55 billion with LaFarge of France.
May May 18 – Voters in Switzerland resoundingly reject a proposed law change that would have given that country the world's highest minimum wage.
August August 12–17 – The 2014 European Athletics Championships take place in Zürich. August 13 – Three train cars derail and 11 people are injured after a landslide hits a mountain train in the Swiss Alps.
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. November 16 – At least four people are killed in mudslides in southern Switzerland and northern Italy after days of heavy rain. 22–29 November – The 2014 European Curling Championships take place in Champéry. November 30 – 2014 Swiss referendums Voters in Switzerland (74%) reject the proposal to reduce immigration from about 80,000 to 16,000 people a year. By a similar margin Swiss voters rejected a monetary-policy initiative that would have required the central bank to buy gold.
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