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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140706
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140617
DTSTAMP:20261020T172946Z
CREATED:20261016T005204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172946Z
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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
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172945Z
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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
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172945Z
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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
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172944Z
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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
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172944Z
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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
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172944Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140520
DTSTAMP:20261020T172943Z
CREATED:20261016T005141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172943Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 67th World Health Assembly
DESCRIPTION:At the Palais des Nations\, Alain Berset delivers the opening speech of the 67th World Health Assembly. It focuses on the climate: floods\, droughts\, diseases transmitted by insects or water. “So it is a public health issue\,” he repeats. He jokes about his portfolio\, which also includes statistics and meteorology. \nDuring the day\, he meets the Lithuanian Minister of Health\, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis\, and brings together heads of international organisations on primary health care\, including Michel Sidibé (UNAIDS) and Mark Dybul (Global Fund). In the afternoon\, he debates the health challenges after the vote of 9 February at the Swiss Press Club. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nAssemblée mondiale de la Santé à Genève (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 16.05.2014\nFDHA\, speech of 19.05.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-67th-world-health-assembly/
LOCATION:Genève
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140519
DTSTAMP:20261020T172943Z
CREATED:20261016T005137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172943Z
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SUMMARY:Popular vote: 88% yes to primary medical care
DESCRIPTION:The people and all the cantons approve the constitutional article on primary medical care\, the counter-proposal to the initiative “Yes to family medicine”. The yes vote reaches 88%\, more than two million votes. \nAlain Berset speaks of a “clear signal” and of a mandate given to the political world to face “the major challenges ahead for our health system”\, first and foremost “the shortage of general practitioners and the increase in the number of chronic diseases”. An ordinance is to raise family doctors’ income by 200 million francs. \nSources \n\nLe Temps\, 19.05.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/popular-vote-88-yes-to-primary-medical-care/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140518
DTSTAMP:20261020T172942Z
CREATED:20261016T005134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172942Z
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SUMMARY:Fondation Beyeler: opening of the Gerhard Richter exhibition
DESCRIPTION:At the Fondation Beyeler\, Alain Berset opens the exhibition “Gerhard Richter: Pictures/Series”. He starts with a difficulty: two things annoy Richter\, being told that his work is wonderful\, and talk about painting. \nHis speech\, “Gerhard Richter – Offenheit als Identität”\, makes the openness and variety of the work a form of identity. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nFondation Beyeler (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 17.05.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fondation-beyeler-opening-of-the-gerhard-richter-exhibition/
LOCATION:Riehen
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140517
DTSTAMP:20261020T172942Z
CREATED:20261016T005130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172942Z
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SUMMARY:75th assembly of the Conference of Cantonal Directors of Social Affairs
DESCRIPTION:Before the SODK\, meeting for its 75th annual assembly\, in the presence of the Minister of Social Affairs of Baden-Württemberg\, Alain Berset outlines federal social policy. \nHe recounts the question an Indian minister had put to him: what advice would he give for reforming a country like India? The Swiss answer\, he says\, lies in the patient search for compromise. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n75e assemblée annuelle de la Conférence des directeurs cantonaux des affaires sociales (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/75th-assembly-of-the-conference-of-cantonal-directors-of-social-affairs/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140511
DTSTAMP:20261020T172942Z
CREATED:20261016T005126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172942Z
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SUMMARY:Fundraising dinner of the International Institute for the Rights of the Child
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset speaks at the fundraising dinner of the International Institute for the Rights of the Child (IDE)\, in the presence of the President of the Valais government. \nHe draws on Walter Benjamin’s “Berlin Childhood” to recall that the carefreeness of childhood is not given to everyone. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nSouper de charité en faveur de l’Institut international des droits de l’enfant (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/fundraising-dinner-of-the-international-institute-for-the-rights-of-the-child/
LOCATION:Monthey
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140506
DTSTAMP:20261020T172941Z
CREATED:20261016T005123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172941Z
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SUMMARY:Primary medical care before the Ordine dei medici
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of the Ordine dei medici of the canton of Ticino\, Alain Berset defends the constitutional article on primary medical care at the USI. He opens with Hermann Hesse: “L’arrivo a Lugano non è stato esaltante”\, he wrote in 1927\, before staying there for thirty-five years. \nHe describes a family doctor’s waiting room\, from the feverish child to the 84-year-old patient in for her check-ups\, to show what primary care achieves every day. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nVotation sur les soins médicaux de base (Lugano) (in Italian\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nRSI\, May 2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/primary-medical-care-before-the-ordine-dei-medici/
LOCATION:Lugano
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140501
DTSTAMP:20261020T172941Z
CREATED:20261016T005119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172941Z
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SUMMARY:Primary medical care: talk in Fribourg
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset defends the article on primary medical care in Fribourg. He makes it concrete with a story: Mrs Jungo\, 83\, with a heart condition and diabetes\, leaves hospital after a hip fracture and returns home\, where she lives alone. \nAround her\, a chain of professionals: physiotherapist\, occupational therapist\, home care\, family doctor. The constitutional article\, he says\, aims to ensure that this chain holds everywhere in Switzerland. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nVotation sur les soins médicaux de base (Fribourg) (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/primary-medical-care-talk-in-fribourg/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140430
DTSTAMP:20261020T172941Z
CREATED:20261016T005115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172941Z
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SUMMARY:Informal meeting of European Union health ministers
DESCRIPTION:At the invitation of Greek Health Minister Spyridon-Adonis Georgiadis\, whose country holds the EU Presidency\, Alain Berset takes part in the informal meeting of health ministers. Switzerland is regularly invited. \nTwo topics: migration and public health\, then the economic crisis and health systems. Since 2002 Switzerland has run a national Migration and Health programme\, extended until 2017. On the sidelines\, he holds bilateral talks with several ministers. \nMonday 28 April 2014 — Athens\n\nTalks with Lydia Mutsch\, Luxembourg Minister of Health\nTalks with Bent Høie\, Norwegian Minister of Health\nMinisters’ working lunch on eHealth and innovation\nSession “Migration and public health”\nTalks with Spyridon-Adonis Georgiadis\, Greek Minister of Health\nDinner at the Acropolis Museum\n\nTuesday 29 April 2014 — Athens\n\nSession “Economic crisis and health care”\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 25.04.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/informal-meeting-of-european-union-health-ministers/
LOCATION:Athènes
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140416
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140417
DTSTAMP:20261020T172941Z
CREATED:20261016T005113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172941Z
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SUMMARY:Primary medical care: talk in Lucerne
DESCRIPTION:One month before the vote\, Alain Berset defends the constitutional article on primary medical care in Lucerne. He quotes the humanist Albrecht von Bonstetten\, for whom Lucerne was “recht Nabel und das Mittel der Eidgenossenschaft”\, and takes care to remain neutral between the carnivals of Lucerne and Basel. \nThe argument: medicine needs both cutting-edge care and primary care\, and the latter rests on family doctors\, who lack successors. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nVotation sur les soins médicaux de base (Lucerne) (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/primary-medical-care-talk-in-lucerne/
LOCATION:Lucerne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140416
DTSTAMP:20261020T172940Z
CREATED:20261016T005109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172940Z
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SUMMARY:The Federal Council receives the Sochi athletes
DESCRIPTION:The Federal Council receives some 70 athletes from the Sochi Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at the Federal Palace: 12 medals and 30 diplomas\, 7th place in the medal table. \nThe President of the Confederation\, Didier Burkhalter\, gives the address; Alain Berset and Ueli Maurer\, Minister of Sport\, convey the government’s congratulations with him. \nSources \n\nDDPS\, press release of 15.04.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/the-federal-council-receives-the-sochi-athletes/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140416
DTSTAMP:20261020T172939Z
CREATED:20261016T005106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172939Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Geneva Health Forum
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Geneva Health Forum\, devoted to global health: non-communicable diseases\, emerging epidemics\, access to medicines in disadvantaged countries\, inequalities in access to care. \nHe argues for cooperation between sectors and quotes Hubert Reeves: “To explore the field of the possible\, tinkering is the most effective method.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du Geneva Health Forum 2014 (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-geneva-health-forum/
LOCATION:Genève
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140410
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140411
DTSTAMP:20261020T172939Z
CREATED:20261016T005103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172939Z
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SUMMARY:Centenary of the Swiss Veterinary Service
DESCRIPTION:Back from Vienna\, Alain Berset celebrates the hundredth anniversary of the Swiss Veterinary Service\, three months after the creation of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO). \nHe starts from current events: African swine fever has reached Lithuania and Poland\, and the FSVO restricted imports from 27 February. “Zum Glück gibt es das BLV!” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nCentenaire du Service vétérinaire suisse (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/centenary-of-the-swiss-veterinary-service/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140409
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140411
DTSTAMP:20261020T172939Z
CREATED:20261016T005059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172939Z
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SUMMARY:Working visit to Vienna: Stöger\, Hundstorfer\, Ostermayer
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset’s first working visit to Vienna\, at the invitation of Health Minister Alois Stöger. With him\, he prepares the second meeting of the German-speaking health ministers\, scheduled in Switzerland in August\, and discusses ongoing reforms\, eHealth and prevention. At dinner\, he opens with two health ministers meeting in a grand Viennese restaurant: “das dürfte der kürzeste Witz über Prävention sein”. \nOn 10 April\, he meets Rudolf Hundstorfer\, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs\, for the first time: old-age provision\, a more flexible retirement age\, the reintegration of invalidity insurance pensioners. A regular dialogue on social insurance is agreed between Austria\, Germany and Switzerland. With Josef Ostermayer\, Minister of Culture\, he discusses the trilateral film co-production agreement and the “Creative Europe” programme. \nWednesday 9 April 2014 — Vienna\n\nTalks with Alois Stöger\, Federal Minister of Health\nDinner at the invitation of Alois Stöger: dinner speech\n\nThursday 10 April 2014 — Vienna\n\nTalks with Rudolf Hundstorfer\, Federal Minister of Labour\, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection\nTalks with Josef Ostermayer\, Federal Minister for Arts and Culture\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nDîner avec le ministre autrichien de la santé Alois Stöger (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 07.04.2014\nFDHA\, press release of 10.04.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-visit-to-vienna-stoger-hundstorfer-ostermayer/
LOCATION:Vienne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140406
DTSTAMP:20261020T172939Z
CREATED:20261016T005054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172939Z
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SUMMARY:Chaillot Forum: the future of culture and of Europe
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset takes part in the Chaillot Forum\, “Future of culture\, future of Europe”\, opened by François Hollande. The European culture ministers discuss digital technology\, copyright\, cultural diversity and the financing of creative work. “In Switzerland we are preparing our Culture Message 2016–2019. In this context\, it is very interesting to see that most European countries have concerns very similar to ours.” \nWith Aurélie Filippetti\, Minister of Culture and Communication\, he returns to the consequences of 9 February: “Participation in the European MEDIA programme supporting cinema is compromised for 2014\, but we want to find a solution for 2015.” With Abdou Diouf\, Secretary General of the Francophonie\, he discusses the Languages Act and the defence of French. \nFriday 4 April 2014 — Paris\n\nOpening of the Chaillot Forum by President François Hollande\nWorking meeting of the culture ministers\, followed by lunch with the European affairs ministers\nTalks with Abdou Diouf\, Secretary General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie\nLive interview on TV5 Monde\n\nSaturday 5 April 2014 — Paris\n\nTalks with Aurélie Filippetti\, Minister of Culture and Communication\nPress conference at the Swiss Embassy\nRound table with Swiss artists working in France\nClosing of the Forum\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 03.04.2014\nFDHA\, press release of 05.04.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/chaillot-forum-the-future-of-culture-and-of-europe/
LOCATION:Paris
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140402
DTSTAMP:20261020T172938Z
CREATED:20261016T005051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172938Z
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SUMMARY:Reception for the Swiss team from the Sochi Paralympic Games
DESCRIPTION:At the Bernerhof\, Alain Berset receives the Swiss delegation from the Sochi Paralympic Winter Games\, some twenty people. He congratulates skier Christoph Kunz\, gold medallist in the giant slalom\, and the eight athletes who earned five diplomas. \n“As elite athletes\, you are role models\,” he tells them. His department includes the Federal Bureau for the Equality of People with Disabilities: he makes the athletes ambassadors for equality between people with and without disabilities. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 01.04.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/reception-for-the-swiss-team-from-the-sochi-paralympic-games/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140330
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 28th Fribourg International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the FIFF\, two years after his last visit. He sums up the opening film\, devoted to the Bhopal disaster\, in a tweet\, and from there speaks about the acceleration of modes of communication. \nThe thread of the speech: “cinema does politics”. The Fribourg festival shows perspectives on the world from elsewhere. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture du 28e Festival international de films de Fribourg (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-28th-fribourg-international-film-festival/
LOCATION:Fribourg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140329
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SUMMARY:Meeting with Chinese minister Zhi Shuping
DESCRIPTION:The Chinese Minister in charge of the General Administration of Quality Supervision\, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ)\, Zhi Shuping\, is received in Bern by Johann N. Schneider-Ammann and Alain Berset. \nWith Alain Berset\, the discussion covers food safety and veterinary matters: the export of infant formula and dairy products\, and the first export of Swiss pork to China\, following the entry into force of the free trade agreement. \nSources \n\nEAER and FDHA\, press release of 28.03.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/meeting-with-chinese-minister-zhi-shuping/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140328
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SUMMARY:National Museum: opening of “1900–1914. Expedition into Happiness”
DESCRIPTION:At the National Museum\, Alain Berset opens the exhibition devoted to the years before the First World War. His speech\, “Handeln in Zeiten des Umbruchs”\, starts from the sinking of the Titanic: everything could have turned out differently. \nThe exhibition\, he says\, puts visitors back into the state of not-knowing of the people of the time: history is not read from its outcome. He draws from it a portrait of the era: “Von 1900 bis 1914 hatte der Zeitgeist tatsächlich viel Geist – und wenig Zeit.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nMusée national suisse (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, speech of 27.03.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/national-museum-opening-of-1900-1914-expedition-into-happiness/
LOCATION:Zurich
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140325
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140326
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SUMMARY:150 years of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Japan
DESCRIPTION:At the Embassy of Japan in Bern\, Alain Berset celebrates 150 years of bilateral relations. With Ambassador Ryuhei Maeda\, he performs the kagami-wari\, the ritual opening of a sake cask\, before some 130 guests. \nHis speech recalls the mission of Aimé Humbert: having arrived in Yokohama in April 1863\, it waited nearly a year before being received\, then concluded the treaty within a few days\, in February 1864. Switzerland was the first landlocked country to establish relations with Japan. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n150 ans de relations diplomatiques entre la Suisse et le Japon (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 25.03.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/150-years-of-diplomatic-relations-between-switzerland-and-japan/
LOCATION:Berne
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140322
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SUMMARY:Swiss Film Award: honorary award to Alexander J. Seiler
DESCRIPTION:The 17th Swiss Film Award ceremony takes place for the first time at the Schiffbau in Zurich. Sabine Boss’s “Der Goalie bin ig” wins four Quartz awards\, including Best Fiction Film. \nAlain Berset presents the honorary award to Alexander J. Seiler\, a pioneer of new Swiss cinema and director of “Siamo Italiani”. His laudatio praises Seiler’s “direct cinema”\, which confronts the ideal image of Switzerland with the daily lives of those who live there: “Niemand beobachtet die Gesellschaft genauer als die Aussenseiter.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix du cinéma suisse : prix d’honneur à Alexander J. Seiler (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 21.03.2014\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 14.02.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-film-award-honorary-award-to-alexander-j-seiler/
LOCATION:Zurich
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140318
DTSTAMP:20261020T172937Z
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SUMMARY:125 years of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
DESCRIPTION:The Inter-Parliamentary Union holds its 130th Assembly in Geneva\, in the year of its 125th anniversary. On behalf of the Federal Council\, Alain Berset welcomes the delegates of the world’s parliaments\, in English and in French. \nHe opens with a remark by Churchill on what is harder than an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall leaning towards you\, kissing a girl leaning away from you. He adds that the delegates have not yet had dinner. \nSpeeches on this site \n\n125 ans de l’Union interparlementaire (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/125-years-of-the-inter-parliamentary-union/
LOCATION:Genève
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140312
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140314
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SUMMARY:Leipzig Book Fair\, then three German ministers in Berlin
DESCRIPTION:Switzerland is guest of honour at the Leipzig Book Fair: nearly 70 publishing houses and more than 80 writers. At the Gewandhaus\, Alain Berset delivers the opening speech\, one month after 9 February: multilingual Switzerland explains its singularity to its large neighbour. “Literatur ist der natürliche Feind der Schlagworte.” Later\, at the Swiss reception\, he apologises for giving the tenth speech of the evening\, after nine others. \nThe next day in Berlin\, he meets three members of the new German cabinet for the first time. With Andrea Nahles\, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs\, he discusses ageing and Old-Age Provision 2020; with Hermann Gröhe\, Minister of Health\, he covers patient safety\, hospital financing and cross-border cooperation; with Manuela Schwesig\, Minister for Family Affairs\, the reconciliation of family and working life. She announces a visit to Switzerland. \nWednesday 12 March 2014 — Leipzig\n\nPress briefing at the Gewandhaus\nOpening ceremony of the Book Fair at the Gewandhaus: speech by Alain Berset; presentation of the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding to Pankaj Mishra\nReception by Pro Helvetia and the embassy at the Schauspielhaus: address\n\nThursday 13 March 2014 — Berlin\n\nWorking breakfast with Manuela Schwesig\, Minister for Family Affairs\nMeeting with Swiss artists at the embassy\nTalks and working lunch with Hermann Gröhe\, Minister of Health\nTalks with Andrea Nahles\, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs\n\nSpeeches on this site \n\nDas Privileg\, uns gegenseitig verstehen zu müssen (in German\, French-language page)\nFoire du livre de Leipzig : réception de la Suisse\, pays à l’honneur (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 10.03.2014\nFDHA\, press release of 13.03.2014\nFDHA\, speech of 12.03.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/leipzig-book-fair-then-three-german-ministers-in-berlin/
LOCATION:Leipzig
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