Events in the year 2010 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
President of the Swiss Confederation: Doris Leuthard President of the National Council: Jean-René Germanier President of the Swiss Council of States: Hansheiri Inderkum
Events
6 January: Extreme weather across Europe leads to dozens of deaths, including at least 7 as a result of an avalanche in Switzerland. 4 February: Switzerland agrees to accept two Chinese Muslim Uyghurs from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. 25 February: Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi calls for jihad against Switzerland after a referendum last year supported a ban on minarets and other rows between the two nations. 7 February: Voters in Switzerland take part in a referendum on whether to provide lawyers for non-human animals and other issues. 19 March: Switzerland ceases to deport asylum seekers in response to the death of a Nigerian man at Zürich Airport as he was being forcefully deported. Nigeria condemns the occurrence. 10 June: Max Goeldi, the Swiss businessman at the centre of a long-running diplomatic row between Libya and Switzerland, is released from prison in Tripoli. 14 June: The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland rules that Romanian footballer Adrian Mutu has lost his final appeal in a five-year legal battle meaning he has to pay a record €17 million in damages for breaching his contract. 12 July: Switzerland rejects a request from the United States to extradite Franco–Polish film director Roman Polanski to face sentencing on charges of unlawful sex with a minor in 1977. 3–11 December – The 2010 European Curling Championships take place in Champéry. 5 December: Bank officials attempt to shut down an account opened by Julian Assange in Switzerland.
Arts and entertainment
63rd Locarno Film Festival
Sports
15 February: 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver: Dario Cologna secures Switzerland's first ever Olympic cross-country gold medal and Norway delivers its poorest ever cross-country Olympic performance in the men's 15km freestyle cross-country competition
Deaths 8 January – Raymond Kamber, 79, Olympic sprint canoer. 17 February – Roger-Émile Aubry, 86, Swiss-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (1973–1999). 25 February – Ernst Beyeler, 88, art collector. 26 February – Charles le Gai Eaton, 89, Swiss-born British diplomat and author. 27 February – Roger Veeser, 90, Olympic athlete. 2 April – Roman Bannwart, 90, theologian and musician. 14 April: Erika Burkart, 88, author. Alice Miller, 87, Polish-born Swiss author and psychologist. 15 April – Peter-Josef Schallberger, 78, farmer and politician. 16 April – Balthasar Burkhard, 65, photographer. 15 May – Loris Kessel, 60, racing driver. 18 May: Iskender Alptekin, 48, politician Karin Iten, 53, figure skater. 2 June – Marguerite Narbel, 92, biologist and politician, member of the Grand Council of Vaud. 28 June – Nicolas Hayek, 82, entrepreneur, founder and chairman of The Swatch Group. 8 July – Robert Freitag, 94, Austrian-born Swiss actor. 19 July – Antoinette Meyer, 90, Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) alpine skier. 11 August – Markus Liebherr, 62, businessman, owner of Southampton F.C. 15 September – Peter Stebler, 83, Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) rower. 21 September – Bernard Genoud, 68, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (1999–2010). 5 October – Steve Lee, 47, musician (Gotthard). 22 October – René Villiger, 79, painter. 25 October – Hans Arnold, 85, Swiss-born Swedish artist. 31 October – Max Barandun, 68, Olympic sprinter. 10 November – Georges Aeschlimann, 90, cyclist. 3 December – Hugues Cuénod, 108, tenor. 11 December: Roger Nicole, 95, Swiss-born American Evangelical Christian theologian. Peter Risi, 60, footballer. 27 December – Walter Balmer, 62, footballer.
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