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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180914
DTSTAMP:20261020T173116Z
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180905
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180907
DTSTAMP:20261020T173115Z
CREATED:20261015T213739Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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
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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
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180801
DTSTAMP:20261020T173112Z
CREATED:20261015T213649Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180702
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180704
DTSTAMP:20261020T173111Z
CREATED:20261015T213636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173111Z
UID:45818-1530489600-1530662399@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Official visit by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
DESCRIPTION:Hassan Rouhani returns the visit made to Tehran in 2016 by Johann Schneider-Ammann. The two presidents first meet one-to-one on the evening of 2 July\, joined later by Ignazio Cassis and Mohammad Javad Zarif. On the morning of the 3rd\, they jointly open a Swiss-Iranian innovation and industry forum on health and food\, organised by the chambers of commerce. \nThe official talks follow\, with Simonetta Sommaruga and Johann Schneider-Ammann on the Swiss side. The central issue: the agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme (JCPOA) after the US withdrawal in May. Alain Berset calls on all parties to show restraint and defends the possibility of delivering humanitarian goods despite the return of sanctions. Switzerland also raises the death penalty\, the protection of minorities and Israel’s right to exist. \nAn agreement on road transport of goods and passengers and two declarations of intent\, on health and on science\, are signed in the presence of the two presidents. Before the press\, Alain Berset calls the JCPOA an “unprecedented success of international diplomacy”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse avec le président iranien Hassan Rohani (French-language page)\nForum suisso-iranien de l’innovation et de l’industrie (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 03.07.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-by-iranian-president-hassan-rouhani/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180702
DTSTAMP:20261020T173111Z
CREATED:20261015T213632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173111Z
UID:45816-1530403200-1530489599@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Federal Drum and Fife Festival
DESCRIPTION:In Bulle\, Alain Berset speaks at the Federal Drum and Fife Festival\, a festive competition held only every four years. Before him: the President of the National Council\, the Fribourg government\, the Bulle authorities and the clubs from all over Switzerland\, up since four in the morning. \nHe starts from a remark attributed to Jean-Pascal Delamuraz: “The Swiss get up early\, but wake up late.” The festival\, he says\, unites what is usually kept apart: competition and friendship\, perfection and exuberance. Swiss democracy\, too\, lives from disputes\, sometimes fierce\, then from common ground. An allusion to the failure of the pension reform in September 2017: “if you want to know how to get back up after a defeat: I have been a specialist in the matter since last autumn.” And this image: “Our democracy is strong and self-confident – like the drums. And it needs endurance and breath – like the fifes.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête fédérale des tambours et fifres à Bulle (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-drum-and-fife-festival/
LOCATION:Bulle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180630
DTSTAMP:20261020T173111Z
CREATED:20261015T214511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173111Z
UID:45814-1530230400-1530316799@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Visit to the International Olympic Committee
DESCRIPTION:Thomas Bach\, President of the IOC\, receives Alain Berset at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. After a photo in front of the statue of Coubertin\, the two presidents hold a one-to-one meeting\, then a wider meeting with Jürg Stahl\, President of Swiss Olympic\, Vaud State Councillor Philippe Leuba and the Mayor of Lausanne\, Grégoire Junod. Alain Berset signs the guest book and visits the museum. \nAt the time\, the IOC is building its new headquarters\, Olympic House\, in Vidy.
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-to-the-international-olympic-committee/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180628
DTSTAMP:20261020T173110Z
CREATED:20261015T213626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173110Z
UID:45812-1530057600-1530143999@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Diplomatic corps excursion to the canton of Fribourg
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset and Muriel Zeender Berset host the ambassadors accredited to Switzerland for the annual excursion of the diplomatic corps\, in the President’s home canton. Ignazio Cassis attends. \nFirst stop: a farm in Bösingen\, a refuge for barn owls. The ornithologist Alexandre Roulin\, of the University of Lausanne\, presents the project “Barn Owls Know No Boundaries”\, which brings Israeli and Palestinian scientists together. Alain Berset sees in it an example of Swiss civil society’s engagement in the world. Second stop: the Espace Jean Tinguely – Niki de Saint Phalle in Fribourg. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.06.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/diplomatic-corps-excursion-to-the-canton-of-fribourg/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180626
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180627
DTSTAMP:20261020T173110Z
CREATED:20261015T213624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173110Z
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SUMMARY:100 years of Suva
DESCRIPTION:At the Bürgenstock\, Alain Berset celebrates the centenary of Suva\, the country’s first social insurance. “Die SUVA – das ist die Schweiz im Kleinen.” He recounts the quarrels of its early days\, down to the names of its branch offices\, and draws from them a thesis on labour peace: solutions that excite no one but that everyone can live with\, “unser helvetisches Genie der mittleren Unzufriedenheit”. \nHe refuses to set social security against competitiveness\, and warns against “Uberisation”: “We cannot tolerate the emergence of a category of second-class workers.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n100 Jahre SUVA (D/F) (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 26.06.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/100-years-of-suva/
LOCATION:Bürgenstock
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180624
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180626
DTSTAMP:20261020T173110Z
CREATED:20261015T213621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173110Z
UID:45808-1529798400-1529971199@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Visit to Luxembourg: Xavier Bettel
DESCRIPTION:A visit to the Grand Duchy. On 25 June\, Alain Berset holds talks with Prime Minister Xavier Bettel. The two countries are alike: multilingualism\, a financial centre\, a high share of foreign residents (48% in Luxembourg\, 25% in Switzerland) and many cross-border commuters. They discuss European policy\, the Swiss bilateral approach\, Brexit and a common migration policy with a reform of Dublin. A press conference follows. \nAlain Berset is received at the Chamber of Deputies by its President\, Mars Di Bartolomeo. Then\, with Muriel Zeender Berset\, he pays a courtesy visit to Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa. The day before\, with Xavier Bettel\, he visited Edward Steichen’s exhibition “The Family of Man” at Clervaux Castle. \nSunday 24 June 2018 — Clervaux\n\nVisit to the exhibition “The Family of Man” at Clervaux Castle\, with Xavier Bettel\n\nMonday 25 June 2018 — Luxembourg\n\nOne-to-one meeting and working session with Prime Minister Xavier Bettel at the Ministry of State\nPress conference\nMeeting with Mars Di Bartolomeo\, President of the Chamber of Deputies\, and members of the Foreign Affairs Committee\nLunch at the Grand Ducal Palace with Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse avec le Premier ministre luxembourgeois Xavier Bettel (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.06.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-to-luxembourg-xavier-bettel/
LOCATION:Luxembourg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180622
DTSTAMP:20261020T173110Z
CREATED:20261015T213618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173110Z
UID:45806-1529539200-1529625599@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Visit of Pope Francis to Geneva
DESCRIPTION:Pope Francis comes to Geneva for the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches. At the airport\, Alain Berset welcomes him at the foot of the aircraft\, with Ignazio Cassis\, the President of the National Council\, Dominique de Buman\, and the Geneva authorities; anthems and military honours. A one-to-one meeting in Spanish follows\, then a wider meeting with the Cardinal Secretary of State\, Pietro Parolin. \nThey discuss peace\, human rights\, sustainable development and humanitarian aid. The Middle East\, eastern Ukraine\, Myanmar and Bangladesh\, and the Iran nuclear agreement after the US withdrawal are on the agenda. Before the press\, Alain Berset relays the Pope’s concern for refugees and argues for a reform of the Dublin system. In the evening\, with Doris Leuthard\, he bids the Pope farewell. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse après l’entretien avec le pape François (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.06.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 15.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-of-pope-francis-to-geneva/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180621
DTSTAMP:20261020T173109Z
CREATED:20261015T213615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173109Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Slovenian President Borut Pahor
DESCRIPTION:Slovenian President Borut Pahor is on a working visit to Geneva\, where he addresses the 38th session of the Human Rights Council. He meets Alain Berset there. \nSources \n\nSTA\, Slovenian Press Agency\, 18.06.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-slovenian-president-borut-pahor/
LOCATION:Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180619
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180620
DTSTAMP:20261020T173109Z
CREATED:20261015T213613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173109Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation of credentials
DESCRIPTION:At the Federal Palace\, Alain Berset receives the credentials of five new ambassadors: Dieudonné Windéwauga Désiré Sougouri (Burkina Faso)\, Musa Alaa Hussain Musa (Iraq)\, Purevsuren Olkhonud Lundeg (Mongolia)\, Véronique Resaka (Madagascar) and Harald Aspelund (Iceland). Four of them are resident in Geneva. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.06.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presentation-of-credentials-3/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180619
DTSTAMP:20261020T173109Z
CREATED:20261015T213610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173109Z
UID:45800-1529107200-1529366399@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:FIFA World Cup: Brazil–Switzerland in Rostov
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset travels to Russia for Switzerland’s first match at the World Cup. On arrival\, he meets the national team and watches its training session. He then pays a courtesy visit to the Governor of the Rostov region\, Vasily Golubev; they discuss the situation of this region bordering Ukraine. \nOn 17 June\, he lays flowers at the Second World War memorial on the Sambek Heights\, walks in Taganrog in the footsteps of Chekhov and visits the Rostov Centre for Contemporary Art. In the evening\, at the Rostov Arena\, Switzerland holds Brazil to a 1–1 draw: Steven Zuber equalises with a header after Philippe Coutinho’s goal. Guy Parmelin will attend the match against Serbia\, Ueli Maurer the round of 16. \nSaturday 16 June 2018 — Rostov-on-Don\n\nMeeting with the Swiss national football team and visit to the training session\nCourtesy visit to the Governor of the Rostov region\, Vasily Golubev\n\nSunday 17 June 2018 — Sambek\, Taganrog\, Rostov-on-Don\n\nLaying of flowers at the Second World War memorial on the Sambek Heights\nHistorical walk in Taganrog\, in the footsteps of Anton Chekhov\nVisit to the Rostov Centre for Contemporary Art\nPress conference\nWorld Cup match Brazil–Switzerland (1–1)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.06.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 29.06.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fifa-world-cup-brazil-switzerland-in-rostov/
LOCATION:Rostov-sur-le-Don
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180612
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180613
DTSTAMP:20261020T173108Z
CREATED:20261015T213608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173108Z
UID:45798-1528761600-1528847999@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Swiss Design Awards 2018
DESCRIPTION:During Art Basel\, at Messe Basel\, Alain Berset attends the presentation of the Swiss Design Awards and of the Swiss Grand Award for Design\, which goes to the fashion designer Cécile Feilchenfeldt\, the secateurs manufacturer Felco and the graphic designer Rosmarie Tissi. Seventeen Swiss Design Awards are also presented. \nHis speech opens with conspiracy theories: Finland and Australia supposedly do not exist\, “das steht so klipp und klar im Internet”. Against the cult of the simple\, he quotes Einstein: make everything as simple as possible\, “aber nicht einfacher”. That is what good design achieves. “Design is not decoration”: it makes our surroundings legible. He recalls that as early as 1917 the Federal Assembly made applied arts a task of the Confederation. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRemise des Prix suisses de design 2018 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 31.05.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 11.06.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-design-awards-2018/
LOCATION:Bâle
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180612
DTSTAMP:20261020T173108Z
CREATED:20261015T213605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173108Z
UID:45796-1528675200-1528761599@alainberset.ch
SUMMARY:Reception for the Swiss ice hockey team\, world vice-champions
DESCRIPTION:Silver medallists at the World Championship in Copenhagen\, the Swiss national ice hockey team is received at the Federal Palace\, with the presidents of both chambers present. It is the first hockey team to receive this honour. \nAlain Berset congratulates the team on behalf of the Federal Council: an attacking\, self-confident team that improved from game to game. He picks out two moments\, Corvi’s overtime goal against Austria and Genoni’s save against Canada. And he compares: “Bisher hat noch niemand aus dem Bundesrat den Sprung in eine ausländische Liga geschafft…” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRéception de l’équipe nationale de hockey\, vice-championne du monde (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nNau.ch\, 11.06.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/reception-for-the-swiss-ice-hockey-team-world-vice-champions/
LOCATION:Berne
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