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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141203
DTSTAMP:20261020T172954Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives in Bern the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church\, Ignatius Ephrem II Karim\, on a pastoral visit to Switzerland. \nThe Patriarch describes the situation of the Christian minorities in Syria and Iraq\, persecuted by jihadist groups. Alain Berset recalls that the rights of religious and ethnic minorities are principles of the rule of law\, and presents Switzerland’s humanitarian engagement in the region since 2011. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 02.12.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-syriac-orthodox-patriarch-ignatius-ephrem-ii/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141202
DTSTAMP:20261020T172953Z
CREATED:20261016T005325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172953Z
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SUMMARY:Ten years of the Disability Discrimination Act
DESCRIPTION:The FDHA brings together some 150 people\, including many experts with disabilities\, to mark ten years of the Disability Discrimination Act. The motto of the International Day on 3 December: “We too have our say”. \nAlain Berset makes the participation of people with disabilities a test for Switzerland\, “the country where everyone has their say”. He announces a new strategy that will make equality for people with disabilities a cross-cutting issue. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nParticiper rime avec codécider (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 01.12.2014\nFDHA\, speech of 01.12.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/ten-years-of-the-disability-discrimination-act/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141127
DTSTAMP:20261020T172953Z
CREATED:20261016T005322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172953Z
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SUMMARY:Reception for Claude Hêche\, President of the Council of States
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, a citizen of Jura becomes president of one of the chambers of the Federal Assembly. Alain Berset speaks at the reception for Claude Hêche in Jura: “this day is a historic day”. \nHe recalls the long period of tension that began in 1947 and the role of poets in the emancipation of Jura\, quoting the “Ode au pays qui ne veut pas mourir”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nClaude Hêche (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 26.11.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/reception-for-claude-heche-president-of-the-council-of-states/
LOCATION:Courroux
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141120
DTSTAMP:20261020T172952Z
CREATED:20261016T005318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172952Z
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SUMMARY:Old-Age Provision 2020: the dispatch to Parliament
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council adopts the dispatch on the Old-Age Provision 2020 reform and submits it to Parliament. The first and second pillars are reformed together. \nThe main measures: a reference age of 65 for women and men; retirement chosen between 62 and 70\, full or partial; adjustment of the minimum conversion rate in occupational pensions\, with compensatory measures; additional financing for OASI. On the same day\, the Federal Council rejects the “AHVplus” initiative. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 19.11.2014\nFDHA\, press release of 19.11.2014 (AHVplus)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/old-age-provision-2020-the-dispatch-to-parliament/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141101
DTSTAMP:20261020T172952Z
CREATED:20261016T005315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172952Z
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SUMMARY:Inauguration of the new Geneva Ethnography Museum
DESCRIPTION:The new MEG building opens on the evening of 31 October. Alain Berset speaks in the presence of the Peruvian Minister of Culture: the exhibition “Les rois mochica” was born of a collaboration between the two countries. \nHe opens with the ethnologist Marcel Appenzzell\, who set off in 1932 to observe the Kubus of Sumatra\, who constantly avoided him: a parable on encountering the other\, the guiding thread of an ethnography museum. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nInauguration du nouveau Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nAtelier Brückner\, press release of 30.10.2014 (opening date)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/inauguration-of-the-new-geneva-ethnography-museum/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141101
DTSTAMP:20261020T172951Z
CREATED:20261016T005311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172951Z
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SUMMARY:EDK assembly: national languages at school
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset takes part in the annual assembly of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education\, at the Basel Fair\, at a time when several German-speaking cantons are calling into question the early teaching of French. \nHe takes a clear position: if harmonisation is no longer guaranteed\, “wird der Bund von seiner subsidiären Kompetenz Gebrauch machen\, die ihm die Verfassung gibt”. Federalism\, he says\, does not mean that everyone does what they like on their own territory\, whatever it costs Switzerland. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAssemblée plénière de la CDIP : l’enseignement des langues nationales (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCanton of Basel-Stadt\, press release of October 2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/edk-assembly-national-languages-at-school/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141029
DTSTAMP:20261020T172951Z
CREATED:20261016T005308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172951Z
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SUMMARY:Old-Age Provision 2020 before the ASIP
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Pension Fund Association asks the question: “Altersvorsorge 2020 – zielführender Weg oder vorprogrammierter Absturz?”. Alain Berset thanks it for the question mark. \nBefore second-pillar specialists\, he can\, for once\, go into the detail without restraint: conversion rate\, intervention mechanism\, abolition of the coordination deduction\, three weeks before the adoption of the dispatch. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrévoyance vieillesse 2020 devant l’Association suisse des institutions de prévoyance (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/old-age-provision-2020-before-the-asip/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141022
DTSTAMP:20261020T172951Z
CREATED:20261016T005304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172951Z
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SUMMARY:6th ASEM Culture Ministers’ Meeting
DESCRIPTION:For the first time\, Switzerland\, a member of ASEM since 2012\, takes part in the meeting of culture ministers from Asia and Europe\, devoted to the creative industries. In Switzerland\, in 2011\, they accounted for more than 260\,000 jobs in some 70\,000 companies. \nOn the sidelines\, Alain Berset holds talks with the Dutch Minister of Culture\, Jet Bussemaker; with the Chinese Vice-Minister of Culture\, Ding Wei\, on Pro Helvetia’s Shanghai office and the cultural property agreement signed in Beijing in 2013; with Latvian representatives ahead of the Latvian EU Presidency; and with the Flemish Minister of Culture\, Sven Gatz\, on language issues. \nMonday 20 October 2014 — Rotterdam\n\nOpening ceremony\nPlenary session on the creative industries: statement by Switzerland\nTalks with Rihards Kols\, Parliamentary Secretary of the Latvian Ministry of Culture\nTalks with Jet Bussemaker\, Dutch Minister of Education\, Culture and Science\nTalks with Sven Gatz\, Flemish Minister of Culture\nWorkshop “Creative Entrepreneurs”\nTalks with Ding Wei\, Chinese Vice-Minister of Culture\, at the Nederlands Fotomuseum\nWelcome dinner at the City Hall\n\nTuesday 21 October 2014 — Rotterdam\n\nVisit to Codarts\, university of the performing arts\n\nSources \n\nSchweizer Musikzeitung\, October 2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/6th-asem-culture-ministers-meeting/
LOCATION:Rotterdam
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140929
DTSTAMP:20261020T172951Z
CREATED:20261016T005301Z
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SUMMARY:Popular vote: public health insurance fund rejected
DESCRIPTION:The people and the cantons reject the initiative “For a public health insurance fund”\, with 61.8% voting no. Four French-speaking cantons accept it\, led by Jura. \nThe Federal Council\, through the FDHA\, had recommended rejection: the system of 61 private insurers has proved its worth\, and the reforms under way\, including the Health Insurance Supervision Act\, are correcting its weaknesses. \nSources \n\nSwissvotes\, vote of 28.09.2014\nFDHA\, press release of 16.06.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/popular-vote-public-health-insurance-fund-rejected/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140924
DTSTAMP:20261020T172950Z
CREATED:20261016T005259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172950Z
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SUMMARY:Regional Conference for Europe of the World Organisation for Animal Health
DESCRIPTION:In Bern\, Alain Berset opens the 26th conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe\, bringing together delegates from more than fifty states in Europe and Central Asia. The year is that of the centenary of the Swiss Veterinary Service and of the creation of the FSVO. \nHe stresses the importance of the international alert network against animal epidemics. The delegates discuss African swine fever in Eastern Europe and the preparedness of veterinary services for crises. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n26e Conférence régionale pour l’Europe de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé animale (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFSVO\, press release of 29.09.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/regional-conference-for-europe-of-the-world-organisation-for-animal-health/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140922
DTSTAMP:20261020T172950Z
CREATED:20261016T005255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172950Z
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SUMMARY:1\,500 years of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset takes part in the 1\,500th anniversary jubilee of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice\, founded in 515. He opens with a sonnet by Louise Labé: only a great love\, he says\, could have given rise to this place. \nHe praises the architecture of the basilica set against the cliff\, the teaching of the college and the abbey’s treasury\, and makes tolerance and education “ingredients of culture” against conflict. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nJubilé des 1500 ans de l’Abbaye de Saint-Maurice (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 21.09.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/1500-years-of-the-abbey-of-saint-maurice/
LOCATION:Saint-Maurice
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140920
DTSTAMP:20261020T172950Z
CREATED:20261016T005251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172950Z
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SUMMARY:First Swiss Grand Award for Music
DESCRIPTION:At the Lausanne Opera\, the FOC presents the Swiss Grand Award for Music for the first time\, in the presence of Alain Berset. The winner\, chosen from fifteen nominees\, is Franz Treichler of the Young Gods; the award carries 100\,000 francs. \n“The most impatient will say: At last! The others will say: There we are.” He points out the paradox: music\, one of the oldest arts\, receives the last of the Swiss culture awards. And he sums up the country’s diversity in one sentence: “A piano has no accent.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPremier Grand Prix suisse de musique (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 19.09.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-swiss-grand-award-for-music/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140920
DTSTAMP:20261020T172950Z
CREATED:20261016T005247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172950Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Comptoir Suisse
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Comptoir Suisse\, whose guest of honour is the Swiss National Park. He begins by quoting the speech given at the same place in 1962 by the Vaud Federal Councillor Paul Chaudet\, chiselled in a “technical federal language”. \nHe uses it to talk about the role of national fairs in a prosperous country\, with a passage on wine-growing. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Comptoir Suisse 2014 (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-comptoir-suisse/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140918
DTSTAMP:20261020T172949Z
CREATED:20261016T005243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172949Z
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SUMMARY:Distinction romande d’architecture
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset presents the Distinction romande d’architecture. He opens with a story by Thomas Bernhard\, in “The Voice Imitator”: the mayors of Pisa and Venice wanted to swap the leaning tower and the campanile\, and ended up committed to an asylum. \nFrom it he draws a reflection on the link between architecture\, place and identity. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDistinction romande d’architecture (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/distinction-romande-darchitecture-2/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140913
DTSTAMP:20261020T172948Z
CREATED:20261016T005239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172948Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Media Congress
DESCRIPTION:At the publishers’ congress\, Alain Berset gives his clearest speech of the year on Swiss identity: “Verschweizerung – aber richtig!”. He opens with Einstein: if the world were to end\, he would want to be in Switzerland\, where everything happens a little later. \nGlobalisation and Europeanisation are questioning Swiss identity. “Die einfachste Antwort wäre natürlich Nationalismus.” But multilingual Switzerland cannot answer “Wir sind wir!”. He also reminds the publishers of their responsibility towards the French-language press\, naming Ringier and Tamedia. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCongrès des médias suisses (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 12.09.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-media-congress/
LOCATION:Interlaken
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140912
DTSTAMP:20261020T172949Z
CREATED:20261016T005236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172949Z
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SUMMARY:Visit by Austrian minister Rudolf Hundstorfer
DESCRIPTION:Five months after Vienna\, Alain Berset receives the Austrian Minister of Labour and Social Affairs\, Rudolf Hundstorfer\, in Fribourg. On the agenda: Old-Age Provision 2020\, demographic ageing and invalidity insurance. \nTo show reintegration in practice\, the two ministers visit a crêperie that employs people with disabilities and a centre for socio-professional integration. The Austrian minister had met Johann N. Schneider-Ammann in Bern that morning. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDéjeuner avec le ministre autrichien des affaires sociales Rudolf Hundstorfer (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA and EAER\, press release of 11.09.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/visit-by-austrian-minister-rudolf-hundstorfer/
LOCATION:Fribourg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140910
DTSTAMP:20261020T172948Z
CREATED:20261016T005232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172948Z
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SUMMARY:First culture summit of the parliamentary group for culture
DESCRIPTION:The parliamentary group for culture holds its first “Kulturgipfel”\, devoted to the Culture Message 2016–2019. Alain Berset compares the exercise to mountaineering: one meets political pitfalls\, perhaps crevasses. He quotes Daudet’s Tartarin\, who is told that Switzerland is an open “Kursaal”. \nThe substance concerns cohesion and languages: “Wenn wir die Sprachfrage nicht mehr ernst nehmen\, schwächen wir die Schweiz von innen.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPremier sommet culturel : la Suisse\, pays de la créativité (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-culture-summit-of-the-parliamentary-group-for-culture/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140823
DTSTAMP:20261020T172948Z
CREATED:20261016T005228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172948Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting of the German-speaking health ministers
DESCRIPTION:At the Kleine Scheidegg\, facing the Eiger\, the Mönch and the Jungfrau\, Alain Berset hosts the “health quintet”: Hermann Gröhe (Germany)\, Alois Stöger (Austria)\, Lydia Mutsch (Luxembourg) and Mauro Pedrazzini (Liechtenstein). It is the second meeting\, after Münster in 2013\, and the first with five participants. \nThe ministers discuss quality and patient safety: in Switzerland\, some 70\,000 hospital patients a year contract a hospital-acquired infection. They also discuss dementia care. Their final declaration provides for stronger exchanges. \nThursday 21 August 2014 — Lauterbrunnen and Kleine Scheidegg\n\nJourney by historic train from Lauterbrunnen to the Kleine Scheidegg\nPresentation of the FOPH campaigns against measles and antibiotic resistance\nMinisters’ dinner: dinner speech\n\nFriday 22 August 2014 — Kleine Scheidegg\n\nWorking session on hospital-acquired infections and quality transparency\, with a presentation by Professor Andreas F. Widmer of the University Hospital Basel\nSession on dementia strategies\, introduced by Hermann Gröhe\nMedicine prices and preparation of the 2015 meeting in Austria\, introduced by Alois Stöger\nAdoption of the final declaration\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nRencontre des ministres de la santé germanophones : dîner à la Petite Scheidegg (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 18.08.2014\nFDHA\, press release of 22.08.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-of-the-german-speaking-health-ministers/
LOCATION:Petite Scheidegg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140817
DTSTAMP:20261020T172947Z
CREATED:20261016T005224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172947Z
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SUMMARY:92nd Congress of the Swiss Abroad
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset addresses the 92nd Congress of the Swiss Abroad. He opens with a list: without the Swiss Abroad\, no Ritz hotel\, no Chevrolet\, no Golden Gate Bridge\, no Madame Tussaud. If they formed a canton\, with nearly 750\,000 people\, it would be the fourth largest in the country. \nHis title states the point: “Niemand kennt die Schweiz so gut wie die Auslandschweizer”. He stresses the Swiss schools abroad: “Bildung ist unsere wichtigste Ressource.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nNiemand kennt die Schweiz so gut wie die Auslandschweizer (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 16.08.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/92nd-congress-of-the-swiss-abroad/
LOCATION:Baden
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140806
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140810
DTSTAMP:20261020T172947Z
CREATED:20261016T005221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172947Z
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SUMMARY:67th Locarno Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the 67th Festival at the town’s reception\, alongside Mayor Carla Speziali\, President Marco Solari and Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian. He issues a warning there: a few months before the Milan Expo\, “it would be highly regrettable if Ticino did not take part”. \nOn 7 August\, before the press\, he presents the main lines of the Culture Message 2016–2019\, cultural participation\, social cohesion\, creation and innovation\, as well as the compensatory measures for the MEDIA programme\, to which the Federal Council wants to be readmitted as soon as possible. On 8 August\, he speaks at the Monte Verità lunch in Ascona\, then at the gala of the Leopard Club\, the festival’s circle of patrons. \nWednesday 6 August 2014 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with the Festival management\nOfficial inauguration at the Scuola Magistrale: speech\nOpening film on the Piazza Grande\n\nThursday 7 August 2014 — Locarno\n\nPress conference at the Palazzo Morettini: cultural policy and MEDIA compensatory measures\nMedia interviews\n\nFriday 8 August 2014 — Ascona and Locarno\n\nLunch hosted by the Festival at Monte Verità\, in the presence of State Councillor Manuele Bertoli: address\nAperitif of the Federal Office of Culture\nLeopard Club gala: address\n\nSaturday 9 August 2014 — Locarno\n\nMeeting with federal parliamentarians\, organised by the FOC\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 67e Festival du film de Locarno (French-language page)\nFestival de Locarno : réception du Monte Verità (French-language page)\nFestival de Locarno : Leopard Club (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 07.08.2014\nVareseNews\, August 2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/67th-locarno-film-festival/
LOCATION:Locarno
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140801
DTSTAMP:20261020T172946Z
CREATED:20261016T005215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172946Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in Sursee
DESCRIPTION:On the Martigny square\, a symbol of Sursee’s twinning with the Valais town\, Alain Berset gives a National Day speech devoted to cohesion: “Wir sind das Land der Brückenbauer.” \nHe recalls the great Swiss engineers\, including Othmar Ammann from Schaffhausen\, whom he presents as the builder of the Golden Gate Bridge. “Auch als politische Brückenbauer sind wir wirklich gut.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête nationale : la Suisse\, pays des bâtisseurs de ponts politiques (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-sursee/
LOCATION:Sursee
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140801
DTSTAMP:20261020T172946Z
CREATED:20261016T005211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172946Z
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SUMMARY:National Day in La Chaux-de-Fonds
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset celebrates National Day in La Chaux-de-Fonds. He starts from the bust of Louis Chevrolet\, a native of the town\, and the motto engraved on a memorial in Indianapolis: “Never give up”. The town\, shaken by the watchmaking crisis of the 1970s\, managed to diversify. \nHis message\, “Let us learn to appreciate otherness”: 130 mobile phones per 100 inhabitants are not enough to talk to one another. He congratulates the town on its twinning with Winterthur and hopes that every municipality will twin with a town in another language region. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSachons apprécier l’altérité (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 31.07.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-day-in-la-chaux-de-fonds/
LOCATION:La Chaux-de-Fonds
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140706
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140707
DTSTAMP:20261020T172946Z
CREATED:20261016T005208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172946Z
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SUMMARY:Federal Yodelling Festival
DESCRIPTION:On the Sunday morning of the Federal Yodelling Festival\, at the Davos ice rink\, Alain Berset brings the greetings of the Federal Council. Two years after the French-speaking Swiss yodelling festival\, he no longer calls himself a novice: he knows that the glottal stroke has nothing of a combat sport. \n“Wir müssen also gar nicht immer als Willensnation durch den Röstigraben waten – wir können einfach fröhlich über ihn hinweg jodeln.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFête fédérale des yodleurs (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nPlattform J\, 09.07.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/federal-yodelling-festival-2/
LOCATION:Davos
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140617
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SUMMARY:Swiss Art Awards
DESCRIPTION:On the sidelines of Art Basel\, the FOC presents the Swiss Art Awards 2014 in the presence of Alain Berset: eight artists\, including !Mediengruppe Bitnik\, Vanessa Billy\, Claudia Comte and Emilie Ding\, an architects’ collective and an art mediator. \nHe opens with Arnold Böcklin\, a member of the first Federal Art Commission in 1888: “Nichts können ist noch lange keine neue Richtung.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses d’art à Bâle (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 16.06.2014\nFDHA\, speech of 16.06.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-art-awards-2/
LOCATION:Bâle
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140608
DTSTAMP:20261020T172945Z
CREATED:20261016T005201Z
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SUMMARY:14th Venice Architecture Biennale
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset inaugurates the Swiss pavilion at the 14th Architecture Biennale\, in the presence of curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. His speech\, in the Giardini\, summons Lucius Burckhardt\, sociologist and planning theorist\, and the science he made of it\, “Promenadologie”. \nOn 7 June\, he opens the Salon Suisse at the Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi\, devoted to architecture in 2114\, starting from Barjavel’s “Ravage” and its architect “Le Cornemusier”. He holds talks with Dario Franceschini\, Italian Minister of Culture\, on the cultural property agreement and the Milan Expo 2015\, then visits the Austrian and Swiss pavilions with Josef Ostermayer. \nFriday 6 June 2014 — Venice\n\nInauguration of the Swiss pavilion: speech\nPress briefing\nTour of the pavilion\n\nSaturday 7 June 2014 — Venice\n\nTalks with Dario Franceschini\, Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism\nVisit to the State Archives\, digitisation project run with EPFL\nOpening of the Salon Suisse at the Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi: address\nVisit to Rem Koolhaas’s international pavilion\nVisit to the Austrian and Swiss pavilions with Josef Ostermayer\, Austrian Minister of Culture\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nBiennale d’architecture de Venise (French-language page)\nBiennale d’architecture : Salon suisse (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 05.06.2014\nFDHA\, press release of 07.06.2014\nFDHA\, speech of 06.06.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/14th-venice-architecture-biennale/
LOCATION:Venise
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140603
DTSTAMP:20261020T172945Z
CREATED:20261016T005156Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Mauro Pedrazzini\, Liechtenstein minister
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset receives in Bern the Liechtenstein Government Councillor Mauro Pedrazzini\, responsible for health and social affairs. \nThe two ministers confirm regional cooperation in inpatient and outpatient care and discuss old-age provision reforms and flexible retirement age models. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 02.06.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-mauro-pedrazzini-liechtenstein-minister/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140528
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140529
DTSTAMP:20261020T172944Z
CREATED:20261016T005153Z
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SUMMARY:Culture Message 2016–2019 sent out for consultation
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council opens the consultation on the Culture Message 2016–2019. Alain Berset presents it to the press with the Director of the FOC\, Isabelle Chassot: three axes\, cultural participation\, social cohesion\, creation and innovation\, and 894.6 million francs over four years. \n“Mit einem Wachstum von 3\,4 Prozent pro Jahr anerkennt der Bundesrat\, wie wichtig die Kultur für unseren nationalen Zusammenhalt ist.” \nSources \n\nSRF\, 28.05.2014\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 28.05.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/culture-message-2016-2019-sent-out-for-consultation/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140524
DTSTAMP:20261020T172944Z
CREATED:20261016T005151Z
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SUMMARY:Handover of the direction of the Théâtre des Osses
DESCRIPTION:Gisèle Sallin and Véronique Mermoud hand over the direction of the Théâtre des Osses\, Fribourg’s drama centre\, to the Pasquier-Rossier company. Alain Berset speaks at the ceremony. \nHe quotes Antonin Artaud and his call for “a theatre that events do not outstrip”: the phrase\, he says\, sums up the founders’ work. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPassation de la direction du Théâtre des Osses (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/handover-of-the-direction-of-the-theatre-des-osses/
LOCATION:Givisiez
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140524
DTSTAMP:20261020T172944Z
CREATED:20261016T005147Z
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SUMMARY:Talks with Canadian minister Jason Kenney
DESCRIPTION:Jason Kenney\, Canadian Minister of Employment\, Social Development and Multiculturalism\, is received in Bern by Johann N. Schneider-Ammann and Alain Berset. \nWith Alain Berset\, the talks cover the cultural diversity of the two countries\, the preservation of multilingualism and the fight against racism. \nSources \n\nEAER and FDHA\, press release of 23.05.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/talks-with-canadian-minister-jason-kenney/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140522
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140523
DTSTAMP:20261020T172943Z
CREATED:20261016T005144Z
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SUMMARY:First Swiss Theatre Awards
DESCRIPTION:At the Winterthur theatre\, during the first Swiss Theatre Meeting\, the FOC presents the Swiss Theatre Awards for the first time\, in the presence of Alain Berset. Omar Porras\, founder of the Teatro Malandro\, receives the Grand Award / Hans Reinhart Ring; Nikola Weisse and Fabienne Hadorn are honoured as outstanding actresses. \nHis speech\, “Theatre – the land of truth”\, opens with a statistic: on Google\, “Kulturpessimismus” yields far more results than “Kulturoptimismus”. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de théâtre 2014 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 22.05.2014\nFDHA\, speech of 22.05.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/first-swiss-theatre-awards/
LOCATION:Winterthour
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