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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171028
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SUMMARY:Old-age provision: talks resume
DESCRIPTION:A month after the no vote of 24 September\, Alain Berset brings together more than twenty-five parties\, social partners and organisations in Berne. For more than two hours\, each analyses the result and sets out its vision. \nThe finding: no convergence on the outline of a new reform\, but all recognise that one is needed. The Federal Council draws its conclusions on 20 December: OASI and the second pillar will be reformed separately. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 27.10.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/old-age-provision-talks-resume/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171025
DTSTAMP:20261020T173051Z
CREATED:20261016T001621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173051Z
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SUMMARY:40 years of the Kartause Ittingen Foundation
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Kartause Ittingen Foundation (TG). He recounts the Federal Council’s 1981 outing: faced with the monks’ rule\, Chevallaz advises Ritschard to pray more for his finances; Ritschard replies that Chevallaz should sleep more so as to spend less on the army. \n“Die Kartause Ittingen verkörpert eine Form der Weltabgeschiedenheit\, an der man Kraft sammelt für die Welt.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\n40 Jahre Stiftung Kartause Ittingen (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 24.10.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/40-years-of-the-kartause-ittingen-foundation/
LOCATION:Ittingen
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171013
DTSTAMP:20261020T173050Z
CREATED:20261016T001617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173050Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Grand Award for Dance to Noemi Lapzeson
DESCRIPTION:At the Théâtre Équilibre in Fribourg\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Grand Award for Dance to Noemi Lapzeson\, choreographer\, founder of Vertical Danse in Geneva and a former soloist with Martha Graham. \n“Dancing is a political act.” He calls on La Fontaine and the cicada\, then on Article 10 of the Constitution: freedom of movement. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRemise du Grand Prix suisse de danse à Noemi Lapzeson (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.10.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-grand-award-for-dance-to-noemi-lapzeson/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171011
DTSTAMP:20261020T173050Z
CREATED:20261016T001614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173050Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset attends the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair\, where France is the guest of honour\, with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron. “Francfort en français” presents twelve authors from French-speaking Switzerland. \nAt the City Hall\, he signs the city’s Golden Book after the French President\, together with the delegations of Luxembourg and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. After the ceremony\, Emmanuel Macron receives him at the French pavilion in the presence of Angela Merkel; Alain Berset presents the Swiss contribution there. \nTuesday 10 October 2017 — Frankfurt\n\nVisit to the Grossmarkthalle\, headquarters of the ECB\, designed by Martin Elsaesser\nReception at the City Hall by Mayor Peter Feldmann\, with Emmanuel Macron: Golden Book\nOpening ceremony of the Book Fair\nVisit to the French pavilion with Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 05.10.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-frankfurt-book-fair/
LOCATION:Francfort
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170925
DTSTAMP:20261020T173050Z
CREATED:20261016T001611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173050Z
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SUMMARY:Vote: Old-Age Provision 2020 reform rejected
DESCRIPTION:The people reject the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform\, with 52.7% voting no. The VAT increase in favour of OASI ends up neck and neck in the popular vote and fails to win a majority of the cantons. It is the reform Alain Berset has been championing since 2012. \nBefore the press\, he acknowledges the result: “The funding and stabilisation of the pension system remains a major challenge for our society.” He announces that he will invite all stakeholders to discuss the next steps. “In a direct democracy you always have to be prepared to accept defeat.” \nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch\, 24.09.2017\nFederal Council\, vote of 24.09.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-old-age-provision-2020-reform-rejected/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170914
DTSTAMP:20261020T173049Z
CREATED:20261016T001608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173049Z
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SUMMARY:“Rilke and Russia” exhibition at the National Library
DESCRIPTION:At the National Library\, Alain Berset opens the exhibition “Rilke and Russia”\, a co-production of the German Literature Archive in Marbach\, the Swiss Literary Archives\, the Strauhof and the State Literary Museum in Moscow. \n280 items\, including the poet’s address book\, which opens with Lou Andreas-Salomé\, his companion on the journeys of 1899 and 1900. The exhibition\, he says\, knows that these journeys cannot be reconstructed. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de l’exposition « Rilke et la Russie » à la Bibliothèque nationale (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.09.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/rilke-and-russia-exhibition-at-the-national-library/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170910
DTSTAMP:20261020T173049Z
CREATED:20261016T002024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173049Z
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SUMMARY:Old-Age Provision 2020: evening of the Associazione Ticinese Terza Età
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of the Ticino association for senior citizens\, Alain Berset presents the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform in Lugano\, two weeks before the vote. \n“In Ticino\, di solito\, ci vengo come ministro della cultura. Non questa volta\, però. Oggi sono qui a Lugano come ministro della socialità.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrévoyance vieillesse 2020 : soirée de l’Associazione Ticinese Terza Età (in Italian\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/old-age-provision-2020-evening-of-the-associazione-ticinese-terza-eta/
LOCATION:Lugano
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170909
DTSTAMP:20261020T173049Z
CREATED:20261016T001600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173049Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of the weather radar network
DESCRIPTION:MeteoSwiss completes its network of five radars with the station on the Weissfluhgipfel\, above Davos. Alain Berset inaugurates it. The network is part of the OWARNA project for warnings of natural hazards. \nHe envies meteorologists: their forecasts are becoming more accurate\, while political forecasts are becoming ever less so. “Brexit\, Trump\, Macron: Alles kam völlig überraschend.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nInauguration du nouveau réseau de radars météorologiques de MétéoSuisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.09.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-of-the-weather-radar-network/
LOCATION:Davos
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170907
DTSTAMP:20261020T173049Z
CREATED:20261016T002020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173049Z
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SUMMARY:75 years of Pro Familia Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the 75th anniversary of Pro Familia Switzerland. “Wenn alle mit 75 noch so aktiv wären wie Pro Familia Schweiz\, bräuchte es keine Rentenreform.” \nHe recalls the milestones of family policy: childcare outside the family\, maternity insurance\, family allowances. He mentions the 100 million approved to reduce the cost of childcare places\, the popular initiative on paternity leave and support for family carers. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n75 ans de Pro Familia Suisse (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/75-years-of-pro-familia-switzerland/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170902
DTSTAMP:20261020T173048Z
CREATED:20261016T001553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173048Z
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SUMMARY:Von Wattenwyl talks
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset\, Vice-President of the Federal Council\, leads the government delegation at the Von Wattenwyl talks with the presidents of the governing parties and of their parliamentary groups. Didier Burkhalter and Federal Chancellor Walter Thurnherr take part. \nThe focus: health and European policy. The parties say they are prepared to support measures against rising costs if the tariff partners fail to reach agreement\, as with TARMED. A group of experts chaired by Verena Diener is examining experience abroad. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 01.09.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/von-wattenwyl-talks-3/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170901
DTSTAMP:20261020T173047Z
CREATED:20261016T002017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173047Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Education Day
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the Swiss Education Day of LCH\, the umbrella organisation of teachers. “Ich spreche hier zu Ihnen als einer\, der die Schule nur als Schüler kennt.” \nHe takes stock of his year of improbable speeches: a man before the women’s guild\, a Catholic on the Reformation in Geneva\, the youngest Federal Councillor at Pro Senectute’s 100th anniversary\, a jazz lover at the yodelling festival. Then he speaks about schools and the country’s capacity for innovation. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée suisse de l’éducation (LCH) (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-education-day/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170827
DTSTAMP:20261020T173047Z
CREATED:20261016T001546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173047Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to Mexico: three agreements signed
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset makes a working visit to Mexico. With the Minister of Culture\, María Cristina García Cepeda\, he signs two agreements: one on film co-productions\, the other on the transfer of cultural property\, against illicit trafficking. With the Minister of Education\, Aurelio Nuño Mayer\, he signs a third agreement\, on bicultural schools\, at the Swiss School of Mexico City. \nPresident Enrique Peña Nieto and Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso receive him together. He also sees the ministers of finance and of health. \nAt the Swiss School\, he says: “Die Schweiz – ja\, was ist sie eigentlich?” Some 5\,500 Swiss live in Mexico; Swiss companies employ 32\,000 people there. \nThursday 24 August 2017 — Mexico City\n\nMeeting with María Cristina García Cepeda\, Minister of Culture\nSigning of the agreements on film and cultural property: speech\nMeeting with José Antonio Meade\, Minister of Finance\nMeeting with Swiss filmmakers and designers\nVisit to the National Museum of Anthropology\nMeeting with José Narro Robles\, Minister of Health\n\nFriday 25 August 2017 — Mexico City\n\nVisit to the Swiss School and discussion with upper secondary students\nMeeting with Aurelio Nuño Mayer\, Minister of Education\nSigning of the agreement on bicultural schools: speech\nMeeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto and Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso\nReception for the Swiss community\n\nSaturday 26 August 2017 — Teotihuacán\n\nVisit to the Teotihuacán site\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nMexico : signature des accords sur la coproduction cinématographique et sur le transfert des biens culturels (French-language page)\nMexico : signature de l’accord sur les écoles suisses (French-language page)\nMexico : discours à l’École suisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.08.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-mexico-three-agreements-signed/
LOCATION:Mexico
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170822
DTSTAMP:20261020T173047Z
CREATED:20261016T001540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173047Z
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SUMMARY:Agreement with Liechtenstein on cross-border outpatient care
DESCRIPTION:In Berne\, Alain Berset and Mauro Pedrazzini sign the agreement announced in January. Residents of Liechtenstein\, Graubünden and St Gallen will be able to receive outpatient treatment in the other country\, paid for by compulsory health insurance. \nCosts will be reimbursed only up to the tariff of the country of residence. The agreement still has to be ratified by both parliaments. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.08.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/agreement-with-liechtenstein-on-cross-border-outpatient-care/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170820
DTSTAMP:20261020T173047Z
CREATED:20261016T001537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173047Z
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SUMMARY:95th Congress of the Swiss Abroad
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset gives the keynote speech at the Congress of the Swiss Abroad in Basel\, before nearly 400 participants. \n“Switzerland doesn’t lose anything if its citizens go and live in another country\, on the contrary\,” he says\, according to swissinfo. He makes fun of the clichés — cows\, chocolate\, watches — and of what would otherwise need explaining: the procedure for resolving differences between the two chambers\, fiscal equalisation\, the “light” domestic-worker preference. A month before the vote\, he stresses compromise. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n95e Congrès des Suisses de l’étranger (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nswissinfo.ch\, 19.08.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/95th-congress-of-the-swiss-abroad/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170811
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170812
DTSTAMP:20261020T173046Z
CREATED:20261016T001534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173046Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of Lucerne Festival: “Identität”
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset gives the opening speech of the Lucerne Festival in Summer\, whose theme is identity. He starts with a quip: normally\, the Federal Council would hand such a question to a working group. \nThen comes an essay on Swiss identity\, a nation that constantly reinvents itself: “Wir sind kein Volk MIT Minderheiten – wir sind das Volk DER Minderheiten.” A small or a large country? “Riesenzwerg und Zwergriese”\, depending on the perspective. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Lucerne Festival 2017 : « Identität » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nBilanz\, 14.08.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-lucerne-festival-identitat/
LOCATION:Lucerne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170802
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170808
DTSTAMP:20261020T173046Z
CREATED:20261016T001530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173046Z
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SUMMARY:70th Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 70th edition of the Locarno Festival on the Piazza Grande. He goes back to 1946\, the year of “Notorious” and “La Belle et la Bête”: after Venice\, two “water towns” take up the cause\, Cannes and Locarno. \nThe next day\, before the press\, he reviews a bumper year for Swiss cinema — three films at the Oscars\, two Césars for “Ma vie de Courgette”. He announces the co-production agreement with Mexico and the revision of the one with Canada. The Film Location Switzerland investment promotion scheme (PICS) has committed 5.9 million francs and generated 30.5 million in investment. \nAt Monte Verità\, he responds at the lunch given by the festival in his honour. At the Leopard Club\, before the festival’s partners\, he speaks about attention spans\, now down to eight seconds\, in the presence of Adrien Brody. \nWednesday 2 August 2017 — Locarno\n\nVisit to MeteoSwiss’s southern regional centre at Locarno-Monti\nMeeting with the festival management\nOfficial inauguration\nOpening ceremony on the Piazza Grande: speech\n\nThursday 3 August 2017 — Locarno\n\nPress conference on film policy\nMeeting with Swiss filmmakers\n\nFriday 4 August 2017 — Ascona\, Locarno\n\nTraditional festival lunch at Monte Verità: speech\nLeopard Club reception: speech\nLeopard Club Award to Adrien Brody on the Piazza Grande\n\nSaturday 5 August 2017 — Locarno\, Ascona\n\nRound table with filmmakers and producers\nInformal meeting with Margrethe Vestager\, European Commissioner\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 70e Festival du film de Locarno (French-language page)\nLocarno : réception au Monte Verità pour les 70 ans du festival (French-language page)\nLocarno : réception du Leopard Club (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 03.08.2017\nRSI\, 02.08.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/70th-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170802
DTSTAMP:20261020T173046Z
CREATED:20261016T001522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173046Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Lausanne
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is the official 1 August speaker in Lausanne\, at the Place de la Navigation in Ouchy\, alongside the Mayor\, Grégoire Junod. He arrives by boat across the lake. \nHe opens with Éric Cantona: “I don’t play against a particular team. I play to fight against the idea of losing.” The footballer’s name\, he notes\, contains the word “canton”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête nationale à Lausanne (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCity of Lausanne\, programme for 1 August 2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-lausanne/
LOCATION:Lausanne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170801
DTSTAMP:20261020T173046Z
CREATED:20261016T002008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173046Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Rorschach
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is the National Day speaker in Rorschach (SG). He takes stock of the traditions of St Gallen\, from embroidery to the OLMA and its sausage\, to show their strength in a digital world. \nHis closing line starts from the Rorschach lido\, the “Sozibad”\, where mixed bathing once caused a scandal: today\, left and right bathe there together. “Wenn wir nicht zusammen baden\, dann gehen wir zusammen baden.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête nationale à Rorschach (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-rorschach/
LOCATION:Rorschach
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170801
DTSTAMP:20261020T173045Z
CREATED:20261016T001513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173045Z
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SUMMARY:National Day: inauguration of the Julier theatre
DESCRIPTION:On the eve of 1 August\, Alain Berset inaugurates the wooden tower of the new theatre on the Julier Pass. \nHe reads it as a metaphor for Switzerland: ten fragile towers which together make one solid one — a “soziales Tragwerk”. Openness to the world is not a fixed state\, he says\, but the awareness that the search for identity is never finished. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nNationalfeier – Julierpass (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 31.07.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-inauguration-of-the-julier-theatre/
LOCATION:Col du Julier
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170704
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170705
DTSTAMP:20261020T173045Z
CREATED:20261016T001509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173045Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with the new Director-General of WHO
DESCRIPTION:In Berne\, Doris Leuthard and Alain Berset receive Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus\, Director-General of WHO since 1 July. \nOn the agenda: WHO reform\, its role in setting international standards\, the 2030 Agenda and the priorities of Switzerland’s health foreign policy. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 04.07.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-the-new-director-general-of-who/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170626
DTSTAMP:20261020T173045Z
CREATED:20261016T001506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173045Z
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SUMMARY:30th Federal Yodelling Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is the official guest of the Federal Yodelling Festival in Brig-Glis\, on the Sunday of the festival. \nHe greets the yodellers in the four national languages\, then tries his hand at Upper Valais dialect. He dwells on the motto of the federal association: “Identität durch lebendiges Brauchtum”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de la 30e Fête fédérale des yodleurs (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\n1815.ch\, opening of the festival\, 23.06.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/30th-federal-yodelling-festival/
LOCATION:Brigue
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170622
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170623
DTSTAMP:20261020T173045Z
CREATED:20261016T001502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173045Z
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SUMMARY:Official visit by the King of the Belgians
DESCRIPTION:The President of the Confederation\, Doris Leuthard\, receives King Philippe of Belgium for a visit devoted to vocational education and training. \nAlain Berset\, Vice-President of the Federal Council\, attends the official dinner. The Belgian delegation includes Deputy Prime Minister Kris Peeters and European Commissioner Marianne Thyssen. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.06.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/official-visit-by-the-king-of-the-belgians/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170616
DTSTAMP:20261020T173044Z
CREATED:20261016T002001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173044Z
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SUMMARY:General assembly of the Association of Swiss Communes
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks to the assembly of the Association of Swiss Communes. 2\,255 communes as at 1 January 2017; he reviews their coats of arms\, down to the unicorns of Central Switzerland. \n“Die Gemeinde\, das ist der Ort der Realität.” The substance: ageing — twice as many 80-year-olds in thirty years — and access to care outside the cities: family doctors\, nursing staff\, a federal programme of 100 million for training doctors. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAssemblée générale de l’Association des Communes Suisses (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/general-assembly-of-the-association-of-swiss-communes/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170614
DTSTAMP:20261020T173044Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Design Awards ceremony
DESCRIPTION:In Basel\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Design Awards\, during Art Basel. The Swiss Grand Awards for Design go to the jewellery designer David Bielander\, the illustrator Thomas Ott and the graphic designer Jean Widmer. \n“Design hat die Welt erobert. Plötzlich ist alles Design.” He plays with the word: when the Federal Council lowers the conversion rate\, is that “Renten-Design”? \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRemise des Prix suisses de design 2017 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.06.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-design-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170607
DTSTAMP:20261020T173044Z
CREATED:20261016T001957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173044Z
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SUMMARY:Farewell visit by Margaret Chan\, Director-General of WHO
DESCRIPTION:Margaret Chan\, who is stepping down as head of WHO after ten years\, pays a farewell visit to Berne\, where Alain Berset receives her.
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/farewell-visit-by-margaret-chan-director-general-of-who/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170525
DTSTAMP:20261020T173044Z
CREATED:20261016T001449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173044Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Theatre Awards: Hans Reinhart Ring to Ursina Lardi
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, the Swiss Theatre Awards are presented in Ticino\, at LAC Lugano\, at the opening of the 4th Swiss Theatre Meeting. Alain Berset presents the Grand Award to the Graubünden actress Ursina Lardi. \nHe speaks in Italian\, German\, Romansh and French. He recalls that the winner comes from a small valley\, Val Poschiavo\, and only learned German at the age of ten\, as her third language. She has played Elizabeth I and a homeless alcoholic. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nRemise des Prix suisses de théâtre : Anneau Hans-Reinhart à Ursina Lardi (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 24.05.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-theatre-awards-hans-reinhart-ring-to-ursina-lardi/
LOCATION:Lugano
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170524
DTSTAMP:20261020T173043Z
CREATED:20261016T001445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173043Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 70th World Health Assembly
DESCRIPTION:In Geneva\, Alain Berset opens the 70th World Health Assembly. What is at stake in the session: the election of Margaret Chan’s successor at the head of WHO — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is elected on 23 May — and the 2018-2019 budget. \nHis speech starts from the motto in the dome of the Federal Palace\, “One for all\, all for one”\, and calls for the 2030 Agenda to be made the common framework for health ministers. \nWith the Canadian minister Jane Philpott\, he co-chairs an event on attacks on health workers and health facilities\, organised with MSF\, the ICRC and the World Medical Association. \nMonday 22 May 2017 — Geneva\n\nOpening session of the Assembly: speech\nMeeting with the Swiss delegation\n“Attacks on Healthcare” event\, co-chaired with Jane Philpott\nMeeting with Nila Moeloek\, Indonesian Minister of Health\nMeeting with Adalberto Campos Fernandes\, Portuguese Minister of Health\nSwiss reception\n\nTuesday 23 May 2017 — Geneva\n\nMeetings with Carmen Castillo (Chile)\, Jorge Lemus (Argentina) and Li Bin (China)\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n70e Assemblée mondiale de la Santé (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.05.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-70th-world-health-assembly/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170519
DTSTAMP:20261020T173043Z
CREATED:20261016T001953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173043Z
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SUMMARY:Congress of the Swiss Nurses’ Association
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset addresses the congress of the SBK-ASI. He opens with Little Red Riding Hood and the grandmother’s big ears: ears keep growing throughout life. \nThe substance: ageing and the shortage of care staff. 40\,000 more professionals are needed by 2025\, 70% of them in long-term care. He also defends the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform\, which matters for a sector where many work part-time\, with gaps in their pension cover. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCongrès de l’Association suisse des infirmières et infirmiers (ASI-SBK) (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/congress-of-the-swiss-nurses-association/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170516
DTSTAMP:20261020T173043Z
CREATED:20261016T001950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173043Z
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SUMMARY:Europa Forum Lucerne: reform against populism
DESCRIPTION:At the Europa Forum in Lucerne\, Alain Berset gives one of the major speeches of the year. He starts from the cliché of a boring Switzerland: “Wir arbeiten hart an unserer Langeweile!” Stability comes from movement: debating without holding back\, then coming together again. \nThe capacity for reform is his answer to the West’s identity crisis. He gives his definition of populism: people who name real problems but are more interested in exploiting them politically than in solving them. On Europe: “Eine Schweiz\, die einfach nur die Schweiz ist\, ist irgendwann nicht mehr die Schweiz.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nEuropa Forum Lucerne (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/europa-forum-lucerne-reform-against-populism/
LOCATION:Lucerne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170515
DTSTAMP:20261020T173042Z
CREATED:20261016T001434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173042Z
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SUMMARY:57th Venice Biennale: inauguration of the Swiss Pavilion
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset inaugurates the Swiss Pavilion at the 57th Venice Art Biennale. The curator Philipp Kaiser\, the artist Carol Bove and the duo Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler investigate an absence: Alberto Giacometti never agreed to represent Switzerland in Venice. \nThe pavilion\, he says\, is an artistic embassy: here Switzerland practises a subtle form of diplomacy. He visits the Swiss and Austrian pavilions with Thomas Drozda\, Austrian Minister of Culture\, and meets Swiss artists. \nFriday 12 May 2017 — Venice\n\nTour of the Biennale focused on Swiss art\nInauguration of the Swiss Pavilion: speech\nVisit to the Swiss and Austrian pavilions with Thomas Drozda\n\nSaturday 13 May 2017 — Venice\n\nVisit to the Giardini\nVisit to the Arsenale\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nInauguration du Pavillon suisse à la 57e Biennale de Venise (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 12.05.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/57th-venice-biennale-inauguration-of-the-swiss-pavilion/
LOCATION:Venise
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