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SUMMARY:Foreign Press Association in Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is the guest at the lunch of the Foreign Press Association in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In his speech\, he describes a “slow erosion of the rules-based international order” and links it to the self-determination initiative\, put to the vote on 25 November. The text\, he says\, would threaten every treaty\, from the WTO to the European Convention on Human Rights. \nAt table\, he turns to humour. On Brexit: “Fortunately\, we in Switzerland have already sorted out our relationship with the EU…” And on Swiss slowness\, a punchline: the Federal Council has set up a working group\, which will deliver its interim report in five years. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours devant l’Association de la presse étrangère en Suisse (APES) (French-language page)\nAllocution de table devant l’Association de la presse étrangère en Suisse (APES) (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/foreign-press-association-in-switzerland/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181104
DTSTAMP:20261020T173119Z
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SUMMARY:Centenary of the 1918 general strike\, Swiss National Museum
DESCRIPTION:At the Swiss National Museum in Zurich\, Alain Berset speaks at the opening of the exhibition on the general strike of November 1918: 250\,000 strikers\, three days of national shutdown\, the army deployed\, three dead in Grenchen. \nHe sees it as a “Stunde der Wahrheit” for Swiss democracy and a lesson in compromise: “Wir sind eine Kompromissnation – oder wir sind keine Nation.” He links it to the digital economy and bogus self-employment: “Auch im Zeitalter von Uber ist ein funktionierender Sozialstaat alles andere als Uber-flüssig.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLandesstreik 1918 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, text of the speech\, 03.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/centenary-of-the-1918-general-strike-swiss-national-museum/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181102
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to Romania
DESCRIPTION:A visit to Romania\, which will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU for the first time from January 2019. It is the first bilateral presidential visit since 2011. At the Cotroceni Palace\, Alain Berset discusses with President Klaus Iohannis the institutional agreement under negotiation between Switzerland and the EU\, the integration of the Western Balkans and the second Swiss enlargement contribution. \nIn the afternoon\, he meets Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă. In his toast\, he marks the centenary of the Great Union of 1918\, recalls the artistic ties between the two countries\, from Tristan Tzara to Daniel Spoerri\, born in Galați\, and wishes success to the European summit in Sibiu. The day before\, he had visited the Muzeul de Artă Recentă and met Romanian artists. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nToast au palais Cotroceni lors de la visite officielle en Roumanie (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 01.11.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-romania/
LOCATION:Bucarest
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181031
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit by the President of Malta\, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives the President of Malta\, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca\, in Berne on an official visit. On the agenda: bilateral relations\, European policy\, migration in the Mediterranean. Both countries want a reform of the Dublin system\, for a fairer sharing of refugees in Europe. \nThey also discuss Syria and Libya\, two weeks before the Palermo conference\, the institutional agreement with the EU and the second Swiss contribution to selected member states\, including Malta. The visit returns the one made by Johann Schneider-Ammann to Malta in 2016. Switzerland and Malta jointly founded the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (1990) and DiploFoundation (2002). \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 30.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-by-the-president-of-malta-marie-louise-coleiro-preca/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181027
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173118Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture at the Blavatnik School of Government\, Oxford
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Dean Ngaire Woods\, Alain Berset speaks to students of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford\, then takes questions from the audience and from Swiss students at Oxford. Subject: democracy in the face of inequality. \nThe title of the lecture: “Boring can be good”. He starts from Oscar Wilde\, for whom the Swiss had less expression than their cows\, and turns it into a praise of slowness: “Stability is boring\, but stability is good.” Direct democracy serves as an “early warning system” against resentment. But it is not an autopilot: “Switzerland also had its Brexit moment”\, he says of the 2014 initiative against mass immigration. \nHe mentions the self-determination initiative\, put to the vote a month later\, and concludes on equal opportunities: “It is by strengthening others\, that we strengthen ourselves.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours à l’Université d’Oxford (Blavatnik School of Government) : « Boring can be good » (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/lecture-at-the-blavatnik-school-of-government-oxford/
LOCATION:Oxford
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181026
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213816Z
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SUMMARY:Second Digitaltag\, Zurich main station
DESCRIPTION:The second national digital day\, organised by digitalswitzerland in a dozen stations and venues across the country. Alain Berset speaks at Zurich main station. Johann Schneider-Ammann and Ignazio Cassis also take part in the day. \nHis speech asks two questions: what must change\, and what must be kept? To change: education\, social insurance\, data protection\, so that no one is left behind in the platform economy. To keep: the Swiss balance between competitiveness and social and regional compensation. “Wir dürfen nicht einer digitalen Euphorie verfallen und auch keinem digitalen Fatalismus.” \nHe then answers questions from the audience. On jobs: “Einige Jobs werden sicher verschwinden.” On a self-driving official car\, he remains sceptical: “Ich fahre sehr gerne selber Auto.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours au Digitaltag 2018 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch (SDA/ATS)\, 25.10.2018\nNetzwoche\, 26.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/second-digitaltag-zurich-main-station/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181023
DTSTAMP:20261020T173118Z
CREATED:20261015T213813Z
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SUMMARY:UNCTAD World Investment Forum
DESCRIPTION:At the Palais des Nations\, Alain Berset opens the World Investment Forum\, alongside Mukhisa Kituyi\, Secretary-General of UNCTAD\, and María Fernanda Espinosa\, President of the UN General Assembly. Theme: “Investing in sustainable development”. Some 5\,000 participants. \nHe points out that foreign direct investment fell by 23% in 2017 and warns against nationalist withdrawal. “If we want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals\, we must better coordinate the efforts of the public and private sectors.” Switzerland\, he says\, hosts 30% of global microfinance. \nOn the sidelines of the forum\, he discusses economic relations between the two countries with the President of Botswana\, Mokgweetsi Masisi. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAllocution d’ouverture du Forum mondial de l’investissement de la CNUCED (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/unctad-world-investment-forum/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181018
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181020
DTSTAMP:20261020T173117Z
CREATED:20261015T213810Z
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SUMMARY:12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Brussels
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset takes part in the 12th ASEM summit\, at the invitation of Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker. Theme: “Europe and Asia: global partners for global challenges”. The forum brings together 53 partners; Switzerland joined it in 2012. \nHis statement in the plenary describes a “paradox of our time”: challenges are becoming international\, while multilateralism is in retreat. “All states win when others are seen as potential partners and not as competitors.” He cites the Asia-Europe Foundation\, which Switzerland co-finances. \nOn the sidelines\, he meets Pedro Sánchez\, President of the Government of Spain\, the first member of the Swiss government to see him since he took office in June. He also holds talks with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev\, with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and with representatives of Bangladesh and Myanmar. \nThursday 18 October 2018 — Brussels\n\nPress statement on arrival\nMeeting with Myanmar’s Minister for International Cooperation\, U Kyaw Tin\nMeeting with Pedro Sánchez\, President of the Government of Spain\nMeeting with Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister\, Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali\nWelcome of the heads of delegation by Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker\nOpening ceremony of the summit\nGala dinner at the Royal Museums of Art and History\, in the presence of King Philippe\n\nFriday 19 October 2018 — Brussels\n\nPlenary session I\, “Building the Future Together”: speech by Alain Berset\nMeeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev\nPlenary session II\, on the multilateral system\nFamily photo\, closed working session on international issues\nClosing ceremony\nMeeting with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha\nPress conference\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours au 12e sommet ASEM : « L’ASEM\, une réponse à un paradoxe de notre temps » (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.10.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 15.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/12th-asia-europe-meeting-asem-summit-in-brussels/
LOCATION:Bruxelles
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181017
DTSTAMP:20261020T173117Z
CREATED:20261015T213807Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation of credentials: Croatia and Belgium
DESCRIPTION:At the Federal Palace\, Alain Berset receives in audience the new ambassadors of Croatia\, Andrea Bekić\, and of Belgium\, Willy Debuck. They present the letters accrediting them to the Federal Council. The ceremony falls to the President of the Swiss Confederation. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 16.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presentation-of-credentials-croatia-and-belgium/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181013
DTSTAMP:20261020T173117Z
CREATED:20261015T213804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173117Z
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SUMMARY:17th Summit of La Francophonie in Yerevan
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset represents Switzerland at the 17th Summit of La Francophonie\, in Yerevan. Theme: “Living together in solidarity\, sharing humanist values and respecting diversity”. Switzerland presents a resolution on cultural participation: opening culture to as many people as possible\, making creation a factor of social cohesion. It also supports the organisation’s strategy on equality between women and men. \nIn his opening speech\, he makes a diagnosis: “a crisis of multilateralism\, a crisis of democracy\, a crisis of communication”. Against withdrawal\, La Francophonie is an asset\, because French is “the frame of reference in which we can think the world”. Three lines for Switzerland: learning French\, defending the organisation’s principles\, discipline in its priorities. He quotes Édouard Glissant and his “mondialité”\, a world of exchange where differences remain and become a strength. \nThe summit adopts the Yerevan Declaration and appoints Rwanda’s Louise Mushikiwabo as Secretary General of the OIF. Switzerland has been a member of the organisation since 1996. \nThursday 11 October 2018 — Yerevan\n\nWelcome of the heads of state and government by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Secretary General Michaëlle Jean\, family photo\nOpening ceremony of the summit: speech by Alain Berset\nFirst plenary session\, then closed session on the international situation\nBilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit\, including with Canada and Quebec\nInterview with TV5 Monde\nConcert in tribute to Charles Aznavour at the Francophonie Village\nState dinner hosted by the Armenian authorities\n\nFriday 12 October 2018 — Yerevan\n\nPlenary session: general debate\, adoption of the Yerevan Declaration and resolutions\nVisit to the Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA)\nClosed session: election of the Secretary General of La Francophonie\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours au XVIIe Sommet de la Francophonie à Erevan (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.10.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/17th-summit-of-la-francophonie-in-yerevan/
LOCATION:Erevan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180928
DTSTAMP:20261020T173117Z
CREATED:20261015T213801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173117Z
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SUMMARY:UN High-Level Week in New York and lecture in Philadelphia
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset represents Switzerland at the opening of the 73rd General Assembly\, with Ignazio Cassis. On 25 September\, he speaks in the general debate: the crisis of multilateralism\, the Middle East\, Syria\, Yemen\, the protection of health workers in conflict\, support for António Guterres’s reforms. “We can only successfully meet the challenges posed by rising inequality\, demographic change or migration – and their causes – if we approach them in a spirit of trust.” \nOn the 26th\, he speaks alongside Ruth Dreifuss at an event on drug policy and sustainable development\, organised with the Global Commission on Drug Policy\, Senegal and Thailand. At the Bloomberg Global Business Forum\, he presents with Enrique Peña Nieto and Michael Bloomberg the Global Compact for Migration\, negotiated under the leadership of Swiss and Mexican diplomats; in the afternoon\, he speaks at the “Road to Marrakech” event. On the 27th\, he opens the event co-organised with Afghanistan on universal health coverage in emergencies\, with Peter Maurer and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\, then speaks at the high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases. \nBilateral meetings with António Guterres\, Michelle Bachelet\, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi\, Hilda Heine\, Khadga Prasad Oli\, Hassan Rouhani\, Borut Pahor\, Ana Brnabić\, Hashim Thaçi\, Filipe Nyusi and Mauricio Macri. The stay ends at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in Philadelphia\, with a lecture on direct democracy and the threats facing democracy. He opens with Einstein: “If the world were to end I’d prefer to be in Switzerland – Everything happens five years later there.” \nMonday 24 September 2018 — New York\n\nReception for the Nelson Mandela centenary\, at the invitation of Cyril Ramaphosa\nReception hosted by the President of the United States\n\nTuesday 25 September 2018 — New York\n\nReception hosted by the UN Secretary-General\nOpening of the general debate of the 73rd General Assembly\nPress conference\nOfficial lunch hosted by António Guterres\nSpeech in the general debate\n\nWednesday 26 September 2018 — New York\n\nMeeting with António Guterres\nEvent on drug policy and sustainable development\nMeetings with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi\, Hilda Heine\, Khadga Prasad Oli and Hassan Rouhani\nBloomberg Global Business Forum: round table on economic migration and press conference on the Global Compact\nHigh-level event “Road to Marrakech”\nMeetings with Borut Pahor\, Ana Brnabić\, Michelle Bachelet and Hashim Thaçi\nEuropean Union reception\n\nThursday 27 September 2018 — New York and Philadelphia\n\nEvent on universal health coverage in emergencies\nHigh-level meeting on non-communicable diseases\nLecture at the University of Pennsylvania Law School (Penn Law)\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n«Eine Welt des Nullsummenspiels kennt keine Gewinner» (in German\, French-language page)\nIntervention à l’événement parallèle sur la politique en matière de drogues et le développement durable (French-language page)\nDéclaration au Bloomberg Global Business Forum sur le Pacte mondial sur les migrations (French-language page)\nDiscours à l’événement de haut niveau « Road to Marrakech » sur le Pacte mondial sur les migrations (French-language page)\nDiscours à l’événement de haut niveau sur la couverture sanitaire universelle dans les situations d’urgence (French-language page)\nDiscours à la réunion de haut niveau de l’ONU sur les maladies non transmissibles (French-language page)\nDiscours à la faculté de droit de l’Université de Pennsylvanie sur les fausses nouvelles et la démocratie (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.09.2018\nFederal Council\, speech of 25.09.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/un-high-level-week-in-new-york-and-lecture-in-philadelphia/
LOCATION:New York
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180920
DTSTAMP:20261020T173116Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit by Finnish Minister Annika Saarikko
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Annika Saarikko in Berne for a working visit. She is Finland’s Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services\, within the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-by-finnish-minister-annika-saarikko/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180914
DTSTAMP:20261020T173116Z
CREATED:20261015T213750Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi
DESCRIPTION:Seven months after his official visit in February\, Filipe Nyusi comes back to see Alain Berset at the Von Wattenwyl House in Berne. A one-to-one meeting\, then a working session. \nHe reviews the peace process: an agreement on decentralisation with Renamo in February\, a constitutional revision in May\, a military agreement in mid-July that opens the way to the disarmament\, demobilisation and reintegration of combatants. Alain Berset welcomes this progress. Switzerland has offered its good offices to Mozambique since 2016 and chairs the contact group that supports the two parties. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 13.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-by-mozambican-president-filipe-nyusi/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180913
DTSTAMP:20261020T173116Z
CREATED:20261015T213748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173116Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to Paris and meeting with Emmanuel Macron
DESCRIPTION:On 11 September\, Alain Berset visits the Liberté Living Lab\, a Paris start-up hub\, then meets OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría at the Château de la Muette: the global economic outlook and transatlantic trade. \nOn the 12th\, he visits the Giacometti Institute\, opened in June\, and the CENTQUATRE. In the afternoon\, an official meeting with Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée. On the agenda: bilateral relations\, research\, European policy and the state of negotiations on the institutional agreement\, the consequences of Brexit. In the Middle East\, Switzerland\, protecting power for Iran and Saudi Arabia\, argues for confidence-building measures. The Sahel\, North Korea\, world trade and La Francophonie complete the talks\, with International Geneva as the French-speaking hub of the UN. \nFrance is home to the largest community of Swiss abroad\, some 195\,700 people; 170\,000 cross-border commuters come to work in Switzerland every day. Press conference at the Swiss Delegation to the OECD\, then a meeting with TV5Monde. \nTuesday 11 September 2018 — Paris\n\nVisit to the Liberté Living Lab\nMeeting with Angel Gurría\, OECD Secretary-General\, Château de la Muette\n\nWednesday 12 September 2018 — Paris\n\nVisit to the Giacometti Institute\nVisit to the CENTQUATRE\nMeeting with President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée\nPress conference\nMeeting with TV5Monde\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.09.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-paris-and-meeting-with-emmanuel-macron/
LOCATION:Paris
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180909
DTSTAMP:20261020T173115Z
CREATED:20261015T213746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173115Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Images Vevey festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Images Vevey photography biennial. “Only in the world of photography can one\, when invited to give a speech\, speak freely of negatives and trials.” \nWith no overhead projector\, requisitioned\, he says\, by Guy Parmelin\, he describes seven pictures from memory: the bathers suspended above the lake\, a bare tree on a façade\, a photographer in a temple\, binoculars pointed at North Korea\, “Think of Switzerland”\, Joachim Schmid’s selfies\, Le Corbusier’s Villa Le Lac in Corseaux with Juergen Teller and Erwin Wurm. He also recalls René Burri and Werner Bischof. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFestival Images (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 08.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-images-vevey-festival/
LOCATION:Vevey
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180908
DTSTAMP:20261020T173115Z
CREATED:20261015T213743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173115Z
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SUMMARY:National Conference against Poverty
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the conference that closes the National Programme for the Prevention and Reduction of Poverty 2014–2018. The record: sixteen research reports\, seven practical guides\, 27 approaches tested. Poverty still affects 7.5% of the population\, or 615\,000 people\, including more than 100\,000 children. \nHis speech traces the history: poverty long regarded as a private matter\, then the destitution of the First World War: in 1918\, one sixth of the population depended on relief. “Without social benefits\, four to five times as many people would be affected in Switzerland today.” That there are still poor people in the country is\, for him\, unacceptable. \nThe Confederation\, cantons\, cities and municipalities sign a joint declaration: cooperation continues until 2024\, with the Confederation in a supporting role. Speakers also include Pierre-Yves Maillard for the SODK/CDAS\, Hannes Germann\, Franziska Teuscher and Hugo Fasel of Caritas. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours à la Conférence nationale contre la pauvreté (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-conference-against-poverty/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180905
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180907
DTSTAMP:20261020T173115Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of the heads of state of the German-speaking countries
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland hosts the annual meeting of the German-speaking heads of state\, for the first time since 2012. In the Engadine\, Alain Berset and Muriel Zeender Berset receive Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg\, Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein\, King Philippe of Belgium\, Alexander Van der Bellen and Frank-Walter Steinmeier\, with their spouses. At the dinner on 5 September\, at the Hotel Waldhaus\, he summons the illustrious guests of Sils\, from Nietzsche to Walter Benjamin\, and Tucholsky: “Hier gletschern die Gletscher.” \nOn 6 September\, official talks on cultural participation\, opened by a contribution from the philosopher Stefan Zweifel\, then on international cooperation\, pressure on institutions\, Europe and migration. Alain Berset: the more diverse our societies are\, the more culture is needed to reflect this complexity. At the press conference\, he presents the Youth and Music programme: “Musizieren soll keine elitäre Angelegenheit sein.” \nThe meeting ends at the Julier Pass\, in the Origen theatre tower. There he quotes Richard Strauss: “Es gibt nur ein Engadin auf der ganzen Welt.” \nWednesday 5 September 2018 — Sils Maria\n\nWelcome of the heads of state and group photo\nGala dinner at the Hotel Waldhaus\n\nThursday 6 September 2018 — Sils Maria and Julier Pass\n\nOfficial talks: cultural participation\nOfficial talks: national and international affairs\nPress statement\nVisit to the Origen tower\, Julier Pass\, and cultural programme\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours de table à l’hôtel Waldhaus de Sils Maria (in German\, French-language page)\nAllocution sur la participation culturelle à la rencontre des chefs d’Etat germanophones (in German\, French-language page)\nDéclaration à la presse sur la rencontre des chefs d’Etat germanophones (in German\, French-language page)\nAllocution de clôture à la tour Origen du col du Julier (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 06.09.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.08.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-the-heads-of-state-of-the-german-speaking-countries/
LOCATION:Sils Maria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180902
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180904
DTSTAMP:20261020T173115Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of health ministers of the German-speaking countries
DESCRIPTION:In Lindau\, on Lake Constance\, Alain Berset takes part in the annual meeting of the health ministers of Germany\, Austria\, Switzerland\, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. The host: Jens Spahn. Around the table: Beate Hartinger-Klein\, Mauro Pedrazzini and\, for Luxembourg\, Jean-Claude Schmit. \nFour topics: big data in health\, recruiting nursing staff abroad\, cancer research\, and health literacy (Gesundheitskompetenz). On cancer\, an exchange with Professor Michael Baumann of the German Cancer Research Center. The final declaration provides for a network of the five countries on language requirements for foreign nursing staff\, joint ideas for applying the WHO code of practice on international recruitment\, and a joint project on artificial intelligence and big data. Joint press conference on 3 September. \nSunday 2 September 2018 — Lindau\n\nWorking session: review of the year\, big data and health\n\nMonday 3 September 2018 — Lindau\n\nWorking session: recruiting nursing staff abroad\nExchange on cancer research\, signing of the final declaration\nPress conference of the five ministers\n\nSources \n\nGerman Federal Ministry of Health\, press release of 03.09.2018\nDeutsches Ärzteblatt\, 03.09.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-health-ministers-of-the-german-speaking-countries/
LOCATION:Lindau
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180830
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180831
DTSTAMP:20261020T173114Z
CREATED:20261015T213730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173114Z
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SUMMARY:75 years of the Swiss Working Group for Mountain Regions
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset celebrates the 75th anniversary of the SAB\, founded in 1943 and funded by donations. He jokes about his own invitation: as health minister\, as minister of social insurance\, as President of the Swiss Confederation\, or simply as a “Landei” from Belfaux? \nThe substance is territorial cohesion. Does growth also benefit regions far from the centres? “Bruchlinien dürfen sich nicht zu Gräben ausweiten.” For him\, fiscal equalisation and infrastructure across the whole country are investments\, not costs. He sees digitalisation as an opportunity for living and working in the mountains\, and names two concerns: the arrival of large foreign investors\, and the balance between entertainment and tranquillity. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n75 Jahre Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Berggebiete (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 30.08.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/75-years-of-the-swiss-working-group-for-mountain-regions/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180829
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180830
DTSTAMP:20261020T173114Z
CREATED:20261015T213727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173114Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation of credentials
DESCRIPTION:At the Federal Palace\, Alain Berset receives eight new ambassadors in audience. They present the letters accrediting them to the Federal Council: Jean-Claude Meyer (Luxembourg)\, Artem Rybchenko (Ukraine)\, Hisham Alqahtani (Saudi Arabia)\, Erik Førner (Norway)\, Karunasena Hettiarachchi (Sri Lanka\, resident in Berlin)\, Refiloe Litjobo (Lesotho\, resident in Geneva)\, Nabijon Kasimov (Uzbekistan\, resident in Berlin) and Marcello Beccari (San Marino\, resident in Geneva). \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 29.08.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presentation-of-credentials-4/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180829
DTSTAMP:20261020T173114Z
CREATED:20261015T213723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173114Z
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SUMMARY:Presidential visit to Lebanon
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset’s second stay in Lebanon\, after the one in 2009 as President of the Council of States. Arrival on 26 August: a visit to Beit Beirut\, a former building on the demarcation line turned into a place of memory. \nOn 27 August\, a wreath-laying at the Martyrs’ Square monument\, then talks in Baabda with President Michel Aoun\, with the Speaker of Parliament\, Nabih Berri\, and with Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Topics: migration\, humanitarian aid\, economic exchanges\, interreligious dialogue. An agreement abolishes the visa requirement for diplomatic passports. Alain Berset pays tribute to Lebanon for hosting 1.3 million displaced Syrians; for Switzerland\, the conditions for a safe return to Syria are not met. He also meets Philippe Lazzarini\, the UN coordinator\, civil society\, and Swiss business and cultural circles. \nOn 28 August\, a visit to an informal settlement of Syrian refugees in Tall Mayaan\, in the north of the country\, and a round table with Lebanese experts. At the invitation of the Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai\, a meeting with the country’s main religious leaders in Dimane. He quotes Amin Maalouf: individuals are “rich in multiple identities”. The day ends at the Gibran Khalil Gibran Museum in Bsharri and in the Forest of the Cedars of God\, in the Qadisha Valley. \nSunday 26 August 2018 — Beirut\n\nHistorical walk to the Place de l’Étoile\nVisit to Beit Beirut\n\nMonday 27 August 2018 — Beirut\n\nSigning of the agreement abolishing the visa requirement for diplomatic passports\nBreakfast with Swiss business circles\nWreath-laying at the Martyrs’ Square monument\nMeeting with President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace\, press conference\, official lunch\nMeeting with the Speaker of Parliament\, Nabih Berri\nMeeting with Philippe Lazzarini (UN) and with civil society\nMeeting and official dinner with Prime Minister Saad Hariri\n\nTuesday 28 August 2018 — North Lebanon\, Dimane and Bsharri\n\nBreakfast with the ICRC\nVisit to the informal Syrian refugee settlement in Tall Mayaan\nRound table with Lebanese experts\nMeeting with religious leaders at the invitation of Patriarch Bechara Rai\, Dimane\nVisit to the Gibran Khalil Gibran Museum\, Bsharri\, and to the Cedars of God\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nDéclaration à la presse à Beyrouth avec le président Michel Aoun (French-language page)\nToast au déjeuner offert par le président libanais Michel Aoun (French-language page)\nAllocution lors de la visite au président du Parlement libanais\, Nabih Berri (French-language page)\nAllocution lors de la visite au patriarche maronite (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.08.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 20.08.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presidential-visit-to-lebanon/
LOCATION:Beyrouth
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180826
DTSTAMP:20261020T173114Z
CREATED:20261015T213714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173114Z
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SUMMARY:38th Federal Hornussen Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is the official guest of the 38th Federal Hornussen Festival\, in Walkringen (BE). \nHe compares the game to reform in Switzerland: the Federal Council strikes the “Nouss” towards the people and Parliament\, and opponents try to knock it down with their boards. “Auch Vorschläge sind Abschläge.” The length of a game is not fixed: “wir versuchen jetzt seit 15 Jahren\, die Altersvorsorge zu reformieren.” He quotes Gotthelf and praises the fair play of a sport that was once violent. His formula for democracy: “In der Schweiz raufen wir uns – und dann raufen wir uns zusammen.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n38. Eidg. Hornusserfest (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 25.08.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/38th-federal-hornussen-festival/
LOCATION:Walkringen
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180822
DTSTAMP:20261020T173113Z
CREATED:20261015T213709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173113Z
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SUMMARY:Ambassadors’ Conference
DESCRIPTION:In Basel\, Alain Berset addresses the annual conference of ambassadors and the external network. After seven years at the Federal Department of Home Affairs\, he says he brings “a relatively fresh eye” to Swiss diplomacy. \nWhat he has heard from his counterparts comes down to three things: reliability\, no hidden agenda\, a stable commitment. He looks for the source in institutional history: in 1848\, the victors of the Sonderbund did not crush the vanquished\, they integrated them. He also recalls Swiss emigration in the 19th century and describes Basel as “the only Swiss Hanseatic city”. The central sentence: “Openness is in our Swiss DNA\, and has been for a very long time.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence des ambassadeurs (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 21.08.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/ambassadors-conference-2/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180817
DTSTAMP:20261020T173113Z
CREATED:20261015T213706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173113Z
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SUMMARY:Echallens Wheat and Bread Festival
DESCRIPTION:The fourth Wheat and Bread Festival\, first held in 1978\, runs from 15 to 26 August\, with the show “Solstices”. Alain Berset attends with Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and gives the address on the official day. \nHe jokes about the rhythm: bread once every ten years\, while the Fête des Vignerons needs twenty years of recovery. Then he goes back to 1978\, the first edition\, through cinema: Terrence Malick’s “Days of Heaven”\, and the poet Gustave Roud. He concludes that the minister of culture “is also the minister of meteorology”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête du Blé et du Pain à Echallens (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nState of Vaud\, security review of the festival\, 2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/echallens-wheat-and-bread-festival/
LOCATION:Echallens
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180813
DTSTAMP:20261020T173113Z
CREATED:20261015T213703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173113Z
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SUMMARY:115th National Horse Fair (Marché-Concours)
DESCRIPTION:The canton of Fribourg is guest of honour at the 115th Marché-Concours in Saignelégier. Alain Berset speaks as President of the Swiss Confederation and as a Fribourgeois\, before the Jura government\, Fribourg State Councillors and the President of the National Council. \nHe recalls that the Jura joined the Confederation on 1 January 1979\, by Federal Council decree of 15 November 1978. He hands a copy to the Jura government\, “a symbol of the bond of federal friendship”\, written in a style “that hesitates between neutral and dull”. He sets against it the language of the Jura poets Alexandre Voisard\, Jean Cuttat and Tristan Solier. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nMarché-Concours national de chevaux à Saignelégier (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nState of Fribourg\, press release of 14.08.2018 (Fribourg as guest of honour\, no mention of Alain Berset)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/115th-national-horse-fair-marche-concours/
LOCATION:Saignelégier
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180805
DTSTAMP:20261020T173113Z
CREATED:20261015T213700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173113Z
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SUMMARY:71st Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:On the evening of 1 August\, Alain Berset opens the 71st festival at the Scuola Magistrale\, after Mayor Alain Scherrer and State Councillor Manuele Bertoli\, then attends the first screening on the Piazza Grande. His speech\, in three languages\, celebrates the 50 years of the Leopard\, created in 1968 by the sculptor Remo Rossi\, and recalls the Cannes festival interrupted in May 68\, where Jean-Luc Godard “climbed the curtains”. \nOn 2 August\, before the media\, he takes stock of the Culture Dispatch 2016–2020 and announces the lines of the next one: cultural participation\, social cohesion\, creation and innovation. The creative economy employs some 275\,000 people and generates 22 billion francs of value added a year. The Youth and Music programme reached more than 8\,500 children and young people in 2017. \nOn 3 August\, the culture minister’s traditional lunch with the film industry at Monte Verità\, in Ascona. He spins the metaphor of “Groundhog Day”: this “Leopard day” is one he is living for the seventh time. Then the Federal Office of Culture’s aperitif\, where he speaks about “fake news” and about culture\, “authentic beyond mere reality”. On 4 August\, he meets foreign cultural journalists at the invitation of Presence Switzerland. \nWednesday 1 August 2018 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with Marco Solari\, President\, and Carlo Chatrian\, Artistic Director of the festival\nInauguration ceremony at the Scuola Magistrale\nOpening on the Piazza Grande\n\nThursday 2 August 2018 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with the media: Culture Dispatch 2021–2024\nScreening on the Piazza Grande\n\nFriday 3 August 2018 — Ascona and Minusio\n\nSwiss film lunch at Monte Verità\nFederal Office of Culture aperitif\, Minusio\n\nSaturday 4 August 2018 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with foreign press journalists (Presence Switzerland)\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 71e Festival du film de Locarno (French-language page)\nDéjeuner du cinéma suisse au Monte Verità (French-language page)\nApéritif de l’Office fédéral de la culture au Festival de Locarno (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 02.08.2018 (Locarno)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/71st-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180802
DTSTAMP:20261020T173112Z
CREATED:20261015T213654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173112Z
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SUMMARY:National Day at the Rütli and 1 August addresses
DESCRIPTION:On 1 August\, Alain Berset is the speaker at the Rütli celebration\, organised by the Swiss Society for the Common Good (SGG/SSUP) on the theme of cohesion. Some 1\,300 guests. He defends compromise as the foundation of Swiss success\, and the balance between economic and social needs\, the country’s “eigentliche Geheimformel”. Without equal opportunities in education and on the labour market\, he says\, potential is left untapped. He also opens the Rütli Museum\, in a former barn\, with the exhibition “Heimat – eine Grenzerfahrung” by the Stapferhaus Lenzburg. The anthem is sung twice\, to the traditional text and to the new text proposed by the SGG. \nThe television address is filmed in a room of Berne’s old town hall where\, he says\, the 1848 Constitution was adopted. The message: Switzerland depends on clear international rules\, and other states “are not only competitors\, they are also potential partners”. Conclusion: “Switzerland’s success is indivisible.” \nA video address goes to the 752\,000 Swiss abroad\, “the third-largest Swiss canton – after Zurich and Berne\, but ahead of Vaud”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n1. August (in German\, French-language page)\n1. August – TV-Ansprache (in German\, French-language page)\nAllocution du 1er août aux Suisses de l’étranger (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSRF\, 01.08.2018\nswissinfo.ch\, 01.08.2018\nFederal Council\, television address of 1 August 2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-at-the-rutli-and-1-august-addresses/
LOCATION:Rütli
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180801
DTSTAMP:20261020T173112Z
CREATED:20261015T213649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173112Z
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SUMMARY:Eve of the National Day: Oberer Euschels alp and Belfaux
DESCRIPTION:On the eve of 1 August\, Alain Berset speaks twice in the canton of Fribourg. In the morning\, on the Oberer Euschels alp\, in the municipality of Jaun\, in French and German. In the evening\, in Belfaux\, his home municipality. \nThe thread is the same as at the Rütli the next day: the 1848 Constitution\, born of a civil war\, in which “the victory of one must not mean the defeat of the other”. In Belfaux\, he ties it to the place: General Dufour had his headquarters there\, and it was there that he received the surrender of Fribourg in 1847. The victors granted the cantons what the vanquished had asked for. Hence his defence of compromise\, “a sign of strength”\, applied to the issues of the moment: old-age insurance (AHV/AVS) and rising health insurance premiums\, which weigh on low- and middle-income families. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête nationale sur l’alpe d’Oberer Euschels (French-language page)\nFête nationale à Belfaux (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, 1 August address (Alp Oberer Euschels\, Belfaux\, Rütli)\, 31.07.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/eve-of-the-national-day-oberer-euschels-alp-and-belfaux/
LOCATION:Belfaux
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180708
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180711
DTSTAMP:20261020T173112Z
CREATED:20261015T213645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173112Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to Kenya
DESCRIPTION:An official visit to strengthen contacts at the highest political level with one of Switzerland’s five main trading partners south of the Sahara. On the evening of arrival\, a meeting with Kenyan artists at the GoDown Arts Centre in Nairobi. \nOn 9 July\, official talks with Uhuru Kenyatta at State House: the fight against corruption\, public health\, East Africa. The two presidents witness the signing of the Framework for the Return of Assets from Corruption and Crime in Kenya (FRACCK)\, a framework for returning illicit assets\, joined by the United Kingdom and Jersey; around two million dollars are frozen\, linked in particular to the Anglo-Leasing affair. Uhuru Kenyatta announces the opening of a Kenyan embassy in Berne. Alain Berset then meets Chief Justice David Maraga and pays tribute to the independence shown by the Kenyan judiciary when the 2017 presidential election was rerun. “Corruption destroys those institutions and with them the dreams and aspirations of the people”\, he says at the official meal. \nOn 10 July\, he visits the Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana County with Governor Josphat Nanok and UNHCR. The camp houses 186\,000 people; Swiss humanitarian aid funds vocational training there\, among other things. \nSunday 8 July 2018 — Nairobi\n\nMeeting with Kenyan artists at the GoDown Arts Centre\n\nMonday 9 July 2018 — Nairobi\n\nOfficial talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House\nSigning of the FRACCK and press conference\nOfficial meal with President Kenyatta\nMeeting with Chief Justice David Maraga and Supreme Court judges\nMeeting with civil society representatives\nReception at the Swiss residence with the Swiss community and cultural figures\n\nTuesday 10 July 2018 — Kakuma\n\nWelcome by the Governor of Turkana County\, Josphat Nanok\nVisit to the Kakuma refugee camp with UNHCR and to projects supported by Switzerland\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse avec le président Uhuru Kenyatta à Nairobi (French-language page)\nToast lors du repas officiel avec le président Uhuru Kenyatta (French-language page)\nRéception à Nairobi (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 09.07.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.07.2018\nFDHA\, Besuch Kenia
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-kenya/
LOCATION:Nairobi
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180705
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180707
DTSTAMP:20261020T173112Z
CREATED:20261015T213640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173112Z
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SUMMARY:Federal Council outing to the canton of Fribourg
DESCRIPTION:The President of the Swiss Confederation takes the Federal Council to his home canton. The first day is spent in the Gruyère. In Bulle\, coffee at the restaurant of the SucréSalé cooperative\, which helps disability insurance (IV/AI) recipients back into work; then a meeting with young rock and metal labels at the Ébullition cultural centre\, where the Fribourg band Darius plays for the seven Federal Councillors. In Val-de-Charmey\, an aperitif with the public and a press statement. Alain Berset recalls the precedent of Joseph Deiss in 2004: “there will be no river crossing today\, only crowd baths!” \nIn his address to the public\, he quotes Léon Savary’s pamphlet “Voulez-vous être conseiller national?” and its portrait of the ideal candidate of the 1950s: Radical\, Protestant\, lawyer\, major. “Here again\, how far we have come!” \nOn 6 July\, the theme is the European Year of Cultural Heritage: the BirdLife nature centre at La Sauge\, then the Helvetian oppidum on Mont Vully. The outing ends with a meeting with the public in the hall of the Oelberg hydroelectric power station in Fribourg. \nThursday 5 July 2018 — Bulle and Val-de-Charmey\n\nCoffee at the restaurant of the SucréSalé cooperative\, Bulle\nMeeting with music labels and concert by the band Darius at the Ébullition cultural centre\, Bulle\nAperitif with the public and press statement\, Val-de-Charmey\nMeal with the Fribourg Council of State\n\nFriday 6 July 2018 — La Sauge\, Mont Vully and Fribourg\n\nVisit to the BirdLife nature centre at La Sauge\nVisit to the Helvetian oppidum on Mont Vully\nMeeting with the public at the Oelberg power station\, Fribourg\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nExcursion du Conseil fédéral\, déclaration à la presse au Val-de-Charmey (French-language page)\nExcursion du Conseil fédéral\, rencontre avec la population de Bulle (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.07.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 06.07.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-council-outing-to-the-canton-of-fribourg/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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