Forty years after the first conference in Mexico City, Alain Berset represents Switzerland at Mondiacult 2022. He speaks in the session “Renewed and strengthened cultural policies”: universal application of the cultural conventions, cultural diversity, freedom of expression, fair remuneration for artists. He announces the second ministerial conference on building culture (Baukultur), in Davos in January […]
In Rome, Alain Berset takes part in the 4th Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit, organised by the Italian Ministry of Health with the WHO, on the theme “Skills, rights and care”. He takes part in the panel on people in vulnerable situations, holds talks with Carla Vizzotti, Minister of Health of Argentina, and Carolyn Bennett, […]
At the Théâtre de Carouge, Alain Berset presents the Hans Reinhart Ring, the highest Swiss distinction in the performing arts, to the director Barbara Frey, the first woman to have headed the Schauspielhaus Zürich. His speech traces her career, from Sylvia Plath to Thomas Bernhard. Speeches on this site Prix suisses des arts de la […]
Ceremony at Berne City Hall for the 20th anniversary of Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products. Alain Berset recalls the agency’s role during the pandemic — the first authority in the world to authorise a Covid-19 vaccine under the ordinary procedure, in December 2020 — and the importance of its independence for public trust. […]
Joint meeting of G20 finance and health ministers, under the Indonesian Presidency, devoted to the new Pandemic Fund. Switzerland takes part by videoconference and announces its contribution to the fund. Sources swissinfo.ch
On 15 November, at the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Alain Berset and Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, sign the bilateral agreement on the import, illicit transit and return of archaeological cultural property, from prehistory to AD 1500. “The theft, looting and illicit trafficking of cultural property strike the peoples concerned at […]
On 17 November, in Mauren, Alain Berset takes part in the meeting of German-speaking ministers of social affairs (Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland), hosted by Government Councillor Manuel Frick. Outcome: the special arrangement for cross-border commuters working from home is extended until 30 June 2023; a joint declaration is signed. The delegations are received in […]
Alain Berset gives the keynote address at ETH Day, marking the university’s 167th anniversary, alongside President Joël Mesot and Rector Günther Dissertori. He thanks science for its role in the pandemic and reflects on the crisis of confidence in progress: “We have to convince the vast majority of society, once again, that it is possible […]
At the Hotel Kreuz in Berne, Alain Berset is the guest at the annual evening of Helvetia Latina, the association that defends the place of French- and Italian-speaking Swiss in the federal administration. He speaks about multilingualism, the representation of the language regions in the Federal Council, the rise of English and ways of promoting […]
Alain Berset represents the Federal Council in Frauenfeld at the celebration for Brigitte Häberli-Koller, the first woman from Thurgau to preside over the Council of States and the fifth woman to hold the office. He pays tribute to a politician who is “gradlinig, aber nicht stur” and who does politics “mit einer selbstbewussten Bescheidenheit”. Other […]
The Federal Assembly elects Alain Berset President of the Confederation for 2023, with 140 votes (absolute majority: 91). Viola Amherd is elected Vice-President. On the same day, Elisabeth Baume-Schneider and Albert Rösti join the Federal Council. In his speech, he recalls the 175th anniversary of the federal state, to be celebrated in 2023, speaks of […]
The canton of Fribourg celebrates its President-elect of the Confederation. A special train from Berne brings some 250 guests, including the President of the National Council, Martin Candinas, and the President of the Council of States, Brigitte Häberli-Koller, to Murten, where Alain Berset speaks about the town’s history. In Fribourg, the procession led by the […]
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