Events during the year 2008 in Switzerland.
Incumbents Federal Council: Pascal Couchepin (president) Moritz Leuenberger Samuel Schmid (until December), then Ueli Maurer Micheline Calmy-Rey Hans-Rudolf Merz Doris Leuthard Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Events 27 August – Anna Göldi, who was beheaded in 1782 for witchcraft, is exonerated by the parliament of the Canton of Glarus. 10 September – The Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, is switched on at CERN, in Geneva.
Deaths 29 April – Albert Hofmann, chemist (born 1906) 23 July – Kurt Furgler, politician (born 1924)
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