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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210614
DTSTAMP:20261020T173156Z
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SUMMARY:Vote: first yes to the COVID-19 Act
DESCRIPTION:The people approve the COVID-19 Act\, challenged by referendum. It provides the basis for aid to companies\, the self-employed and culture\, and for the Federal Council’s power to take measures. Alain Berset comments on the result before the press. \nThe same day\, the CO2 Act is rejected.
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-first-yes-to-the-covid-19-act/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210609
DTSTAMP:20261020T173155Z
CREATED:20261016T000926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173155Z
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SUMMARY:Visit to the Canton of Solothurn: vaccination\, testing and culture
DESCRIPTION:In Grenchen\, with the Landammann and health director Susanne Schaffner\, Alain Berset visits Switzerland’s first drive-in vaccination centre. In Solothurn\, he sees the test centre set up at the Kulturfabrik Kofmehl\, run by the concert venue’s staff. \nTalks follow with the cantonal government delegation\, including the director of education and culture\, Remo Ankli\, and with the managers of the Kofmehl: next steps in reopening events\, introduction of the COVID certificate\, revival of cultural life and support for organisers. \nSources \n\nCanton of Solothurn\, press release of June 2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-to-the-canton-of-solothurn-vaccination-testing-and-culture/
LOCATION:Granges et Soleure
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210528
DTSTAMP:20261020T173155Z
CREATED:20261016T000923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173155Z
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SUMMARY:National Conference on Federalism
DESCRIPTION:The 6th National Conference on Federalism meets in Basel\, amid controversy over the respective roles of the Confederation and the cantons in the pandemic. Alain Berset draws a first institutional assessment. \nHe answers the headlines announcing a crisis of federalism with history\, and with Napoleon: “Ich wäre ausserstande\, die Schweiz zu regieren.” The system was put under strain\, and it held; lessons must be learned without calling it into question. His formula: “Die Schweiz ist föderalistisch – oder sie ist nicht.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n« Le fédéralisme et la dynamique de la crise du COVID-19 » (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 27.05.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-conference-on-federalism/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210526
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210527
DTSTAMP:20261020T173155Z
CREATED:20261016T000918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173155Z
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SUMMARY:Dürrenmatt\, “Stoffe”: launch of the edition
DESCRIPTION:For the centenary of Friedrich Dürrenmatt\, the Swiss Literary Archives of the National Library publish his great autobiographical project\, “Stoffe”\, in five volumes with Diogenes\, and put online some 30\,000 digitised manuscript pages. \nAt the launch\, Alain Berset rereads Dürrenmatt through the lens of a Switzerland spared and of its identity: “Wie schweizerisch ist die Schweiz?” A Switzerland the writer viewed with an irony that did not exclude attachment. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nWie schweizerisch ist die Schweiz? (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.05.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/durrenmatt-stoffe-launch-of-the-edition/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210525
DTSTAMP:20261020T173155Z
CREATED:20261016T000914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173155Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 74th World Health Assembly and BioHub agreement with the WHO
DESCRIPTION:The Assembly is held online for the second year. Alain Berset opens it from WHO headquarters\, as representative of the host country. He thanks the organisation and calls on member states to invest in a universal and lasting architecture of health protection: no country can overcome a pandemic alone. Switzerland supports COVAX and the ACT Accelerator for fair access to vaccines\, tests and medicines. \nBefore the session\, he meets the Director-General\, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\, and signs with him an agreement under the BioHub initiative. Switzerland makes the Spiez Laboratory available to store strains of SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens with epidemic potential\, and so contributes to an international system for the voluntary exchange of these materials. A press briefing follows at the Swiss Mission. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRenforcer le multilatéralisme\, la solidarité et la coopération internationale (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 24.05.2021\nGeneva Solutions\, 25.05.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-74th-world-health-assembly-and-biohub-agreement-with-the-who/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210513
DTSTAMP:20261020T173154Z
CREATED:20261016T000911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173154Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Literature Awards 2021
DESCRIPTION:Presentation of the Swiss Literature Awards\, under health restrictions. Alain Berset opens with the virus: “Wir alle haben genug von diesem Virus. Leider hat das Virus noch nicht genug von uns.” \nLiterature\, he says\, lives from readings\, debates and open bookshops; authors have lost a source of income. He recalls the measures taken for culture since the start of the pandemic\, from which authors and literary translators can benefit. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSchweizer Literaturpreise 2021 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 12.05.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-literature-awards-2021/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210415
DTSTAMP:20261020T173153Z
CREATED:20261016T002814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173153Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus: terraces and venues reopen on 19 April
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council continues the step-by-step reopening\, although four of the five indicators exceed their thresholds. From 19 April\, events with an audience resume in stadiums\, cinemas\, concert halls and theatres\, with capacity limits; indoor sport and culture are allowed again; restaurants reopen their terraces. \nThe government judges the risk acceptable: the reopened activities take place with masks and distancing\, vaccination of vulnerable people is progressing and testing is expanding. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.04.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-terraces-and-venues-reopen-on-19-april/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210326
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210327
DTSTAMP:20261020T173153Z
CREATED:20261016T000904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173153Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Film Awards 2021
DESCRIPTION:A ceremony without an audience\, broadcast live from the RTS studios in Geneva. “Schwesterlein” by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond wins the Quartz for best fiction film and four other awards; “Das neue Evangelium” by Milo Rau wins best documentary. The Honorary Award goes to Liselotte Pulver. \nAlain Berset speaks of a Swiss cinema “to which we have perhaps never felt so close”\, deprived of cinemas and festivals. He mentions a fourteenth award\, “as heavy as lead”\, that the industry has been paying since the start of the pandemic\, and recalls that an artist’s essential reward remains the recognition of the public. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix du cinéma suisse 2021 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 26.03.2021\nFederal Council\, press release of 16.02.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-film-awards-2021/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210325
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210326
DTSTAMP:20261020T173153Z
CREATED:20261016T000900Z
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SUMMARY:Vaccination campaign: meeting with the cantons\, science and manufacturers
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland expects at least eight million doses between April and the end of July. The President of the Confederation\, Guy Parmelin\, and Alain Berset bring together by videoconference the Conference of Cantonal Health Directors\, the President of the Conference of Cantonal Governments\, the scientific task force\, the Federal Commission for Vaccination and the manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna. \nInterim results: 1.25 million doses administered since early January\, to vulnerable people first; the situation in nursing homes has eased considerably. The challenge now is speed: the cantons must be ready to vaccinate on a mass scale as soon as deliveries arrive. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.03.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vaccination-campaign-meeting-with-the-cantons-science-and-manufacturers/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210327
DTSTAMP:20261020T173153Z
CREATED:20261016T000857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173153Z
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SUMMARY:65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65)
DESCRIPTION:The session opens on 15 March\, largely virtual. Alain Berset leads the Swiss delegation and speaks in the general debate with a pre-recorded statement. Themes of the year: women’s full and effective participation in public decision-making and the elimination of violence. \nHe starts from the pandemic\, which hits women harder: they hold the jobs where working from home is impossible\, particularly in care\, and have taken on more of the home schooling. According to the UN\, about 47 million women risk falling into extreme poverty. “The progress made in recent decades on gender equality and women’s rights is threatened by the current crisis.” \nSwitzerland organises two side events\, on equal pay with the EPIC coalition and on statistics on violence with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The session closes on 26 March with joint agreed conclusions\, reached after difficult negotiations on sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n65e session de la Commission de la condition de la femme : débat général (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 15.03.2021\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.03.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/65th-session-of-the-commission-on-the-status-of-women-csw65/
LOCATION:New York (à distance)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210225
DTSTAMP:20261020T173152Z
CREATED:20261016T002808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173152Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus: first easing on 1 March
DESCRIPTION:After consulting the cantons\, the Federal Council decides on a cautious first step. From 1 March\, shops\, museums and library reading rooms reopen\, as do outdoor sports and leisure facilities and the outdoor areas of zoos and botanical gardens. Outdoors\, people may again meet in groups of fifteen. Young people up to the age of 20 regain most of their cultural and sports activities. \nThe logic is one of step-by-step reopening\, reserved at first for activities compatible with masks and distancing. The next step is announced for 22 March\, if the epidemic allows. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 24.02.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-first-easing-on-1-march/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210219
DTSTAMP:20261020T173152Z
CREATED:20261016T002806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173152Z
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SUMMARY:Video message for the launch of the “Guide to Global Health Diplomacy”
DESCRIPTION:The Global Health Centre of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies publishes a guide to global health diplomacy. Alain Berset opens the online launch with a video message\, alongside Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\, former WHO Director-General Margaret Chan and EU High Representative Josep Borrell. \nHe cites COVAX and the ACT Accelerator as milestones in global health\, recalls that Switzerland supports them financially and co-chairs a group of friends\, and argues for a strong WHO at the centre of health cooperation. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLancement du « Guide to Global Health Diplomacy » (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/video-message-for-the-launch-of-the-guide-to-global-health-diplomacy/
LOCATION:Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210126
DTSTAMP:20261020T173152Z
CREATED:20261016T000847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173152Z
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SUMMARY:Tribute to Markus Imhoof at the Solothurn Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Solothurn Film Festival is held online. During the Swiss Film Awards Nominations Night\, streamed live\, Alain Berset pays tribute to Markus Imhoof\, winner of the 2020 Honorary Award: the March 2020 ceremony had been cancelled because of the pandemic. \nHe starts from life in lockdown: a small screen in the morning\, a medium one during the day\, a big one in the evening. “Aber der ganz grosse Bildschirm – er fehlt uns.” A living culture\, he says\, is one of the foundations of any society. Then he salutes the director of “Das Boot ist voll” and “More than Honey”\, who had once been wary of a lifetime achievement award: “Gesamtwerk\,” he had said\, “das klingt ja\, als sei es das jetzt gewesen.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nEhrenpreis des Schweizer Filmpreises 2020 für Markus Imhoof (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.01.2021\nSwiss Films\, 2020 Honorary Award to Markus Imhoof
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/tribute-to-markus-imhoof-at-the-solothurn-film-festival/
LOCATION:Soleure
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210114
DTSTAMP:20261020T173152Z
CREATED:20261016T000843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173152Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus: shops closed and working from home compulsory
DESCRIPTION:Second wave\, new variants. The Federal Council tightens the measures without resorting to emergency law. From 18 January\, shops not selling essential goods close; working from home becomes compulsory wherever possible without disproportionate cost; private and public gatherings are limited to five people\, children included. The closure of restaurants and of cultural\, sports and leisure venues is extended by five weeks\, to the end of February. \nBefore the press\, with the President of the Confederation\, Guy Parmelin\, Alain Berset defends speed: “The faster we act\, the better the chances of protecting the health system and avoiding an explosion in cases.” Schools and ski resorts remain the responsibility of the cantons: “We trust the cantons.” \nSources \n\nLe Temps\, 13.01.2021
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-shops-closed-and-working-from-home-compulsory/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201218
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201219
DTSTAMP:20261020T173151Z
CREATED:20261016T002523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173151Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus: closure of restaurants and cultural venues
DESCRIPTION:Infections very high and rising again\, hospitals overloaded for weeks\, the holidays approaching. After consulting the cantons\, the Federal Council closes restaurants and cultural\, sports and leisure facilities from 22 December. \nThe measures run until 22 January 2021. The aim is to reduce contacts sharply. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.12.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-closure-of-restaurants-and-cultural-venues/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201216
DTSTAMP:20261020T173151Z
CREATED:20261016T000837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173151Z
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SUMMARY:Vaccines: meeting of European health ministers
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Olivier Véran\, Alain Berset takes part in a virtual meeting on COVID-19 vaccination strategies\, with Salvador Illa (Spain)\, Roberto Speranza (Italy) and representatives of Belgium\, Germany\, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. \nHe presents the Swiss vaccination strategy and the state of preparations. The joint declaration stresses cooperation and mutual information\, particularly on cross-border issues. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 15.12.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vaccines-meeting-of-european-health-ministers/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201121
DTSTAMP:20261020T173151Z
CREATED:20261016T000834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173151Z
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SUMMARY:European equality ministers: domestic violence and the pandemic
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of the German Presidency of the Council of the EU\, Alain Berset takes part in the videoconference of European equality ministers\, devoted to domestic violence and violence against women during the pandemic. \nHe presents the Swiss measures\, including the task force against domestic violence set up in March by the Confederation and the cantons: regular exchanges between counselling services\, police and authorities\, monitoring of reported cases and of shelter places. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.11.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/european-equality-ministers-domestic-violence-and-the-pandemic/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201029
DTSTAMP:20261020T173151Z
CREATED:20261016T002518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173151Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus: national measures against the second wave
DESCRIPTION:The second wave is accelerating. The Federal Council adopts measures valid throughout the country: closure of nightclubs\, bars and restaurants closing at 11 p.m.\, a ban on events of more than 50 people and on amateur sports and cultural activities of more than 15 people\, wider mandatory mask-wearing. \nIt introduces rapid tests and revises quarantine for travellers. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 28.10.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-national-measures-against-the-second-wave/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201022
DTSTAMP:20261020T173150Z
CREATED:20261016T002516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173150Z
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SUMMARY:UN World Data Forum (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:The pandemic prevents the third UN World Data Forum from being held in Berne; it takes place online\, and the in-person version is postponed to 2021. Alain Berset opens it with a pre-recorded statement. \nHe starts from the Charter of the United Nations\, 75 years earlier\, and its promise to “promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom”. The pandemic threatens this progress; the indicator framework of the 2030 Agenda requires reliable\, shared data. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nForum mondial de l’ONU sur les données 2020 (virtuel) (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/un-world-data-forum-virtual/
LOCATION:En ligne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200925
DTSTAMP:20261020T173150Z
CREATED:20261016T002513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173150Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Zurich Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 16th Zurich Film Festival\, in the hall and then at the Corso cinema\, “als Gesundheitsminister und als Kulturminister”. The audience present\, he says\, belongs to the 58% who do not want to wait until next year to return to a cultural event. \nThe message of the evening: “Das Virus prägt unseren Alltag – aber es dominiert ihn nicht.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Zurich Film Festival 2020 (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-zurich-film-festival/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200919
DTSTAMP:20261020T173150Z
CREATED:20261016T000820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173150Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit of Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
DESCRIPTION:The President of the Confederation\, Simonetta Sommaruga\, receives Sebastian Kurz on an official visit. Alain Berset and Ueli Maurer join the lunch at the Lohn country residence. \nOn the agenda: management of the pandemic\, climate\, bilateral relations\, European policy. The two countries welcome their cooperation in the spring\, notably to repatriate their nationals stranded abroad. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 18.09.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-of-austrian-chancellor-sebastian-kurz/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200918
DTSTAMP:20261020T173150Z
CREATED:20261016T002510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173150Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Music Awards: Grand Award to Erika Stucky
DESCRIPTION:In Lausanne\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Music Awards; the Grand Award goes to the singer and performer Erika Stucky. He greets the “friends of jazz and yodel\, friends of the accordion and the shovel”. \nHe lists dates that marked the history of music\, from Mozart’s first symphony in The Hague to the first jazz record in Chicago and the fire at the Montreux casino during Frank Zappa’s concert\, and adds that of the evening. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de musique 2020 (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-music-awards-grand-award-to-erika-stucky/
LOCATION:Lausanne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200918
DTSTAMP:20261020T173149Z
CREATED:20261016T000812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173149Z
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SUMMARY:G20: joint meeting of finance and health ministers
DESCRIPTION:Ueli Maurer and Alain Berset take part in the joint videoconference of G20 finance and health ministers\, convened by the Saudi presidency. Working basis: a WHO analysis of the gaps in pandemic preparedness. \nSwitzerland reaffirms the central role of the WHO\, stresses the close collaboration between its finance and home affairs departments during the crisis and calls for the effects of the measures on public debt to be anticipated. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 17.09.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/g20-joint-meeting-of-finance-and-health-ministers-2/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200909
DTSTAMP:20261020T173149Z
CREATED:20261016T002507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173149Z
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SUMMARY:Culture summit at the Alpine Museum
DESCRIPTION:At the Alpine Museum\, Alain Berset brings together parliamentarians and cultural players on the coronavirus crisis and the Culture Dispatch 2021-2024. Why the Alps? “In Zeiten der Verunsicherung suchen wir Halt bei den Alpen.” And can the Réduit be aired? The FOPH is looking into it\, he jokes. \nThen the figures: according to a Federal Office of Culture survey from late August\, 42% of respondents will wait until next year to return to a cultural event\, against 22% in June; 55% want to cut their cultural spending. Without culture experienced together\, he says\, life is “eintöniger\, atomisierter\, entfremdeter. Kurz: schlechter”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSommet de la culture 2020 (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/culture-summit-at-the-alpine-museum/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200903
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200904
DTSTAMP:20261020T173149Z
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SUMMARY:Payerne: against the limitation initiative
DESCRIPTION:At the company Boschung\, at a conference of economiesuisse and the Vaud Chamber of Commerce and Industry\, Alain Berset defends the Federal Council’s position against the limitation initiative\, put to the vote on 27 September. \nHe starts from the Broye\, where Vaud and Fribourg are as intertwined as Switzerland and Europe\, to defend the free movement of persons and the bilateral path. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPayerne : contre l’initiative de limitation (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/payerne-against-the-limitation-initiative/
LOCATION:Payerne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200815
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SUMMARY:Lucerne Festival: “Life is Live”
DESCRIPTION:The Lucerne Festival holds a reduced edition. Alain Berset addresses an audience gathered in a hall again: “Echte Menschen\, dreidimensional\, leibhaftig anwesend.” The “Schock des Alten”\, he says. \nThe crisis has made everyday life unrecognisable: closed schools\, empty town centres\, working from home\, a world without culture experienced directly. The concert regained says what was missing. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n«Life is Live» (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 14.08.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/lucerne-festival-life-is-live-2/
LOCATION:Lucerne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200810
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200811
DTSTAMP:20261020T173148Z
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SUMMARY:Vote on paternity leave: campaign launch
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset presents the Federal Council’s position on two weeks of paternity leave\, put to the vote on 27 September after an SVP referendum. The current leave of one or two days no longer matches family life; the self-employed are entitled to nothing. \nCost: about 230 million francs a year\, financed by 0.05 percentage points of income compensation (EO) contributions\, or 50 centimes per 1\,000 francs of salary. “It is important to take this step.” And: “We will do everything to bring this leave into force on 1 January 2021.” \nSources \n\nAllnews / AWP\, 10.08.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-on-paternity-leave-campaign-launch/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200802
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SUMMARY:National Day
DESCRIPTION:1 August speech in Bellinzona\, given in Italian and German: “Questo non è un anno come gli altri.” The crisis is not over; since mid-June\, infections have been rising again and the cantons are reporting outbreaks. \nHe calls on everyone to curb the rise\, recalling what the country achieved in the spring. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n1. August (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 01.08.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day/
LOCATION:Bellinzone
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200713
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200715
DTSTAMP:20261020T173147Z
CREATED:20261016T000750Z
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SUMMARY:Paris: French national day and “Opération Résilience”
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Emmanuel Macron\, Alain Berset attends the 14 July ceremony on the Place de la Concorde from the presidential stand. It pays tribute to health workers and to all those who fought COVID-19. Switzerland\, Germany\, Luxembourg and Austria are invited for having taken in French patients: between late March and early April\, 52 patients were transferred to hospitals in fifteen cantons. \nA lunch follows\, hosted by Olivier Véran\, Minister for Solidarity and Health\, with Rudolf Anschober (Austria)\, Jens Spahn (Germany) and Paulette Lenert (Luxembourg): cross-border cooperation and preparation for a new wave. \nMonday 13 July 2020 — Paris\n\nMeeting with the Swiss detachment of the colour guard\n\nTuesday 14 July 2020 — Paris\n\n14 July ceremony\, presidential stand\, Place de la Concorde\nStatements by the ministers outside the Ministry for Solidarity and Health\nLunch hosted by Olivier Véran with the health ministers of Germany\, Austria and Luxembourg\nPress briefing\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.07.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/paris-french-national-day-and-operation-resilience/
LOCATION:Paris
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200708
DTSTAMP:20261020T173147Z
CREATED:20261016T000747Z
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SUMMARY:German-speaking health ministers: videoconference
DESCRIPTION:The Austrian minister Rudolf Anschober brings together the health ministers of Austria\, Germany\, Liechtenstein\, Luxembourg and Switzerland by videoconference\, an annual format since 2013. \nOn the agenda: the lessons of the pandemic\, the supply of medical goods\, tourism\, the coming flu season\, flu vaccines and the distribution of the future COVID-19 vaccine. The final declaration stresses international cooperation and preparedness to avoid overloading hospitals. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.07.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/german-speaking-health-ministers-videoconference/
LOCATION:Berne
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