As guest of honour, Alain Berset opens the 69th BEA at Bernexpo, the first after a two-year break, before some 750 guests, including Adolf Ogi and State Councillors Beatrice Simon and Astrid Bärtschi. A speech full of humour on the fair’s motto, “Finde 1’000 Gründe, länger zu bleiben”, a dangerous one for a politician. Then […]
Alain Berset addresses the 72nd General Assembly of vips, the Association of Pharmaceutical Companies in Switzerland, in Lucerne, before some 80 guests. It is the first in-person edition in two years. He defends a culture of debate grounded in facts — “Fakten sind keine Knetmasse” — and acknowledges the industry’s weight in research. Then the […]
In Leuk, Alain Berset inaugurates the new ground station of EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, operated together with MeteoSwiss. Its three 6.5-metre antennas will receive data from the third-generation satellites, whose volume will be more than ten times greater. In his speech, he stresses the value of European cooperation for […]
During her official visit to Switzerland from 9 to 11 May, Sahiba Gafarova, Chair of the National Assembly (Milli Majlis) of Azerbaijan, is received in Berne by Alain Berset, Vice-President of the Federal Council. The previous day she had met Irène Kälin, President of the National Council, and Thomas Hefti, President of the Council of […]
The Swiss School of Rome celebrates its 75th anniversary. Alain Berset delivers the speech at the official ceremony in Italian, devoted to multilingualism, “il tassello più importante della nostra pluralità”. He announces that the Confederation intends to transfer ownership of the Villa Malpighi to the association that runs the school. Those present include St Gallen […]
The School of Management Fribourg (HEG-FR) celebrates its 30th anniversary, postponed by a year because of the pandemic, on the Pérolles plateau: lectures, workshops and a debate with Council of States member Johanna Gapany, Olivier L. de Weck (MIT) and Director Rico Baldegger. Alain Berset takes part in the festivities. Sources HEG Fribourg, timeline
On 22 May, at the Palais des Nations, Alain Berset opens the 75th World Health Assembly, the first held in person since the start of the pandemic, on the theme “Health for peace, peace for health”. He stresses that health must never be a target, argues for a strong WHO, sustainably funded and at the […]
At the World Economic Forum, held exceptionally in May, Alain Berset takes part in a meeting on global health with the health ministers of Indonesia and Malaysia, and in the Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders (IGWEL). As Vice-President of the Federal Council, he holds a series of bilateral meetings. Tuesday 24 May 2022 — […]
On the eve of the 44th Solothurn Literature Days, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Literature Awards, in their tenth edition, in the presence of Carine Bachmann, the new Director of the Federal Office of Culture. Reto Hänny receives the Swiss Grand Award for Literature; the award winners include Rebecca Gisler, Fabienne Radi, Isabelle Sbrissa, Yari […]
At the Lohn country residence in Kehrsatz, Alain Berset receives the artists who took part in the “Back on Tour” concert tour of the National Vaccination Week, from 8 to 14 November 2021, which encouraged the population to find out about vaccination against Covid-19. He thanks them for putting themselves in the spotlight and pays […]
Alain Berset opens the Swiss presence at Milan Design Week. For the first time, Swiss design is brought together under one roof, at the House of Switzerland, by Presence Switzerland, Switzerland Global Enterprise, Switzerland Tourism and Pro Helvetia. He visits the Design Switzerland exhibition, the studios taking part and the Raawil showroom. “Il design svizzero […]
Alain Berset speaks at the opening of the exhibition “Anne Frank und die Schweiz” at the Swiss National Museum, produced with the Anne Frank Fonds in Basel. There he talks with Fishel Rabinowicz, Holocaust survivor and artist. His speech links two turning points: the war in Ukraine and the passing of the last witnesses of […]
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