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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180622
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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
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173106Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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
END:VEVENT
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
END:VEVENT
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180505
DTSTAMP:20261020T173104Z
CREATED:20261015T213524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173104Z
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SUMMARY:Von Wattenwyl talks: cybersecurity and relations with the EU
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset leads the Federal Council delegation at the Von Wattenwyl talks\, with Ueli Maurer and Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr. Facing them: the party and parliamentary group leaders of the CVP\, FDP\, SP and SVP. \nFirst topic: cybersecurity. On 18 April\, the Federal Council adopted the National Strategy for the Protection of Switzerland against Cyber Risks 2018–2022. Ueli Maurer explains that the Confederation must review its policy and adapt it. The Federal Department of Finance is tasked with planning its implementation. The discussion covers coordination between departments and the division of roles between cybersecurity\, cyber defence and criminal prosecution. \nSecond topic: Europe. The delegation presents the arbitration solution outlined for settling disputes with the EU and reaffirms that the accompanying measures will be maintained. On the second Swiss contribution\, the Federal Council is waiting for the end of the consultation and the overall state of relations before deciding. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.05.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/von-wattenwyl-talks-cybersecurity-and-relations-with-the-eu/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180430
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SUMMARY:Speech at the Europa Forum Lucerne
DESCRIPTION:The Europa Forum Luzern holds its public evening at the KKL under the title “Schweiz-EU am Scheideweg?”. Alain Berset gives the opening speech; a debate follows\, moderated by Sebastian Ramspeck (SRF)\, with Michael Matthiessen\, EU Ambassador to Switzerland\, MEP Andreas Schwab\, National Councillor Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter\, Markus Somm and Thomas Kirchner. \nThe President starts from the historian Herbert Lüthy: Switzerland has always lived between economic necessity and political distrust of Europe\, and is none the worse for it. “Wir sind EU-skeptisch\, weil wir so europäisch sind. Aber wir sind ganz bestimmt keine Anti-Europäer.” He defends the bilateral approach\, rejects the charge of “Rosinenpickerei” and recalls the accompanying measures. His conclusion: the EU and Switzerland will find a good solution “früher oder später”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDiscours au Forum Europa de Lucerne (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nNau.ch\, 30.04.2018\nMoneycab\, Europa Forum 2018 announcement
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/speech-at-the-europa-forum-lucerne/
LOCATION:Lucerne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180427
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180428
DTSTAMP:20261020T173103Z
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SUMMARY:Annual meeting of the Global Leadership Foundation
DESCRIPTION:The Global Leadership Foundation brings together former heads of state and government who advise serving leaders discreetly. It holds its annual meeting in Berne\, where it has its seat. It is its sixth meeting in Switzerland\, the first in the capital. Alain Berset addresses its members. \nHe quotes Fletcher Knebel: “Statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.” Then he lists the tensions: protracted conflicts\, disruptive technologies\, climate\, national withdrawal and distrust of multilateralism. His answer: international cooperation\, the 2030 Agenda\, education against radicalisation. And a warning on inequality: “The mainstream of society must see society as being fair – otherwise it will use its veto.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAllocution à l’assemblée annuelle de la Global Leadership Foundation (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nWar Prevention Initiative\, report on the 2018 GLF annual meeting
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/annual-meeting-of-the-global-leadership-foundation/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180427
DTSTAMP:20261020T173104Z
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SUMMARY:State visit by German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset welcomes Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Büdenbender at Zurich Airport; a special train takes them to Kehrsatz\, then to Berne\, where the Federal Council in corpore receives them with military honours. Talks at the Bernerhof: bilateral trade (nearly 100 billion francs in 2017)\, Zurich Airport\, the institutional agreement with the EU\, migration\, Iran\, Korea. Before the press: “Deutschland und die Schweiz sind heute eine Wertegemeinschaft.” At the state dinner\, the President jokes about grand coalitions: the German “GroKo” would trigger a state crisis in Switzerland\, “weil sie für die Schweiz viel zu klein wäre”. \n26 April is devoted to democracy and sustainable development. At the University of Fribourg\, the two presidents debate the future of democracy in the digital age with students. Then come the “NeighborHub” solar pavilion at Bluefactory with Doris Leuthard\, St. Nicholas Cathedral\, a flight over the Aletsch Glacier\, and the grave of the Mann family in Kilchberg. \nWednesday 25 April 2018 — Zurich\, Kehrsatz\, Berne\n\nWelcome at Zurich Airport\, special train to Kehrsatz\, welcome by the municipality\nReception by the Federal Council in corpore with military honours\nWelcome addresses at the Federal Palace\nOfficial talks at the Bernerhof\nJoint press conference\nState dinner hosted by the Federal Council\, dinner speech by the President\n\nThursday 26 April 2018 — Fribourg\, Kilchberg\n\nRound table with students at the University of Fribourg on democracy in the 21st century\nVisit to the “NeighborHub” solar pavilion at Bluefactory\, with Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard\nVisit to St. Nicholas Cathedral\nFlight over the Aletsch Glacier\nVisit to the grave of the Mann family in Kilchberg\nFarewell at Zurich Airport\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nBesuch von Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier (in German\, French-language page)\nPoint de presse avec le président fédéral allemand Frank-Walter Steinmeier (in German\, French-language page)\nDiscours de table pour la visite d’État de Frank-Walter Steinmeier (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 25.04.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 26.04.2018\nBundespräsident\, programme of the visit to Switzerland
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/state-visit-by-german-federal-president-frank-walter-steinmeier/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180416
DTSTAMP:20261020T173102Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit to Japan and Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset’s first visit to Japan. On 12 April\, Shinzo Abe welcomes him with military honours at the Kantei. Their talks cover the update of the 2009 free trade agreement\, research\, Japan’s G20 presidency in 2019\, ASEM\, the Korean peninsula and the Tokyo 2020 Games. Before the press\, Alain Berset says Switzerland is ready to help ease tensions in Korea. At the dinner hosted by Abe\, he makes the case for multilateralism: today’s challenges “cannot be met by a single country\, even a hyperpower”. \nOn 14 April\, as health minister\, he speaks at the third Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety\, hosted by Katsunobu Kato. In Switzerland\, he points out\, preventable adverse events cost 420\,000 days of hospitalisation every year\, the capacity of a large hospital. He calls for the adoption of the Tokyo Declaration and for a World Patient Safety Day recognised by the WHO. The programme also includes Honda\, the digital art studio Rhizomatiks\, kabuki and a “Japan-Swiss Night” at the ambassador’s residence. \nThursday 12 April 2018 — Tokyo\n\nWelcome ceremony with military honours at the Kantei\nOfficial meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\nJoint press statements\nDinner hosted by Shinzo Abe\, toast by the President\n\nFriday 13 April 2018 — Tokyo\n\nVisit to the Hakkaku sumo stable\nVisit to Honda headquarters (robotics\, health technologies\, hydrogen)\nWorking lunch with Japanese experts on the challenges of ageing societies\nVisit to the digital art studio Rhizomatiks\nMinisterial dinner hosted by Katsunobu Kato\, Minister of Health\, Labour and Welfare\, toast by the President\n\nSaturday 14 April 2018 — Tokyo\n\nBilateral meeting with Katsunobu Kato\nAddress at the third Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety\nBilateral meeting with Jeremy Hunt\, British Health Secretary\nKabuki performance by Bando Yajuro\nVisit to the Meiji Shrine\nMeeting with the Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan\n“Japan-Swiss Night” at the Swiss ambassador’s residence\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nPoint de presse avec le Premier ministre japonais Shinzo Abe (French-language page)\nToast au dîner offert par le Premier ministre Shinzo Abe (French-language page)\nToast au dîner ministériel du troisième sommet mondial sur la sécurité des patients (French-language page)\nAllocution au troisième sommet ministériel mondial sur la sécurité des patients (French-language page)\nJapan-Swiss Night à la résidence de l’ambassadeur de Suisse (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.04.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 06.04.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-to-japan-and-global-ministerial-summit-on-patient-safety/
LOCATION:Tokyo
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180410
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180411
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SUMMARY:Presentation of credentials
DESCRIPTION:At the Federal Palace\, Alain Berset receives seven new ambassadors in audience. They present the letters accrediting them to the Federal Council. \nThey represent South Africa (Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele)\, Thailand (Chakri Srichawana)\, New Zealand (Rupert Thomas Holborow\, resident in Berlin)\, Guatemala (Arturo Romeo Duarte Ortiz)\, Indonesia (Muliaman Dharmansyah Hadad)\, the Philippines (Denis Yap Lepatan) and the Republic of the Congo (Aimé Clovis Guillond\, resident in Geneva). \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 10.04.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/presentation-of-credentials-2/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180404
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SUMMARY:Art Paris: Switzerland as guest of honour
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland is the guest of honour at the 20th Art Paris Art Fair\, at the Grand Palais\, from 5 to 8 April. Thirteen Swiss galleries from Berne\, Geneva\, Lausanne\, Zurich and Neuchâtel\, and some hundred artists\, with Karine Tissot as curator. The President of the Swiss Confederation speaks at the preview on 4 April. \nHe answers Graham Greene and the “cuckoo clock” of The Third Man: Swiss peace and democracy produced not only the cuckoo clock\, but also the Swiss army knife\, Velcro… and Dada\, born in 1916 at the Cabaret Voltaire. Then he turns serious: France and Switzerland have behind them 500 years of perpetual peace\, celebrated in 2016\, and the Swiss Cultural Centre in Paris is 30 years old. “Let us support our freedom-loving artists.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture d’Art Paris\, la Suisse invitée d’honneur (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nLe Temps\, 03.04.2018\ne-flux\, Art Paris Art Fair 2018 announcement
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/art-paris-switzerland-as-guest-of-honour/
LOCATION:Paris
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180328
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SUMMARY:Federal Council meeting extra muros in St. Gallen
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council meets in corpore in St. Gallen: its thirteenth “extra muros” meeting since 2010. Before the meeting\, the President of the Swiss Confederation holds a press conference on the Klosterplatz. He recalls that the government had not come to St. Gallen as a body since Kurt Furgler’s Federal Council outing in 1985\, and reads two dates\, 1918 and 1968: one warns against the failure of international cooperation\, the other speaks of momentum. \nAfter the meeting\, the public is invited to an aperitif\, with Karin Keller-Sutter\, President of the Council of States. Alain Berset describes an imaginary meeting on a red square in every cantonal capital\, then quotes a survey: the hero of the Swiss is Nelson Mandela. “Die Skepsis gegenüber fremden Richtern ist grösser als gegenüber fremden Helden.” The Federal Council then has lunch with the St. Gallen government. That day\, among other things\, it opened the consultation on a second Swiss contribution to selected EU member states. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSéance extra-muros du Conseil fédéral à Saint-Gall\, point de presse (in German\, French-language page)\nSéance extra-muros du Conseil fédéral à Saint-Gall\, apéritif avec la population (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 19.03.2018\nFederal Council\, press release of 28.03.2018 (second contribution)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-council-meeting-extra-muros-in-st-gallen/
LOCATION:Saint-Gall
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180326
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DTSTAMP:20261020T173101Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by Bulgarian Vice-President Iliana Iotova
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives Iliana Iotova in Berne. She is Vice-President of Bulgaria\, which then holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union. At the centre of the talks: the Western Balkans\, a priority of the Bulgarian presidency. Some 500\,000 people from the former Yugoslavia and Albania hold Swiss citizenship. Alain Berset says he is ready for joint infrastructure and transport projects in the region: “Bulgaria is a good mediator between the Western Balkans and Switzerland.” \nThey also discuss the future of the EU\, the multiannual financial framework\, Brexit and migration. The President confirms that Switzerland intends to continue its cooperation programme with Bulgaria beyond 2019 (security\, environment\, dual vocational training). An agreement against illicit trafficking in cultural property is in preparation. \nSources \n\nBTA\, 26.03.2018\nNovinite\, 27.03.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-bulgarian-vice-president-iliana-iotova/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180317
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 32nd Fribourg International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 32nd FIFF before a packed house\, with Georges Godel\, President of the Council of State\, François Nordmann\, President of the association\, and Artistic Director Thierry Jobin\, who places this edition under the sign of courage. Opening film: “Makala” by Emmanuel Gras\, a Swiss premiere. \nThe speech plays on numerology: the number 32 is said to be a bad omen. The President shows the opposite\, in seven points: the FIFF is always “a little ahead”. On women directors\, whom it celebrated long before the MeToo movement; on talent\, from Raoul Peck to Apichatpong Weerasethakul; on its ties with Cannes. “The FIFF\, a festival that makes Fribourg shine in the world and brings the world into Fribourg minds.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 32e Festival international de films de Fribourg (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFIFF\, opening press release of 16.03.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-32nd-fribourg-international-film-festival/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180309
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180310
DTSTAMP:20261020T173101Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 16th International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:The same evening\, Alain Berset opens the 16th FIFDH before some 500 guests from International Geneva and Greater Geneva\, alongside Pascal Crittin\, Director of RTS. Opening film: “Fortuna” by Germinal Roaux\, just presented at the Berlinale. \nThe year marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. His speech starts from Martin Luther King and the “dream”: human rights remain an ideal as long as no independent judge sanctions their violation. He reviews recent films that illustrate the Declaration\, article by article: “Detroit”\, “A Separation”\, “Timbuktu”\, “The Post”\, “I\, Daniel Blake”\, “Mustang”. “Cinema is said to be a dream factory. Why should it not also work as a factory of freedoms?” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Festival du film et forum international sur les droits humains (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFIFDH\, press release no. 3\, March 2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-16th-international-film-festival-and-forum-on-human-rights/
LOCATION:Genève
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180309
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DTSTAMP:20261020T173101Z
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SUMMARY:“Democracy put to the test of fake”: lecture at the University of Geneva
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of the Geneva Diplomatic Club\, foraus and the University of Geneva\, Alain Berset gives a lecture at Uni Dufour on disinformation and democracy. The debate that follows\, hosted by Esther Mamarbachi (RTS\, “Infrarouge”)\, brings together Jean-Marc Ayrault\, former French Prime Minister\, and the sociologist Sandro Cattacin. \nHis thesis: no law against fake news. “It is dangerous to determine administratively what is true or false.” The answer lies in critical thinking and a strong press. He describes three trends that reinforce each other: the fragmentation of debate on the internet\, the structural crisis of the media (No Billag\, the crisis at the SDA/ATS news agency)\, polarisation. “In a democracy\, Facebook is not enough. In a democracy\, there must be real dialogue.” Direct democracy and power-sharing are\, in his view\, the best bulwark. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLa démocratie suisse à l’épreuve des fake news (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nUniversity of Geneva\, announcement of the lecture of 09.03.2018
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/democracy-put-to-the-test-of-fake-lecture-at-the-university-of-geneva/
LOCATION:Genève
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