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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170822
DTSTAMP: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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
CREATED:20261016T001455Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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
END:VEVENT
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
END:VEVENT
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
END:VEVENT
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
END:VEVENT
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
END:VEVENT
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170512
DTSTAMP:20261020T173042Z
CREATED:20261016T001946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173042Z
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SUMMARY:Forum des 100: “Health: for an Enlightenment of the digital age”
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the Forum des 100\, shortly after the closure of L’Hebdo\, the magazine that organised it. He regrets its loss: L’Hebdo opened French-speaking Switzerland to the world. \nHis subject: digitalisation in health. Between the promise of limitless progress and the fear of misery “worthy of that of the industrial revolution”\, he argues for “a digital Enlightenment”. His conclusion is cautious: the path “is still very poorly lit”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nForum des 100 : « Santé : pour un numérique des Lumières » (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/forum-des-100-health-for-an-enlightenment-of-the-digital-age/
LOCATION:Lausanne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170507
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170509
DTSTAMP:20261020T173042Z
CREATED:20261016T001426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173042Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of German-speaking health ministers
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Mauro Pedrazzini\, the health ministers of Germany\, Austria\, Luxembourg\, Liechtenstein and Switzerland meet in Vaduz. \nThey discuss the shift from acute inpatient care to outpatient care for the chronically ill\, medication safety — on average seven medicines per nursing home resident in Switzerland\, against a recommended maximum of five — and mobile health. The Confederation announces a pilot programme on medication safety in nursing homes. \nSunday 7 May 2017 — Vaduz\n\nStart of the meeting and working sessions\nDinner hosted by Mauro Pedrazzini\n\nMonday 8 May 2017 — Vaduz\n\nMeeting of the ministers with the Hereditary Prince\nWorking sessions\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 08.05.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-german-speaking-health-ministers/
LOCATION:Vaduz
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170507
DTSTAMP:20261020T173042Z
CREATED:20261016T001423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173042Z
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SUMMARY:Salzburger Stier award ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the presentation of the Salzburger Stier\, the cabaret award of the German-language public radio stations. \n“Und die Schweiz? Uns kann das alles nicht erschüttern. Wir waren schon immer postfaktisch.” The age of fake news\, he says\, is nothing new for a country that still sees itself as Heidi on the alpine pasture. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSalzburger Stier (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 06.05.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/salzburger-stier-award-ceremony/
LOCATION:Schaffhouse
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170427
DTSTAMP:20261020T173041Z
CREATED:20261016T001942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173041Z
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SUMMARY:Dinner in honour of UN Secretary-General António Guterres
DESCRIPTION:The United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) meets in Switzerland. Alain Berset\, Vice-President of the Federal Council\, hosts a dinner in Montreux in honour of Secretary-General António Guterres and the heads of the UN organisations. A brief bilateral meeting precedes the dinner.
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/dinner-in-honour-of-un-secretary-general-antonio-guterres/
LOCATION:Montreux
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170427
DTSTAMP:20261020T173041Z
CREATED:20261016T001416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173041Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 31st Geneva Book and Press Fair
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Geneva Book and Press Fair. \nHe starts from a short story by Dezső Kosztolányi: a thief turned translator makes the objects of the original text disappear from his translations. The danger\, he says\, is the disappearance of words\, which “leads to the impoverishment of ideas”. We must read and nurture the pleasure of reading. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n31e Salon du livre et de la presse de Genève (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 26.04.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-31st-geneva-book-and-press-fair/
LOCATION:Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170425
DTSTAMP:20261020T173041Z
CREATED:20261016T001938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173041Z
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SUMMARY:Sechseläuten: guest of the Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster
DESCRIPTION:At Sechseläuten\, Alain Berset is the guest of the Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster\, the women’s guild of Zurich. \n“Ich stehe hier als Mann vor der Frauenzunft. Das ist natürlich nicht ganz einfach.” As minister responsible for equality and culture\, he nevertheless feels he belongs there: living traditions fall within his department. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSechseläuten : invité de la Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/sechselauten-guest-of-the-gesellschaft-zu-fraumunster/
LOCATION:Zurich
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170421
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170422
DTSTAMP:20261020T173040Z
CREATED:20261016T001936Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 48th Visions du Réel
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the documentary film festival in Nyon. \n“The 21st century is the century of every paradox.” The internet and the “Great Immediate Whole” blur the line between what is real and what is not. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du festival Visions du Réel (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-48th-visions-du-reel/
LOCATION:Nyon
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170402
DTSTAMP:20261020T173040Z
CREATED:20261016T001933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173040Z
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SUMMARY:100 years of Pro Senectute
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the ceremony marking the centenary of Pro Senectute\, in the presence of three former Federal Councillors. \nHe starts from Google’s Calico project\, which promises a life of 500 years: he would then be an “Alt-Bundesrat” for 400 years. Then he returns to the substance: longer life expectancy and old-age provision\, six months before the vote on the reform. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n100 ans de Pro Senectute (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/100-years-of-pro-senectute/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170329
DTSTAMP:20261020T173040Z
CREATED:20261016T001931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173040Z
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SUMMARY:Evening marking 70 years of the Locarno Festival
DESCRIPTION:In Berne\, Alain Berset speaks to the partners and sponsors of the Locarno Festival\, which is celebrating its 70th edition. \nHe takes up the remark of the department-store pioneer John Wanamaker: half of his advertising budget is wasted\, but he does not know which half. For Locarno\, he says\, both halves are well spent. The festival is “ein nationales Selbstgespräch”\, Switzerland in miniature. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSoirée jubilaire des 70 ans du Locarno Festival (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/evening-marking-70-years-of-the-locarno-festival/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170324
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170325
DTSTAMP:20261020T173039Z
CREATED:20261016T001357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173039Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Film Award: Honorary Award to Bruno Ganz
DESCRIPTION:The 20th Swiss Film Award ceremony takes place at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices in Geneva\, in the presence of Alain Berset. “Ma vie de Courgette” and “Die göttliche Ordnung” each win in three categories. \nAlain Berset presents the Honorary Quartz to Bruno Ganz. He opens with an image from Angelopoulos’s “Eternity and a Day”: a tired man walking his dog “the way one walks one’s solitude”. “The actor’s filmography is the exact opposite of the man’s discretion.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix d’honneur du Cinéma suisse à Bruno Ganz (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 24.03.2017\nFederal Council\, press release of 23.02.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-film-award-honorary-award-to-bruno-ganz/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170323
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170324
DTSTAMP:20261020T173039Z
CREATED:20261016T001927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173039Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of Baselworld 2017
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 100th edition of Baselworld\, the world watch and jewellery show. \nHe sees it as a sign of optimism at an uncertain time for the industry: more than 100\,000 visitors\, 1\,300 brands. “Krise des Realen in einer virtuellen Shopping-Welt? 1‘300 Marken sind hier präsent.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de Baselworld 2017 (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-baselworld-2017/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170323
DTSTAMP:20261020T173039Z
CREATED:20261016T001349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173039Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by the Vice-President of Liberia\, Joseph N. Boakai
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset\, Vice-President of the Federal Council\, receives Liberian Vice-President Joseph N. Boakai in Berne. The talks cover migration\, justice and the economy. \nSwitzerland’s imports from Liberia are mainly gold. Alain Berset draws his guest’s attention to the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights\, which Switzerland has helped to shape; Liberia says it is interested in joining. Since March 2017\, Switzerland has been represented in Monrovia by an honorary consulate general. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 22.03.2017
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-the-vice-president-of-liberia-joseph-n-boakai/
LOCATION:Berne
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