January 22 - Swissair trial
The former CEO of the SAirGroup, Mario Corti, leaves the courtroom. (Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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January 18 - Snowboard World Championships in Arosa
Belgium's Wouter de Lange appears to fly over the mountains. (Keystone/Alessandro della Valle)
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February 28 - Demonstration in front of parliament
Around 2,000 farms disappear every year in Switzerland. Hundreds of farmers constructed paper models to protest at the loss. (Keystone/Lukas Lehmann)
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March 22 - World Figure Skating Championships
Switzerland's Stéphane Lambiel wins the bronze medal at the event in Tokyo. (EPA/Kinimasa/Mayama)
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April 12 - Fighter jet crash in the Bernese Alps
A Tornado fighter jet from the German airforce explodes on impact with a mountain face above Lauterbrunnen. One pilot died, the other ejected on time. (Keystone/Aleander Sell)
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May 29 - Cambodian king's visit
Swiss soldiers prepare to receive King Norodom Sihamoni. (Keystone/Peter Klaunzer)
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July 17 - Funeral service in Andermatt
Defence Minister Samuel Schmid (front) and head of the armed forces Christophe Keckeis take part in the funeral service for six soldiers killed in an avalanche while climbing the Jungfrau mountain. (Keystone/Urs Flüeler)
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July 12 - Solidarity demonstration for Geneva squatters
For nearly 20 years, dozens of squatters lived in the "Rhino" building. Police finally cleared the premises. (Keystone/Martial Trezzini)
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July 16 - Battle against fire blight
A farmer fells an apple tree in the town of Sempach in central Switzerland. (Keystone/Urs Flüeler)
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August 5 - Alpine encounter
Female ibex watch passing alpinists near the village of Seewis in Prättigau, canton Graubünden. (Keystone/Arno Balzarini)
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July 23 - Plane crash in Basel
It should have been a transatlantic crossing but Hans Georg Schmid crashed his self-built aeroplane into a house shortly after takeoff and died. (Keystone/Georgios Kefalas)
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August 1 - National Day celebrated on the Rütli Meadow
After much debate, the meadow considered the cradle of Switzerland was used once again by a Swiss president - this year Micheline Calmy-Rey - to mark Swiss National Day. (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella)
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August 25 - Athletics World Championships in Osaka, Japan
Switzerland's Viktor Röthlin wins the bronze medal in the marathon. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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June 22-September 8 - The Einsiedeln "World Theatre"
Every seven years, the place of pilgrimage, Einsiedeln, stages "The great theatre of the world" based on the work of Spanish dramatist Pedro Calderon (1600-1681). The Swiss playwright Thomas Hürlimann adapted Calderon's play for this performance. (Keystone/Urs Flüeler)
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September 26 - Funeral service for Ylenia
Several hundred people attended the funeral service of the five-year-old girl who was abducted and murdered at the end of July. (Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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October 17 - Switzerland versus United States in Basel
Ludovic Magnin (left) fights American Michael Bradley for the ball. Switzerland lost 0:1. (Keystone/Georgios Kefalas)
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October 22 - Parliamentary elections come to an end
The rightwing Swiss People's Party led by Justice Minister Christoph Blocher strengthens its leading position, taking 29 per cent of the vote. (Keystone/Sandro Campardo)
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October 3 - The Roschacher affair
President Micheline Calmy-Rey listens to the speech of her cabinet colleague Christoph Blocher during the debate over the former federal prosecutor, Valentin Roschacher. Did Blocher play a decisive role in his resignation? (Keystone/Peter Klaunzer)
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December 9 - The first train leaves the new Lötschberg tunnel
The transalpine tunnel is the world's third longest at 34.6 kilometres. North-south travel times are now much shorter. (Keystone/Olivier Maire)
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December 13 - The new cabinet minister
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf from canton Graubünden prepares to take the oath of office before parliament. (Keystone/Lukas Lehmann)
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