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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 an ...
1 May - International Workers' Day; 29 May - Ascension Day; 9 June - Whit Monday; 19 June - Corpus Christi; 29 June - Saints Peter and Paul; 1 August - Swiss National Day; 15 August - Assumption Day; 11 September - Jeûne genevois; 21 September - Lundi du Jeûne; 25 September - Saint Nicholas of Flüe Day; 1 November - All Saints' Day
Relations between the Republic of China and Switzerland officially began in 1918. [1] In 1950, Switzerland recognized the People's Republic of China (PRC). In the 21st century, economic relations between the two nations grew substantially, although relations became somewhat strained around 2020 due to Swiss criticism of China's persecution of the Uyghurs and the 2020 Hong Kong national ...
China's ambassador to Switzerland in March said Beijing would consider taking part in the conference. Chinese representatives attended one preparatory meeting for the summit last summer in Jeddah ...
A national day is a day on which celebrations mark the statehood or nationhood of a state or its people. It may be the date of independence, of becoming a republic, of becoming a federation, or a significant date for a patron saint or a ruler (such as a birthday, accession, or removal). The national day is often an official public holiday. Many ...
The Swiss diaspora refers to Swiss people living abroad (German: Auslandsschweizer, French: Suisses de l’étranger, Italian: Svizzeri all’estero, Romansh: Svizzers a l’exteriur), also referred to as "fifth Switzerland" (German: Fünfte Schweiz, [1] Italian: Quinta Svizzera, French: Cinquième Suisse, Romansh: Tschintgavla Svizra), alluding to the fourfold linguistic division within the ...
4 February – The United States Postal Service indefinitely suspends its acceptance of parcels from China and Hong Kong. [7] 7–14 February – The 2025 Asian Winter Games are held in Harbin, [8] with China placing first in terms of medals with 32 golds, 26 silvers, and 24 bronzes and achieving its highest medal tally in the history of the ...
The National Day Parade (Chinese: ... 1959 CHINA NATIONAL DAY 《庆祝建国十周年》 ... This page was last edited on 25 January 2025, at 17:00 ...