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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210126
DTSTAMP: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
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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
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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
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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
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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
CREATED:20261016T002504Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200815
DTSTAMP:20261020T173148Z
CREATED:20261016T000800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173148Z
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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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200810
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200811
DTSTAMP:20261020T173148Z
CREATED:20261016T000756Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200802
DTSTAMP:20261020T173148Z
CREATED:20261016T000754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173148Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200713
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200715
DTSTAMP:20261020T173147Z
CREATED:20261016T000750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173147Z
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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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200707
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200708
DTSTAMP:20261020T173147Z
CREATED:20261016T000747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173147Z
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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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200626
DTSTAMP:20261020T173147Z
CREATED:20261016T000744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173147Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Olivier Véran and Jens Spahn
DESCRIPTION:In Geneva\, Alain Berset meets separately the French Minister for Solidarity and Health\, Olivier Véran\, and the German Minister of Health\, Jens Spahn. With Olivier Véran: good cooperation during the pandemic\, particularly in border regions\, European and international coordination on vaccines\, cross-border health threats and tracing apps. \nWith Jens Spahn: cross-border cooperation during the crisis. The three countries agree to keep coordinating their approach. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.06.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-olivier-veran-and-jens-spahn/
LOCATION:Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200618
DTSTAMP:20261020T173146Z
CREATED:20261016T002455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173146Z
UID:46746-1592352000-1592438399@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:FIFF “34 et demi”: first return to the cinema
DESCRIPTION:The Fribourg International Film Festival\, cancelled in March\, offers a special evening\, “34 et demi”\, with the 2020 Grand Prix\, “You Will Die at 20”. It is one of the first returns to the cinema after lockdown. \nAlain Berset addresses the “friends of anticipated realities” and quotes the speech he had planned for March\, built on dystopias and linguistic alternate histories\, before reality overtook fiction. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFIFF 34 ½ : première du Grand Prix 2020 « You Will Die at 20 » (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fiff-34-et-demi-first-return-to-the-cinema/
LOCATION:Fribourg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200528
DTSTAMP:20261020T173146Z
CREATED:20261016T002451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173146Z
UID:46744-1590537600-1590623999@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Coronavirus: end of the extraordinary situation announced
DESCRIPTION:Given the favourable trend\, the Federal Council decides on a broad easing for 6 June: events of up to 300 people\, spontaneous gatherings of up to 30 people\, reopening of leisure facilities and tourist attractions. \nIt also decides to stop treating the situation as extraordinary from 19 June: the return to the “special situation” gives the cantons back part of their powers. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.05.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-end-of-the-extraordinary-situation-announced/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200430
DTSTAMP:20261020T173146Z
CREATED:20261016T002449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173146Z
UID:46742-1588118400-1588204799@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Coronavirus: reopening on 11 May
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council decides on a second easing step. From 11 May\, shops\, restaurants\, markets\, museums and libraries reopen; primary and secondary schools return to classroom teaching; sport resumes for training; public transport services are greatly increased. \nMatura certificates may be awarded on the basis of the year’s marks\, with the cantons deciding on examinations. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 29.04.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-reopening-on-11-may/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200420
DTSTAMP:20261020T173146Z
CREATED:20261016T000731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173146Z
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SUMMARY:G20: meeting of health ministers
DESCRIPTION:The Saudi G20 presidency invites Switzerland to the meeting of health ministers\, held by videoconference. The pandemic is at the centre. Alain Berset defends the WHO’s role in coordinating the international response: “The fight against Covid-19 requires international solidarity and a global response. This threat can only be fought by working together.” \nCooperation is judged necessary to develop a vaccine and to secure the production and supply of medical products and protective equipment. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.04.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/g20-meeting-of-health-ministers/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200317
DTSTAMP:20261020T173145Z
CREATED:20261016T000729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173145Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus: “extraordinary situation”
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council declares an “extraordinary situation” under the Epidemics Act. Shops\, restaurants\, bars\, entertainment and leisure venues close until 19 April\, except for food and health. Border controls with Germany\, France and Austria begin at midnight. The Federal Council approves the deployment of the army\, up to 8\,000 troops\, to support the cantons. \nAlain Berset acknowledges that the previous measures “were unevenly and insufficiently followed”. Yet the government rules out an Italian-style lockdown: “We do not want to paralyse the country completely.” And: “The country will keep functioning\, even if more slowly.” \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 16.03.2020\nLe Temps\, 16.03.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-extraordinary-situation/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200229
DTSTAMP:20261020T173145Z
CREATED:20261016T002445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173145Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus: “special situation” and ban on large events
DESCRIPTION:Extraordinary meeting of the Federal Council. It declares a “special situation” under the Epidemics Act and bans events of more than 1\,000 people with immediate effect\, at least until 15 March. \nIt is the first major national measure against the virus. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 28.02.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-special-situation-and-ban-on-large-events/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200226
DTSTAMP:20261020T173145Z
CREATED:20261016T000723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173145Z
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SUMMARY:Coronavirus: meeting of health ministers of Italy’s neighbouring countries
DESCRIPTION:The virus is spreading in Lombardy and Veneto. The Italian Minister of Health\, Roberto Speranza\, brings together his counterparts from neighbouring countries in Rome: Switzerland\, France\, Germany\, Austria\, Slovenia\, Croatia and San Marino\, with the European Commissioner Stella Kyriakides. The same day\, Switzerland announces its first confirmed case. \nThe ministers adopt a six-point joint declaration: keep borders open\, as closure is judged disproportionate; harmonise information for travellers; exchange medical and epidemiological data; harmonise information for professionals and the public\, including at borders; hold regular conference calls; decide case by case on cancelling major events. \nSources \n\nTicinonline\, 25.02.2020\nCroatian Government\, 25.02.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/coronavirus-meeting-of-health-ministers-of-italys-neighbouring-countries/
LOCATION:Rome
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200225
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SUMMARY:Berlin: Franziska Giffey and the Berlinale
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset meets the German Minister for Family Affairs\, Senior Citizens\, Women and Youth\, Franziska Giffey. On the agenda: international cooperation for gender equality and the UN World Data Forum\, planned in Switzerland in October\, which puts the emphasis on sex-disaggregated statistics. \nIn the evening\, at the Berlinale\, he attends the world premiere of “Schwesterlein” by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond\, the first Swiss film in the official competition since Ursula Meier’s “L’enfant d’en haut” in 2012. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.02.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/berlin-franziska-giffey-and-the-berlinale/
LOCATION:Berlin
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200218
DTSTAMP:20261020T173144Z
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SUMMARY:Health2030 national conference: ageing in good health
DESCRIPTION:First conference of the new Health2030 strategy. At Alain Berset’s invitation\, nearly 250 health stakeholders meet in Berne to discuss the health of older people. Life expectancy has never been higher\, but the system is not ready for patients living with several chronic\, non-communicable or mental illnesses. \nHe opens by proposing\, laughing\, to add the conference to the list of living traditions: it would be the two hundredth\, “zwischen F wie Fondue und H wie Hornussen”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nNationale Gesundheitskonferenz 2030 (Rede auf Deutsch und Französisch) (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 17.02.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/health2030-national-conference-ageing-in-good-health/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200214
DTSTAMP:20261020T173144Z
CREATED:20261016T000713Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Literature Awards: Grand Award to Sibylle Berg
DESCRIPTION:At the National Library\, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Literature Awards. The Grand Award goes to Sibylle Berg for her body of work; the Special Award for Translation to Marion Graf. \nHis speech addresses the diffuse unease at work in societies\, and argues against the temptation of a new Biedermeier: “Das Diffuse ist das Präzise. Das diffuse Unbehagen gewinnt Wahlen und Abstimmungen.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de littérature 2020 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.01.2020
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-literature-awards-grand-award-to-sibylle-berg/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200212
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200214
DTSTAMP:20261020T173144Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to Liechtenstein
DESCRIPTION:Working visit to the Principality. On 12 February\, Alain Berset is welcomed by the Minister for Social Affairs\, Mauro Pedrazzini\, and visits the company Oerlikon Balzers. He pays a courtesy call on Hereditary Prince Alois. \nOn 13 February\, he meets the Minister for Foreign Affairs\, Justice and Culture\, Katrin Eggenberger\, visits the Institute of Architecture and Planning of the University of Liechtenstein\, then Gutenberg Castle in Balzers. \nWednesday 12 February 2020 — Balzers and Vaduz\n\nWelcome by Mauro Pedrazzini\, Minister for Social Affairs\nVisit to Oerlikon Balzers\nCourtesy call on Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein\n\nThursday 13 February 2020 — Vaduz and Balzers\n\nMeeting with Katrin Eggenberger\, Minister for Foreign Affairs\, Justice and Culture\nVisit to the Institute of Architecture and Planning of the University of Liechtenstein\nVisit to Gutenberg Castle
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-liechtenstein/
LOCATION:Vaduz
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