Alain Berset opens the mountain photography festival Alt. +1000, at the Grand-Cachot-de-Vent farm in the La Brévine valley. He points out the paradox: showing melting glaciers in a region that celebrates the cold every year with its Fête du froid. Photographers, he says, remind us of the traces humans leave on the mountains. Speeches on […]
In Penthaz, Alain Berset inaugurates the new research and archiving centre of the Cinémathèque suisse, a project of about 50 million francs. The centre holds some 85,000 film titles, 2.5 million photographs and 500,000 posters. “This is one of the most important collections of film treasures in the world,” he says. Sources Swissinfo, 06.09.2019
Alain Berset speaks at the Swiss Banking Day of the Swiss Bankers Association. With humour, he explains the trust the Federal Council enjoys by the small size of its lecterns: “too small to fail”. Then, seriously: trust is earned through complicated and reliable political processes. And Swiss stability comes at the price of a certain […]
In Zurich, Alain Berset hosts the health ministers of Germany (Jens Spahn), Austria (Brigitte Zarfl), Liechtenstein (Mauro Pedrazzini) and Luxembourg (Etienne Schneider). This quintet has met every year since 2013. On the agenda: the safe use of health data, fair access to innovative medicines, medical and non-medical use of cannabis. In a joint declaration, the […]
Alain Berset presents the Swiss Music Awards at the Kunstmuseum Basel, as part of the ZeitRäume festival. The Grand Award goes to the duo Cod.Act, the brothers André and Michel Décosterd. A snake of 150 tyres that produces sounds, suspended loudspeakers, opera singers on stilts: “Ist das Musik?” Yes, he answers, and it draws its […]
On the closing day, Alain Berset gives the official speech of the Federal Folk Music Festival, on the Ycoor festival grounds. He jokes about the Federal Council’s yodelling on its annual outing. Then: “Die Volksmusik ist wichtig für den sozialen Zusammenhalt unseres Landes.” He recalls the Confederation’s support for young musicians through the Youth and […]
Alain Berset speaks at the summit of the cultural sector devoted to the Culture Dispatch 2021-2024, then under consultation. He defends video games as a cultural form of the 21st century: “Spielen ist keine Spielerei, sondern eine ernste Angelegenheit.” Speeches on this site Sommet de la culture : le Message culture 2021-2024 (in German, French-language page)
Alain Berset travels to Milan for the hundredth anniversary of the Swiss School. He is received at the Pirellone by the authorities of the Lombardy Region, including the President of the Regional Government, Attilio Fontana, and recalls that Italy is the homeland of Swiss schools abroad: the first was founded in Naples in 1839. In […]
Alain Berset speaks at the official day marking 50 years of EPFL as a federal institute. He poses a riddle: a school that celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2003 and celebrates its 50th in 2019. The answer lies in two dates: the cantonal institution founded in 1853 became federal in 1969. To solve the equation, […]
In Fribourg, Alain Berset celebrates 25 years of Fourchette verte, the label for balanced catering that was born in the canton. He cites the national menuCH survey: in Switzerland, 41% of adults and 19% of children are overweight, and about 2.2 million people suffer from non-communicable diseases. Speeches on this site 25 ans de la […]
Alain Berset opens OLMA, the Swiss agriculture and food fair. The health minister notes the organisers’ courage: beer, Bratwurst without mustard and three and a half tonnes of chips. Then he speaks of OLMA as a place where Switzerland meets, between town and country. Speeches on this site Ouverture de l’OLMA 2019 (in German, French-language […]
Alain Berset speaks at the celebration of the thousandth anniversary of Basel Minster, richly endowed in the 11th century by Emperor Henry II. He opens with the comparative height of the Basel and Zurich minsters, then turns to what a building says when it has been changing for a thousand years while remaining a constant […]
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