Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country,informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet,is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts and its capital city is Liestal. It is traditionally considered a "half-canton",the other half being Basel-Stadt,its urban counterpart.
Basler Zeitung,or BaZ,is a Swiss German-language regional daily newspaper,published in Basel.
Basellandschaftliche Zeitung,,is a Swiss Standard German language daily newspaper,published by Luedin. The company is based in Liestal,Basel-Landschaft,with two offices based in Liestal and Basel. Its editor-in-chief is Franz C. Widmer.
The 2006 Basel hooligan incident occurred on 13 May 2006 in Basel,Switzerland. On that day hooligans supporting the Swiss football club FC Basel 1893 stormed the field of St. Jakob-Park after a championship-deciding match against FC Zürich. Zürich scored in the dying moments of the match and won 2–1. The goal ended a chance for Basel to win the Swiss Super League for a third time in a row. This resulted in property damage and riots between hooligans of both teams' supporters after the match,an incident considered one of the worst incidents involving hooliganism in Swiss sport to date. 115 people,including police,were injured,with 15 hospitalizations.
The Waldenburg railway is a narrow-gauge light rail system in the canton of Basel-Landschaft,Switzerland. The 13.1-kilometre (8.1 mi) long single-track line runs from Liestal,the capital of the canton,to Waldenburg,with stops in Bubendorf,Hölstein,Niederdorf,and Oberdorf. It connects to SBB train services in Liestal railway station. The line was temporarily closed between April 2021 and December 2022 for modernisation and conversion to metre gauge.
Eric Michael Weber is a Swiss populist publisher,journalist,and far-right politician. He currently serves his third term as a member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt for his independent VA,which is his own political movement without any other members.
Liestal railway station is a railway station in Switzerland,in the municipality of Liestal and canton of Basel-Landschaft. The station is on the Swiss Federal Railway's Hauenstein main line,which connects Basel and Olten. It is served by five trains per hour to Basel,four trains per hour to Olten,and hourly trains to Interlaken,Lucerne,and Zürich. Several trains a day operate through to Frankfurt and Berlin. The station is also the junction for,and terminus of,the Waldenburg narrow gauge railway,which operates a train service every ten or twenty minutes to Waldenburg. The Waldenburg line closed in April 2021 until December 2022 for conversion to 1,000 mm gauge. Since 2019,the Swiss Federal Railways has been undertaking renovation and expansion works at Liestal which were commissioned by the federal government and which are due to be completed in 2025.
Beat Jans is a Swiss environmental scientist and politician who currently serves as a member of the Federal Council,after being elected in 2023 to succeed Alain Berset,assuming office on 1 January 2024. A member of the Social Democratic Party,he previously served on the National Council from 2010 to 2020,and president of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt from 2021 to 2023.
Sarah Wyss is a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP). Since December 2020 she is a member of the National Council of Switzerland.
Hanro International GmbH,with headquarters in Götzis in Austria,produces lingerie,nightwear,and loungewear for men and women. The company’s products can be found in almost 50 countries and are sold at specialty retailers,department stores,and its own 14 boutiques and outlet stores. The company was founded in 1884 in Liestal,Switzerland,by Albert Handschin. The Huber Group acquired the company in 1991.
Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter is a Swiss jurist and politician of The Centre.
Katja Christ is a Swiss lawyer and politician. She was elected to the Swiss National Council on the ticket of Green Liberal Party (GLP) in 2019.
Brigitte Häberli-Koller is a Swiss politician of the party The Centre. She is a former member of the National Council and a current of the Council of States of which she served as its president from 2022 to 2023.
Franziska Roth is a pedagogue and politician of the Social Democrat Party of Switzerland (SP). Since 2019,she is a current member of the National Council,the lower house of the Swiss Parliament.
Maja Riniker is a Swiss politician of the Liberals (FDP) and a member of the National Council the lower house of the Swiss Parliament. She is the current 1st Vice President of the National Council.
Thomas Matter is a Swiss businessman,banker,philanthropist and politician. He currently serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 2014. Matter is estimated to be the second richest politician in the Swiss legislature with an estimated net worth of 150 million Swiss Francs (2017) by Handelszeitung.
Thomas Jan de Courten is a Swiss businessman and politician. He currently serves as a member of the National Council for the Swiss People's Party (SVP) since 5 December 2011. Between 2003 and 2011,he served in the Cantonal Council of Basel-Landschaft,and as the congressional president for his party since 2007. He was also the president of the national economy and health commissions respectively.
Sandra Sollberger-Muff officially Sandra Sollberger is a Swiss businesswoman and politician. She currently serves as a member of National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party since 30 November 2015.
Willy Pfund was a Swiss politician of the Liberal Party.
Ursina Anna Fehr Düsel colloquially Nina Fehr Düsel is a Swiss jurist and politician who currently serves as member the National Council (Switzerland) for the Swiss People's Party after being elected in the 2023 Swiss federal election. She currently also serves as member of the Cantonal Council of Zurich since 2015. She is a daughter of the former National Councillor Hans Fehr.
