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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180812
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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
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180802
DTSTAMP:20261020T173112Z
CREATED:20261015T213654Z
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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
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180705
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180707
DTSTAMP: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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180622
DTSTAMP:20261020T173110Z
CREATED:20261015T213618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173110Z
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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
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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
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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
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180612
DTSTAMP:20261020T173108Z
CREATED:20261015T213605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173108Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180608
DTSTAMP:20261020T173107Z
CREATED:20261015T213602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173107Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 20th Swiss Economic Forum
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 20th Swiss Economic Forum\, the national gathering of SMEs. Digitalisation runs through his whole speech. He opens with humour: if robots govern one day\, will they find their own “reset” button? Then he praises the “professionelle Unaufgeregtheit” of SMEs\, which have weathered the strong franc. \nHis appeal: a culture of failure. “Fail better”\, even “fail best”. “Wir sollten weniger Energie in die Fehlervermeidung investieren\, dafür mehr in Kreativität.” Switzerland is well placed for the digital age\, he says\, but the process “wird disruptiv verlaufen\, technisch aber auch politisch”. Questioned afterwards by Susanne Wille\, he returns to the failure of the pension reform: “Es ist völlig normal\, dass grosse Projekte ab und zu scheitern.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Swiss Economic Forum 2018 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nPlattform J\, 07.06.2018\nNau.ch
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-20th-swiss-economic-forum/
LOCATION:Interlaken
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180530
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180531
DTSTAMP:20261020T173107Z
CREATED:20261015T213559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173107Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Liviu Dragnea\, President of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies
DESCRIPTION:Liviu Dragnea\, President of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies\, pays an official visit to Berne from 29 to 31 May\, at the invitation of the President of the National Council\, Dominique de Buman. Alain Berset meets him. The content of the meeting was not made public. \nSources \n\nRadio Romania International\, 31.05.2018\nObservator\, 23.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-liviu-dragnea-president-of-the-romanian-chamber-of-deputies/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180530
DTSTAMP:20261020T173107Z
CREATED:20261015T213556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173107Z
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SUMMARY:First Dialogue Prize of the Jews of Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG/FSCI) and the Platform of Liberal Jews of Switzerland award their Dialogue Prize for the first time. The winners: Imam Muris Begovic and Rabbi Noam Hertig\, from Zurich\, and the Protestant deacon Maurice Gardiol and the cantor Eric Ackermann\, from French-speaking Switzerland. Alain Berset speaks at the ceremony. \nHe recalls the emancipation of the Swiss Jews in 1866\, “ein Sieg über die eigenen Vorurteile”. He rejects mere tolerance\, with its “unangenehm paternalistischen Unterton”\, in favour of respect: “Die Stärke der Schweiz wächst mit der Stärke ihrer Minderheiten.” He is concerned about rising antisemitism in Europe and cites the LIKRAT project\, which brings young Jews and pupils together in classrooms. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDie Schweiz ist ein Land des Dialogs (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 29.05.2018\nCanton of Zurich\, press release of 30.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-dialogue-prize-of-the-jews-of-switzerland/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180527
DTSTAMP:20261020T173107Z
CREATED:20261015T213553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173107Z
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SUMMARY:16th Architecture Biennale: Swiss pavilion and Baukultur
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset inaugurates the Swiss pavilion at the 16th Architecture Biennale. For the first time\, the project was chosen by competition. “Svizzera 240: House Tour”\, by Alessandro Bosshard\, Li Tavor\, Matthew van der Ploeg and Ani Vihervaara\, takes visitors through an empty flat at disorienting scales; Pro Helvetia is the commissioner. The next day\, the pavilion wins the Golden Lion for best national participation. In his speech\, Alain Berset asks: “Wohnen wir noch – oder werden wir schon gewohnt?” \nOn 26 May\, he opens the Federal Office of Culture’s round table “Baukultur for all?”\, following up on the Davos Declaration adopted in January. An FOC survey comes out the same day: 72% of Swiss people would choose a detached house\, 6% a large city. His answer: dialogue. “Vom Bauen sind alle betroffen. Deshalb sollen alle mitreden können.” The debate then brings together Antonio Hodgers\, Geneva State Councillor\, the sociologist Felix Keller\, the architect Ludovica Molo\, President of the FAS\, and Christine Vollmer\, editor-in-chief of “Das Einfamilienhaus”. \nOn the sidelines\, he signs with Liechtenstein’s Minister of Culture\, Aurelia Frick\, the agreement associating Liechtenstein with the Youth and Music programme\, and meets Xavier Bettel\, Prime Minister of Luxembourg\, on the European Year of Cultural Heritage. \nFriday 25 May 2018 — Venice\n\nSigning of the Youth and Music agreement with Aurelia Frick\, Minister of Culture of Liechtenstein\nGuided tour of the exhibition in the Swiss pavilion\nOfficial inauguration of the Swiss pavilion\, speech\nVisit to other national pavilions and to the “Freespace” exhibition in the central pavilion\nMeeting with Swiss architects\n\nSaturday 26 May 2018 — Venice\n\nFederal Office of Culture round table “Baukultur for all?”\, opening speech\nBilateral meeting with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel\nVisit to the Arsenale\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Pavillon suisse à la 16e Biennale d’architecture de Venise (in German\, French-language page)\nCulture du bâti à la 16e Biennale d’architecture de Venise (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.05.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 26.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/16th-architecture-biennale-swiss-pavilion-and-baukultur/
LOCATION:Venise
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180525
DTSTAMP:20261020T173106Z
CREATED:20261015T213549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173106Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Theatre Awards 2018
DESCRIPTION:At the Pfauen of the Schauspielhaus Zürich\, during the Swiss Theatre Encounter\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Theatre Awards. The Swiss Grand Award for Theatre / Hans Reinhart Ring goes to Theater Sgaramusch in Schaffhausen. The five awards go to the wildwuchs festival (Basel)\, Gabi Bernetta\, Anne Bisang\, Oscar Gómez Mata and Ruedi Häusermann. \nThe speech starts from the history of the Pfauen\, a former popular theatre\, then slides into politics with Oscar Wilde: “Das Stück war ein grosser Erfolg. Nur das Publikum ist durchgefallen.” He applies it to the pension reform rejected in September 2017. His thesis: “Das Theater braucht die Gesellschaft – oder es stirbt ab.” The question is access to culture\, and withdrawal within society itself. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRemise des Prix suisses de théâtre 2018 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSwiss Theatre Encounter\, 2018 activity report\nFederal Office of Culture\, announcement of the ceremony
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-theatre-awards-2018/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180523
DTSTAMP:20261020T173106Z
CREATED:20261015T213546Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit by the President of Benin\, Patrice Talon
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Patrice Talon\, President of Benin\, at the Lohn residence\, with Doris Leuthard and Ignazio Cassis. It is a return visit: Doris Leuthard had travelled to Benin a year earlier. Benin has been a priority country for Swiss cooperation since 1981. \nThe foreign ministers\, Ignazio Cassis and Aurélien Agbénonci\, sign two project agreements: one for private entrepreneurship\, the other for agricultural umbrella organisations. Alain Berset points out that Beninese companies could make better use of Swiss customs preferences for developing countries. The two countries also discuss migration and their shared commitment to the universal abolition of the death penalty. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-by-the-president-of-benin-patrice-talon/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180522
DTSTAMP:20261020T173106Z
CREATED:20261015T213544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173106Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 71st World Health Assembly and 70 years of the WHO
DESCRIPTION:In Geneva\, Alain Berset opens the 71st World Health Assembly\, the first under Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director-General. The WHO is 70 years old. His speech traces the history of global health\, from the first International Sanitary Conference in 1851 to the Spanish flu. He also names the failures: in the face of Ebola in West Africa\, “the WHO’s response was not up to the task”. \nIn the afternoon\, with the Afghan Minister of Public Health\, Ferozuddin Feroz\, he hosts an event on universal health coverage in emergencies\, the central theme of the Assembly. Bilateral meetings are announced with France\, Germany\, Canada and Rwandan President Paul Kagame. \nIn the evening\, Switzerland hosts a reception at the Palais des Nations for the WHO’s 70th anniversary. “The WHO stands for trust”\, he says: in twenty-five years\, deaths of children under five have fallen from more than twelve million to five and a half million a year\, but 15\,000 children still die every day. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n71e Assemblée mondiale de la Santé (French-language page)\nRéception de la Suisse pour les 70 ans de l’OMS (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.05.2018\nFederal Council\, speech of 21.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-71st-world-health-assembly-and-70-years-of-the-who/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180516
DTSTAMP:20261020T173106Z
CREATED:20261015T214509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173106Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein\, High Commissioner for Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein\, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights\, in Berne. The Jordanian diplomat has announced that he will not seek a second term; his mandate ends on 31 August 2018.
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-zeid-raad-al-hussein-high-commissioner-for-human-rights/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180515
DTSTAMP:20261020T173105Z
CREATED:20261015T213538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173105Z
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SUMMARY:State visit to Latvia in its centenary year
DESCRIPTION:In 2018\, Latvia celebrates the centenary of its independence. On 14 May\, President Raimonds Vējonis welcomes Alain Berset with honours at Riga Castle. The talks cover the economy\, where potential remains untapped\, vocational training and research: more than 40 joint projects in “Horizon 2020”. Alain Berset sets out the state of negotiations with the EU and the possible second Swiss contribution. Russia\, Ukraine and transatlantic relations are also discussed. In June\, Latvia takes over the chairmanship of the Nuclear Suppliers Group from Switzerland. \nThe visit recalls an old link. The Latvian national poets Rainis and Aspazija lived in exile in Ticino; their exhibition rooms in Castagnola reopen for the centenary\, with the support of Lugano. Switzerland had opened a consulate in Riga as early as 1868. \nAt the National Library\, Alain Berset presents “L’homme et le temps en Suisse\, 1291-1991”\, a history of watchmaking. The lesson he draws from it: “this excellence came largely from immigrants”. \nSunday 13 May 2018 — Riga\n\nLiterary tour of the Old Town\nVisit to the RIXC Centre for New Media Culture\n\nMonday 14 May 2018 — Riga\n\nOfficial welcome ceremony at Riga Castle by President Raimonds Vējonis\nGuest book\, one-to-one meeting\, then official talks between the delegations\nJoint press conference\nWreath-laying at the Freedom Monument\nOfficial lunch at Riga Castle\nBook presentation ceremony at the National Library of Latvia\, visit to the library\nVisit to the National History Museum\nDiscussion on the security architecture with representatives of Latvian think tanks\nInterview with the Latvian press\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse avec le président letton Raimonds Vējonis (French-language page)\nToast lors de la visite présidentielle en Lettonie (French-language page)\nDon d’un ouvrage à la Bibliothèque nationale de Lettonie (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 14.05.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 07.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/state-visit-to-latvia-in-its-centenary-year/
LOCATION:Riga
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180512
DTSTAMP:20261020T173105Z
CREATED:20261015T213532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173105Z
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SUMMARY:71st Cannes Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset spends the day at the Cannes Film Festival. He visits the Marché du Film and the Village International\, where the City of Cannes welcomes him at the Swiss pavilion. He stops at the Mexican stand: Switzerland and Mexico have just ratified a film co-production agreement. \nHe has lunch with Swiss film professionals\, among them the filmmaker Ursula Meier\, President of the Caméra d’or jury. In the evening\, at the Grand Théâtre Lumière\, he attends the screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s “The Image Book” (“Le Livre d’image”)\, the only Swiss film in competition for the Palme d’or. Two Swiss co-productions are also in competition: “Happy as Lazzaro” (“Lazzaro felice”) by Alice Rohrwacher and “Knife + Heart” (“Un couteau dans le cœur”) by Yann Gonzalez. The day ends with a reception by the Federal Office of Culture at the Swiss Films stand. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/71st-cannes-film-festival/
LOCATION:Cannes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180509
DTSTAMP:20261020T173105Z
CREATED:20261015T214506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173105Z
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SUMMARY:International Geneva: UN\, UNHCR and WHO
DESCRIPTION:A day of meetings in Geneva. At the Palais des Nations\, Michael Møller\, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva\, receives Alain Berset. A visit to the renovation site of the Palais (Strategic Heritage Plan) and to the Council Chamber\, where the Conference on Disarmament meets\, then talks. \nNext come a meeting with Filippo Grandi\, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees\, then a meeting with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\, Director-General of the WHO\, followed by a working lunch. Thirteen days later\, Alain Berset will open the 71st World Health Assembly\, the first of Tedros’s term. \nSources \n\nUN\, photo library: “President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset’s official visit to the United Nations Office at Geneva”
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/international-geneva-un-unhcr-and-who/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180506
DTSTAMP:20261020T173105Z
CREATED:20261015T213527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173105Z
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SUMMARY:Message for the Council of Europe’s Europe Day
DESCRIPTION:For 5 May\, the Council of Europe’s Europe Day\, the President of the Swiss Confederation publishes a written message. He recalls the founding of the organisation in 1949\, Switzerland’s accession in 1963 and the place of the European Convention on Human Rights\, “a major pillar of the European legal system”. \nThe text does not hide the difficulties: the corruption allegations against the Parliamentary Assembly\, polarisation\, states that apply the Court’s judgments only selectively or use their contributions as a means of pressure. The Federal Council supports the reforms under way and rejects the initiative “Swiss law instead of foreign judges”. International law\, he writes\, “protects small states by obliging the larger ones to respect rules defined in common”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nMessage pour la Journée de l’Europe du Conseil de l’Europe (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, message published on 04.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/message-for-the-council-of-europes-europe-day/
LOCATION:Berne
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