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Year Date Event 1843: June: The first Schweizerisches Gesangsfest, a singing festival, was held in Zürich.: 1847: 3 November: Sonderbund War: In the midst of a political crisis, troops from Uri, a member of the Sonderbund, a separate alliance of Catholic cantons of Switzerland, seized the Gotthard Pass between the northern and southern halves of the country.
The Swiss National Day ( German: Schweizer Bundesfeiertag; French: Fête nationale suisse; Italian: Festa nazionale svizzera; Romansh: Festa naziunala svizra) is the national holiday of Switzerland, set on 1 August. Although the founding of the Swiss Confederacy was first celebrated on this date in 1891 and annually since 1899, it has only been ...
2 visits. 1 visit. Presentation of a book of the Six Decades of H.M. The Queen's Commonwealth and State Visits, 18 December 2012. Queen Elizabeth II undertook a number of state and official visits over her 70-year reign (1952 to 2022), [ 1] as well as trips throughout the Commonwealth, making her the most widely travelled head of state in history.
2 October. Lucerne City (only) L'Escalade. 12 December. GE (only) 1. The days around Carnival are (with the exception of very few individual municipalities) not public holidays. However, due to widely observed celebrations in the cantons mentioned, there are usually restrictions: for example, businesses might already close at noon or not open ...
Tourism began in Switzerland with British mountaineers climbing the main peaks of the Bernese Alps in the early 19th century. The Alpine Club in London was founded in 1857. Reconvalescence in the Alpine, in particular from tuberculosis, was another important branch of tourism in the 19th and early 20th centuries: for example in Davos, Graubünden.
The Switzerland–United Kingdom free trade agreement (SUKFTA) is a proposed free trade agreement which began negotiations on 15 May 2023. The trade agreement would be the third FTA to cover Switzerland–UK trade , superseding the Switzerland–UK Trade Continuity Agreement, updating the deal to cover services and digital trade. [2]
Pitcairn Islands: Visa not required 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore. [276] [277] [278] Ascension Island: eVisa [279] [280] 3 months within any year period Saint Helena: Visitor's Pass required Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling. [281 ...
From 1 January 1973 until 30 December 2020, trade between Switzerland and the UK was governed by the Switzerland–European Union Strade agreements, while the United Kingdom was a member of the European Union. [ 5] Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the UK and Switzerland signed a continuity trade agreement ...