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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150626
DTSTAMP:20261020T173005Z
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SUMMARY:Twenty years of the Federal Commission against Racism and launch of “Une Suisse à nos couleurs”
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Commission against Racism is twenty years old\, as is the criminal-law provision against racial discrimination. Together with Alain Berset\, it launches the campaign “Une Suisse à nos couleurs”\, against racism and discrimination on the Internet\, with a platform entrusted for six months to young people\, associations and companies. \n“It is also thanks to the Commission that we can talk about racism today\, as a social problem that is part of our daily lives\,” he says. The President of the FCR\, Martine Brunschwig Graf\, notes that social networks have given racism “a new resonance”. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 25.06.2015\nFCR\, press release of 04.06.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/twenty-years-of-the-federal-commission-against-racism-and-launch-of-une-suisse-a-nos-couleurs/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150618
DTSTAMP:20261020T173004Z
CREATED:20261016T002155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173004Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by the Austrian Minister of Culture\, Josef Ostermayer
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives in Berne Josef Ostermayer\, Austrian Minister of Arts\, Culture\, Constitution and Media. They discuss artistic exchanges\, film cooperation and Switzerland’s participation in the MEDIA and Creative Europe programmes. They want to institutionalise a regular exchange on cultural policy. \nThe next day\, in Basel\, the two ministers visit the LISTE fair and Art Basel\, have lunch at the Fondation Beyeler with Guy Morin\, President of the Basel Government\, and visit the Paul Gauguin exhibition. \nTuesday 16 June 2015 — Berne\n\nOne-to-one meeting\, followed by talks between the delegations\n\nWednesday 17 June 2015 — Basel\n\nVisit to the LISTE fair\nWelcome at Art Basel by its director\, Marc Spiegler; visit to the “Unlimited” sector and to Swiss and Austrian galleries\nOfficial lunch at the Fondation Beyeler with Guy Morin\nVisit to the Paul Gauguin exhibition\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 17.06.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-the-austrian-minister-of-culture-josef-ostermayer/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150616
DTSTAMP:20261020T173005Z
CREATED:20261016T002152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173005Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Art Awards
DESCRIPTION:At the opening of Art Basel\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Art Awards; this year the Federal Office of Culture names eleven winners in art and eighteen in design. \nHe starts from the booming art market: one of Monet’s Water Lilies paintings has just sold for 54 million. “Man könnte meinen\, monetarisieren komme von ‘Monet’.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses d’art (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 15.06.2015\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 15.06.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-art-awards/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150615
DTSTAMP:20261020T173004Z
CREATED:20261016T002148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173004Z
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SUMMARY:Vote on preimplantation genetic diagnosis
DESCRIPTION:The people and the cantons approve the amendment to the constitutional article on medically assisted reproduction. It paves the way for preimplantation genetic diagnosis\, which the law prohibited\, for couples carrying a serious hereditary disease and for infertile couples. \nAlain Berset\, who had presented the proposal on 23 March\, comments on the result at a press conference and in a video address. Parliament had adopted the article by 160 votes to 31 in the National Council and 34 to 8 in the Council of States. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, dossier “Preimplantation genetic diagnosis”\nFDHA\, press release of 23.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/vote-on-preimplantation-genetic-diagnosis/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150611
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150612
DTSTAMP:20261020T173004Z
CREATED:20261016T003016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173004Z
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SUMMARY:INTERPRET celebration\, community interpreting
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the celebration of INTERPRET\, the Swiss association for community interpreting and intercultural mediation. His theme: “Das Dazwischen wird unterschätzt.” \nThe in-between is a bridge\, a cement\, a pass between two players. Switzerland\, he says\, is not only a nation of will\, but “eine Nation der Übersetzerinnen und Übersetzer”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête d’INTERPRET\, association pour l’interprétariat communautaire (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/interpret-celebration-community-interpreting/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150609
DTSTAMP:20261020T173003Z
CREATED:20261016T003012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173003Z
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SUMMARY:Fiftieth anniversary of the Swiss Union of Liberal Professions
DESCRIPTION:At the Liberal Professions Day\, Alain Berset congratulates the Swiss Union of Liberal Professions on its fiftieth anniversary: he himself\, he says\, practises a non-liberal profession\, where decisions are taken collegially. \nHe recalls that in 1885 the head of the FDHA wanted to buy two typewriters; the Federal Council authorised only one. The Union\, he concludes\, is “eine Schweiz im Kleinen”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n50 ans de l’Union suisse des professions libérales (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fiftieth-anniversary-of-the-swiss-union-of-liberal-professions/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150602
DTSTAMP:20261020T173003Z
CREATED:20261016T002133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173003Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to the European Commission
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset meets four members of the European Commission. With Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis\, responsible for the euro and social dialogue: an overview of relations between Switzerland and the EU\, and Swiss social partnership. \nWith Vytenis Andriukaitis\, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety: cooperation in public health\, in particular the coordinated fight against antibiotic resistance\, and the priorities of Health2020. He also sees Pierre Moscovici\, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs\, and Marianne Thyssen\, Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs (pensions\, older workers). \nMonday 1 June 2015 — Brussels\n\nMeeting with Valdis Dombrovskis\, Vice-President of the Commission\, Berlaymont\nMeeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis\, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety\nMeeting with Pierre Moscovici\, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs\nMeeting with Marianne Thyssen\, Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs\nPress briefing\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 01.06.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-the-european-commission/
LOCATION:Bruxelles
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150529
DTSTAMP:20261020T173002Z
CREATED:20261016T002130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173002Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Theatre Awards: Hans Reinhart Ring to Stefan Kaegi
DESCRIPTION:At the Winterthur Theatre\, Alain Berset presents the Swiss Grand Award for Theatre / Hans Reinhart Ring to Stefan Kaegi\, of the Rimini Protokoll collective. \nHis speech plays with the winner’s method\, which blurs the boundary between stage and audience: it is not impossible\, he says\, that he will begin this speech as a Federal Councillor and end it as a “Bundesrat-Darsteller”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de théâtre (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 27.05.2015\nFDHA\, speech of 28.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-theatre-awards-hans-reinhart-ring-to-stefan-kaegi/
LOCATION:Winterthour
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150528
DTSTAMP:20261020T173002Z
CREATED:20261016T002126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173002Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Institute of International Studies: memory must serve the future
DESCRIPTION:Before the Swiss Institute of International Studies\, Alain Berset speaks about the Swiss relationship with their history. The country knows how to unite opposites: “Wir sind Mythomanen und Mythen-Zertrümmerer.” Dada\, the anti-bourgeois avant-garde\, opened its gallery on the Paradeplatz in 1917. \nBut when it comes to history\, the political culture of compromise and the media culture of confrontation cross paths without meeting: the foil in Berne\, the two-handed sword in public debate. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nErinnerung muss zukunftstauglich sein (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 27.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-institute-of-international-studies-memory-must-serve-the-future/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150526
DTSTAMP:20261020T173002Z
CREATED:20261016T002121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173002Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 17th World Meteorological Congress
DESCRIPTION:At the Geneva International Conference Centre\, Alain Berset opens\, on behalf of the host state\, the 17th Congress of the WMO (25 May – 12 June). “To ensure sustainable development\, the global community needs reliable information on the state of the climate and the changes under way.” \nHe pays tribute to the outgoing Secretary-General\, Michel Jarraud. And he announces the candidacy of Professor Thomas Stocker\, Co-Chair of Working Group I\, for the chairmanship of the IPCC. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 17e Congrès de l’Organisation météorologique mondiale (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 25.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-17th-world-meteorological-congress/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150523
DTSTAMP:20261020T173001Z
CREATED:20261016T002117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173001Z
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SUMMARY:Bimillennium of Avenches
DESCRIPTION:Avenches\, the Roman Aventicum\, opens four days of celebrations for its two thousandth anniversary. Alain Berset inaugurates the “2000 Years Promenade”\, a pedestrian route through the town\, and speaks at the official ceremony. \nHe salutes the first known administrative capital of the country and calculates that a two-thousand-year-old commune would be entitled to twenty centenarian’s armchairs: a removal lorry\, on the winding road from Belfaux. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nBimillénaire d’Avenches (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nRSI\, 20.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/bimillennium-of-avenches/
LOCATION:Avenches
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150520
DTSTAMP:20261020T173001Z
CREATED:20261016T003004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173001Z
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SUMMARY:Conference of European National Librarians (CENL)
DESCRIPTION:At the Federal Palace\, Alain Berset closes the annual meeting of the Conference of European National Librarians. He opens\, in English\, with a sentence by Hilary Mantel: “I once stole a book. It was really just the once\, and at the time I called it borrowing.” \nThe book the novelist had kept had not been read in twenty-five years. Today it would be withdrawn from the shelves to free up space. “As a book-lover\, I regret this. As the Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs\, I have to welcome it.” The speech deals with digitisation and the future of national libraries. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence des bibliothécaires nationaux européens (CENL) (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/conference-of-european-national-librarians-cenl/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150519
DTSTAMP:20261020T173001Z
CREATED:20261016T002108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173001Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 68th World Health Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset welcomes the delegates on behalf of the host country. After the Ebola epidemic in West Africa\, he speaks of the resilience of health systems and recalls the role of the WHO in guaranteeing fair and affordable access to essential care. Universal health coverage is a priority of Swiss cooperation in the field of health. \nOn his initiative\, a working lunch on ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 brings together the Senegalese Health Minister\, Awa Marie Coll Seck\, the Mauritian Minister\, Anil Gayan\, and senior figures from UNAIDS\, the Global Fund and Médecins Sans Frontières. \nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is the guest speaker at the opening session. \nMonday 18 May 2015 — Geneva\n\nOpening session\, Palais des Nations: speech by Alain Berset\nSpeech by Angela Merkel\, guest speaker\nWorking lunch on HIV/AIDS with the ministers of Senegal and Mauritius\nMeeting with Hermann Gröhe\, German Health Minister\nMeeting with Micheline Calmy-Rey and the Institute of Global Health of the University of Geneva\, Swiss Mission\nSwiss reception at WHO headquarters\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n68e Assemblée mondiale de la Santé (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 18.05.2015\nFDHA\, speech of 18.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-68th-world-health-assembly/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150518
DTSTAMP:20261020T173001Z
CREATED:20261016T002959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173001Z
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SUMMARY:Solothurn Literature Days: language in politics
DESCRIPTION:At the Solothurn Literature Days\, Alain Berset speaks about the use of language in politics. He opens with a “confession” (his visit to the Pope has left its mark) and with the constraint of speaking on behalf of the collegial body: to the question “Wer bin ich – und wenn ja\, wie viele?”\, a Federal Councillor can answer: seven. \nHis remarks are aimed not only at elected officials\, but at everyone who speaks in public debate: initiative committees\, organisations\, writers of letters to the editor\, artists. “Kultur ist immer politisch.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournées littéraires de Soleure : la langue en politique (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/solothurn-literature-days-language-in-politics/
LOCATION:Soleure
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150513
DTSTAMP:20261020T173000Z
CREATED:20261016T002956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173000Z
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SUMMARY:Innovation and SME Day
DESCRIPTION:At EPFL’s SwissTech Convention Center\, the Innovation and SME Day is devoted to health and the “Health Valley”. Alain Berset opens holding… sheets of recycled paper\, whose manufacture he describes in detail: innovation is also “the struggle between the new and the old”. \nHe stresses the role of the public authorities\, which create the framework conditions\, alongside companies that know how to exploit their potential. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée de l’innovation et des PME (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/innovation-and-sme-day/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150510
DTSTAMP:20261020T173000Z
CREATED:20261016T002055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173000Z
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SUMMARY:56th Art Biennale: Swiss Pavilion and Salon Suisse
DESCRIPTION:On 8 May\, Alain Berset inaugurates the Swiss Pavilion\, where Pamela Rosenkranz is showing “Our Product”. He defends a promotion of culture that opens spaces to thought-provoking works whose primary purpose is not to respond to the market. The exhibition speaks of the loss of physical autonomy\, of the boundary between illness and health\, of nature and artifice. \nHe visits the pavilion with the Austrian Minister of Culture\, Josef Ostermayer; they discuss the promotion of culture and international exchanges. \nOn the 9th\, at the Palazzo Trevisan\, he opens Pro Helvetia’s Salon Suisse\, “S.O.S. Dada – The World Is a Mess”. Speech in German\, every sentence launched with “DA”: “Dada is never right”\, proclaimed a Paris leaflet of 1921; for a politician\, that is convenient. \nFriday 8 May 2015 — Venice\n\nVisit to the Swiss Pavilion with the curator\, Susanne Pfeffer\, and the artist\, Pamela Rosenkranz\nMeeting with Josef Ostermayer\, Austrian Minister of Arts and Culture\nInauguration of the Swiss Pavilion: speeches by Charles Beer\, President of Pro Helvetia\, and Alain Berset\n\nSaturday 9 May 2015 — Venice\n\nOpening of the Salon Suisse “S.O.S. Dada – The World Is a Mess”\, Palazzo Trevisan\nVisit to the Biennale (Arsenale\, Austrian Pavilion)\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\n56e Biennale de Venise : inauguration du pavillon suisse (French-language page)\nBiennale de Venise : ouverture du Salon Suisse « S.O.S. Dada – The World Is a Mess » (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 08.05.2015\nFDHA\, press release of 01.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/56th-art-biennale-swiss-pavilion-and-salon-suisse/
LOCATION:Venise
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150507
DTSTAMP:20261020T173000Z
CREATED:20261016T002049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T173000Z
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SUMMARY:Rome and the Vatican: swearing-in of the Swiss Guard and working visit
DESCRIPTION:On 6 May\, Alain Berset greets Pope Francis at the end of the general audience in St Peter’s Square. He meets Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher\, Secretary for Relations with States: protection of minorities\, the fight against violent extremism\, the 1\,500th anniversary of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice\, the Confederation’s support for the Pontifical Swiss Guard. \nHe visits the Swiss School of Rome and meets\, at the Swiss Institute in Rome\, a delegation from Valais\, the host canton of the swearing-in. Then two Italian ministers: Giuliano Poletti (Labour and Social Policies) on pensions and older workers; the Deputy Minister of Health\, Vito De Filippo\, on cross-border cooperation\, chronic diseases and food safety ahead of Expo Milano. \nAt the end of the day\, he attends the swearing-in of 32 new guards in the Courtyard of St Damasus\, and addresses a few words to them. \nWednesday 6 May 2015 — Vatican and Rome\n\nMass for the Swiss Guard in St Peter’s Basilica\, celebrated by the Cardinal Secretary of State\, Pietro Parolin\nMeeting with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher\nGeneral audience\, greeting of Pope Francis\nVisit to the Swiss School of Rome\nReception at the Swiss Institute in Rome with the Valais authorities\nMeeting with Giuliano Poletti\, Minister of Labour and Social Policies\nMeeting with Vito De Filippo\, Deputy Minister of Health\nSwearing-in ceremony of the Pontifical Swiss Guard\, Courtyard of St Damasus\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 01.05.2015\nFDHA\, press release of 06.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/rome-and-the-vatican-swearing-in-of-the-swiss-guard-and-working-visit/
LOCATION:Rome
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150503
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150504
DTSTAMP:20261020T172959Z
CREATED:20261016T002046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172959Z
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SUMMARY:Guest at the Glarus Landsgemeinde
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset is guest of honour at the Glarus Landsgemeinde; the official minutes list him among the guests. \nIn his speech\, he recalls that as early as 1463 the Landsgemeinde laid down the recipe for Schabziger: a designation of origin “avant la lettre”\, decided by direct democracy. The former President of the Swiss AOC-IGP Association says he is impressed. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLandsgemeinde de Glaris (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCanton of Glarus\, minutes of the Landsgemeinde of 03.05.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/guest-at-the-glarus-landsgemeinde/
LOCATION:Glaris
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150430
DTSTAMP:20261020T172959Z
CREATED:20261016T002950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172959Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 29th International Book and Press Fair
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Geneva Book Fair at Palexpo (29 April – 3 May). He begins with a provocation: “I sincerely believe that the book has had its day”\, since Twitter and its 140 characters are enough to say profound things. \nThe rest of the speech dismantles this opening and defends the book and the written press. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 29e Salon international du livre et de la presse de Genève (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nLivres Hebdo\, 03.05.2015 (dates of the fair)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-29th-international-book-and-press-fair/
LOCATION:Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150416
DTSTAMP:20261020T172958Z
CREATED:20261016T002033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172958Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Press Award 2015
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Press Awards ceremony takes place at the Hotel Bellevue\, in the presence of Alain Berset. He speaks about local journalism and press photography. \nHe worries\, with humour\, about the fashion for “Hyperlokaljournalismus”: the neighbourhood\, the street\, soon journalism “mit Selfie-Stick”. Good journalism\, he says\, looks closely at the world in which people live and knows that it helps to shape it. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSwiss Press Award 2015 : journalisme local et photographie de presse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nMarkt & Kommunikation\, 15.04.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-press-award-2015-2/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150330
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150331
DTSTAMP:20261020T172958Z
CREATED:20261016T002946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172958Z
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SUMMARY:Launch of the “Lohnmobil”\, a travelling exhibition on equal pay
DESCRIPTION:Back from Liechtenstein\, Alain Berset inaugurates the “Lohnmobil”\, a travelling exhibition on equal pay\, on the Marktgasse in St Gallen\, together with Cantonal Councillor Martin Klöti and the Mayor\, Thomas Scheitlin. \nThe figures in his speech come from St Gallen statistics: in eastern Switzerland\, women earn on average 4\,630 francs\, 1\,175 less than men. “Es geht um Gerechtigkeit – oder in der Sprache des Sports – um Fairness.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLancement du « Lohnmobil »\, exposition itinérante sur l’égalité salariale (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/launch-of-the-lohnmobil-a-travelling-exhibition-on-equal-pay/
LOCATION:Saint-Gall
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150330
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150331
DTSTAMP:20261020T172957Z
CREATED:20261016T002025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172957Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to Liechtenstein and Entrepreneurs’ Day
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset signs with Aurelia Frick\, Minister of Foreign Affairs\, Education and Culture\, a declaration of intent opening the “Youth and Music” programme to children and young people in Liechtenstein. He is received by the Head of Government\, Adrian Hasler (strong franc\, economic challenges)\, and by Hereditary Prince Alois (healthcare system\, retirement provision). \nAt the lunch given by Mauro Pedrazzini\, Minister of Social Affairs: trends in health costs\, OASI reform\, reconciling family and work. In his table speech\, he notes that new satellite measurements have reduced the area of Liechtenstein by 0.1 hectare\, and lengthened the distance between Vaduz and Berne by 50 centimetres. \nIn the afternoon\, at the Liechtenstein Entrepreneurs’ Day\, he presents ageing as an opportunity for countries that were “einst arm” and have become\, through their pragmatism\, among the most prosperous in the world. \nMonday 30 March 2015 — Vaduz\n\nMeeting with Aurelia Frick and signing of the “Youth and Music” declaration of intent\, Government Building\nCourtesy visit to the Head of Government\, Adrian Hasler\nCourtesy visit to Hereditary Prince Alois\, Vaduz Castle\nWorking lunch given by Mauro Pedrazzini\, Minister of Social Affairs\nSpeech at the Entrepreneurs’ Day\, University of Liechtenstein\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nJournée des entrepreneurs du Liechtenstein : le changement démographique\, une chance (in German\, French-language page)\nDiscours de table avec les ministres liechtensteinois Aurelia Frick et Mauro Pedrazzini (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 30.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-liechtenstein-and-entrepreneurs-day/
LOCATION:Vaduz
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150328
DTSTAMP:20261020T172957Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the “1515 Marignano” exhibition at the National Museum
DESCRIPTION:At the opening of the National Museum’s exhibition\, in the midst of the controversy over the memory of the battle\, Alain Berset refuses to treat it simply as the birth certificate of neutrality. Marignano was followed in 1516 by the “Perpetual Peace” with France\, which bound Switzerland to its neighbour for more than 250 years and supplied it with mercenaries. \nHe recalls that the Marignano myth was constructed in the 1890s\, to give the whole country a common narrative and to reintegrate the losers of the Sonderbund. His conclusion: the country needs “nationale Selbstgespräche”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nWir brauchen nationale Selbstgespräche (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 27.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-1515-marignano-exhibition-at-the-national-museum/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150320
DTSTAMP:20261020T172957Z
CREATED:20261016T002016Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to Berlin and Demography Forum
DESCRIPTION:On the evening of 18 March\, at the residence of Ambassador Tim Guldimann\, Alain Berset meets a delegation of federal parliamentarians from the Bavarian CSU: implementation of the initiative against mass immigration\, health\, social affairs. \nOn the 19th\, he speaks at the fourth Berlin Demography Forum (“Activity – Health – Participation”)\, after Health Minister Hermann Gröhe: “Population ageing makes it necessary to involve as many people as possible in economic life.” For him\, social inclusion is a condition for democracy to function properly. \nWith Hermann Gröhe: dementia\, access to high-quality basic medicine\, medicine prices\, antibiotic resistance\, WHO reform. With Andrea Nahles\, Minister of Labour: the reform of retirement provision and a more flexible retirement age. \nWednesday 18 March 2015 — Berlin\n\nDinner debate with CSU federal parliamentarians at the residence of the Swiss Ambassador\n\nThursday 19 March 2015 — Berlin\n\nBerlin Demography Forum\, ESMT: speech by Alain Berset\nCourtesy visit to the Bundestag Health Committee\nWorking lunch with Hermann Gröhe\, Federal Minister of Health\, and joint press briefing\nMeeting with Andrea Nahles\, Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nForum de Berlin sur la démographie : « Le changement démographique\, une chance pour la démocratie » (in German\, French-language page)\nDiscours de table au dîner offert par le ministre allemand de la santé Hermann Gröhe (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 19.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-berlin-and-demography-forum/
LOCATION:Berlin
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150313
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150314
DTSTAMP:20261020T172957Z
CREATED:20261016T002011Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Film Award: open letter to Jean-Luc Godard
DESCRIPTION:“Der Kreis” by Stefan Haupt wins four Quartz awards\, including Best Fiction Film. The Honorary Award goes to Jean-Luc Godard\, absent for health reasons\, who addresses the audience by video. \nAlain Berset reads an “Open letter to Jean-Luc Godard\, from the minister of culture with a c”\, echoing Godard’s 1966 letter to “André Malraux\, ministre de la Kultur”. “If I present you with an honorary award of Swiss cinema\, it is not so much you as I who am honoured.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix du cinéma suisse 2015 (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 13.03.2015\nFDHA\, speech of 13.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-film-award-open-letter-to-jean-luc-godard/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150302
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150303
DTSTAMP:20261020T172956Z
CREATED:20261016T003113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172956Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Culinary Championships
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks before the prize-giving of the Swiss Culinary Championships. The speech extends the metaphor: “Im Bundesrat haben wir sieben Köchinnen und Köche\, die politisch backen\, braten\, grillieren – zum Glück nicht einander.” \nSwiss democracy\, he says\, turns the proverb on its head: the more cooks\, the better. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nChampionnats suisses de cuisine (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-culinary-championships/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150302
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150303
DTSTAMP:20261020T172956Z
CREATED:20261016T002001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172956Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with the Swiss Council of Religions
DESCRIPTION:After the Paris attacks in January\, Alain Berset receives the Swiss Council of Religions in Berne. He assures the communities that the Federal Council shares their concern at the rise of hostility towards people of the Muslim and Jewish faiths. \n“Social cohesion cannot be taken for granted\,” he says. He welcomes the calls for respect made by the Christian and Jewish communities and by the Muslim umbrella organisations\, and their condemnation of racism\, and invites them to step up interfaith dialogue. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 02.03.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-the-swiss-council-of-religions/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150220
DTSTAMP:20261020T172956Z
CREATED:20261016T001957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172956Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Literature Awards: Grand Award to Adolf Muschg
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset presents the Swiss Literature Awards for the third time. The Grand Award goes to Adolf Muschg\, novelist and essayist\, professor at ETH Zurich from 1970 to 1999. Awards go to Dorothee Elmiger\, Eleonore Frey\, Hanna Johansen\, Guy Krneta\, Frédéric Pajak\, Claudia Quadri and Noëlle Revaz; the special mediation prize to the “Roman des Romands”. \nHis speech is about Muschg’s critical patriotism\, his “intime Halb-Distanz” from Switzerland. He admits to having quoted him several times already without naming him. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nNoch bessere Fragen stellen. Adolf Muschgs Art des Patriotismus (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 19.02.2015\nFDHA\, speech of 19.02.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-literature-awards-grand-award-to-adolf-muschg/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150131
DTSTAMP:20261020T172956Z
CREATED:20261016T001953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172956Z
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SUMMARY:Centenary of the Swiss Tenants’ Association
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Tenants’ Association (ASLOCA / Mieterverband) celebrates its hundredth anniversary in Biel/Bienne\, where it was founded in 1915. Alain Berset speaks\, in German and in French. \nHe opens with the “professional bias” of a minister of social insurance: a centenary makes him think of OASI funding. He quotes Woody Allen\, then defends social mix in towns and neighbourhoods: “Outside social mix\, there is no salvation.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCentenaire de l’ASLOCA Suisse (Mieterverband) (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSRF\, January 2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/centenary-of-the-swiss-tenants-association/
LOCATION:Bienne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150127
DTSTAMP:20261020T172955Z
CREATED:20261016T001949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172955Z
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SUMMARY:Second Health2020 national conference: coordinated care
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens and closes the second Health2020 national conference\, devoted to the coordination of care. Around 10% of patients account for 70 to 80% of care; they are often chronically ill\, and for them poorly coordinated care means lower quality\, unnecessary treatment and superfluous costs. \nHe opens with the Davos Forum\, where the world was described as “kaum mehr steuerbar”: a phrase that sounds familiar to a health minister. In closing\, he returns to the patient testimonies shown during the day: the family doctor and the specialist who do not talk to each other\, the data that do not circulate. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDeuxième conférence nationale Santé2020 (in German\, French-language page)\nDeuxième conférence nationale Santé2020 : mot de clôture (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 26.01.2015
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/second-health2020-national-conference-coordinated-care/
LOCATION:Berne
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