The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages at the national level within the Federal Administration of the Swiss Confederation, while Romansh is used in dealings with people who speak it. Latin is occasionally used in some formal contexts, particularly to denote the country.
1895 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is the Swiss public broadcasting association, founded in 1931, the holding company of 26 radio and television channels. Headquartered in Bern, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is a non-profit organisation, funded mainly through radio and television licence fees (70%) and making the remaining income from advertising and sponsorship.
The Hans-Reinhart-Ring is a prestigious Swiss award in theatre. Since 2014 it is part of the Swiss Theater Awards as the Grand Award for Theater/Hans Reinhardt Ring.
The Swiss Cup is a football cup competition that has been organised annually since 1925–26 by the Swiss Football Association.
The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The PCS is not a church in a theological understanding, because every member is independent with their own theological and formal organisation. It serves as a legal umbrella before the federal government and represents the church in international relations. Except for the Evangelical-Methodist Church, which covers all of Switzerland, the member churches are restricted to a certain territory.
The Catholic Church in Switzerland is organised into six dioceses and two territorial abbeys, comprising approximately 2.9 million Catholics, about 33.8% of the Swiss population in 2021.
The Swiss Music Pedagogic Association (SMPA) (in German Schweizerischer Musikpädagogischer Verband (SMPV), in French Société Suisse de Pédagogie Musicale (SSPM), in Italian Società Svizzera di Pedagogia Musicale (SSPM), in Romansh Societad Svizra da Pedagogia Musicala (SSPM)) is the umbrella organisation of music educators, pedagogues and music teachers in Switzerland.
The Swiss Ecclesiastical Chant Federation (SECF) (in German Schweizerischer Kirchengesangsbund (SKGB), in French Fédération Suisse du Chant Ecclésiastique (FSCE), in Italian Federazione Svizzera del Canto Sacro (FSCS), in Romansh Federaziun Svizra dal Chant Sacral (FSCS) is the umbrella organisation of church choirs and chantries as well as of ecclesiastical and sacred music in general in Switzerland.
Young Socialists Switzerland or Swiss Socialist Youth, colloquially called “Juso”, is a youth organization in Switzerland connected to the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland but legally independent and following a different political course from its mother party.
The Swiss Women's Cup is a women's football cup tournament that has been organised annually since 1975 by the Swiss Football Association (SFV-ASF).
Silvan Dominic Widmer is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Mainz 05 and the Switzerland national team.
Luca Zuffi is a Swiss footballer who plays as midfielder for Winterthur.
Alessandro Martinelli is a Swiss professional footballer, currently playing as midfielder for FC Mendrisio in Seconda Lega, the sixth tier of Swiss football league system.
Scuola Svizzera di Milano is a Swiss international school in Milan, Italy. It serves Kindergarten/Materna through Obserstufe/Liceo.
Peter Heinrich Gilliéron is a Swiss lawyer and football official. Since June 2009, he has been president of the Swiss Football Association. He is a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, chairman of UEFA's Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee, and deputy chairman of UEFA's Legal Committee.
The 2019–20 Swiss Cup was the 95th season of Switzerland's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 16 August 2019 with the first games of Round 1 was originally scheduled to end on 24 May 2020 but the final was rescheduled to 30 August 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dominique Blanc is a Swiss football official, businessman former player and former referee. In 2019, Blanc was appointed to be the President of the Swiss Football Association.
The Switzerland national badminton team represents Switzerland in international badminton team competitions. It is controlled by Swiss Badminton, Switzerland's governing body for badminton. The Swiss national team debuted in the Sudirman Cup in 1991. The men's and women's team debuted in the 2006 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Greece.
