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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140430
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140416
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140417
DTSTAMP:20261020T172941Z
CREATED:20261016T005113Z
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140402
DTSTAMP:20261020T172938Z
CREATED:20261016T005051Z
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140330
DTSTAMP:20261020T172938Z
CREATED:20261016T005049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172938Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140329
DTSTAMP:20261020T172938Z
CREATED:20261016T005045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172938Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140328
DTSTAMP:20261020T172937Z
CREATED:20261016T005042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172937Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140325
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140326
DTSTAMP:20261020T172937Z
CREATED:20261016T005038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172937Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140322
DTSTAMP:20261020T172937Z
CREATED:20261016T005035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172937Z
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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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140318
DTSTAMP:20261020T172937Z
CREATED:20261016T005031Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140312
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140314
DTSTAMP:20261020T172936Z
CREATED:20261016T005027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172936Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140306
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140307
DTSTAMP:20261020T172936Z
CREATED:20261016T005023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172936Z
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SUMMARY:Working lunch with French minister Pierre Moscovici
DESCRIPTION:The French Minister of the Economy and Finance\, Pierre Moscovici\, is received in Bern by Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf. Before their meeting\, a working lunch also brings together Johann N. Schneider-Ammann and Alain Berset. \nThe two finance ministers adopt a joint declaration on continuing the tax dialogue between France and Switzerland\, notably on inheritance and administrative assistance. \nSources \n\nFDF\, press release of 06.03.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/working-lunch-with-french-minister-pierre-moscovici/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140304
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140305
DTSTAMP:20261020T172935Z
CREATED:20261016T005020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172935Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the Russian Cultural Season in Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:At the Equilibre theatre\, Alain Berset opens the Russian Cultural Season\, in the presence of the Russian Deputy Minister of Culture\, Alla Manilova. It marks the bicentenary of diplomatic relations: in March 1814\, Tsar Alexander I had appointed Count Jean Capo d’Istria minister plenipotentiary to the Diet. \nThe Crimean crisis intrudes on the evening. “It is with concern that we are following the recent developments in Ukraine\,” he says. “No one wants force to replace dialogue.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture de la Saison culturelle russe en Suisse (French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-russian-cultural-season-in-switzerland/
LOCATION:Fribourg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140228
DTSTAMP:20261020T172935Z
CREATED:20261016T005014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172935Z
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SUMMARY:SIAF: “Zeit für eine Neo-Konkordanz”
DESCRIPTION:Three weeks after 9 February\, Alain Berset speaks at the Swiss Institute for International Studies\, at the University of Zurich. He starts from a world without a compass: certainties “zerfallen wie modrige Pilze”\, Taleb’s black swan has become so frequent that white swans look like an endangered minority. \nHis thesis: Switzerland needs a neo-concordance\, a renewed capacity to build majorities. He applies it to pensions: “Gibt es einen Plan B\, falls die Altersvorsorge 2020 scheitert? Nun\, die Altersvorsorge 2020 ist der Plan B.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nLe temps d’une néo-concordance (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/siaf-zeit-fur-eine-neo-konkordanz-2/
LOCATION:Zurich
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140225
DTSTAMP:20261020T172935Z
CREATED:20261016T005011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172935Z
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SUMMARY:Press conference: yes to primary medical care
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the Federal Council\, Alain Berset opens the campaign for the federal decree on primary medical care\, put to the vote on 18 May. The President of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Health Directors\, Carlo Conti\, is at his side. \nThe diagnosis: many family doctors are retiring without a successor\, the population is ageing\, chronic diseases are on the rise. The new article instructs the Confederation and the cantons to promote family medicine and the training of health professionals. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 24.02.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/press-conference-yes-to-primary-medical-care/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140221
DTSTAMP:20261020T172935Z
CREATED:20261016T005008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172935Z
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SUMMARY:Swiss Literature Awards: Swiss Grand Awards to Philippe Jaccottet and Paul Nizon
DESCRIPTION:At the National Library\, Alain Berset announces the Swiss Grand Awards for Literature: Philippe Jaccottet and Paul Nizon\, and the Special Translation Award to Christoph Ferber. The Swiss Literature Awards 2014 go to Urs Allemann\, David Bosc\, Roland Buti\, Rose-Marie Pagnard\, Matteo Terzaghi\, Urs Widmer and Vera Schindler-Wunderlich. \nHe jokes about the sobriety of the venue: Switzerland mainly knows “Gala” as a cheese spread. Then he makes translation the heart of the country: “Die Schweiz ist ein Land der Übersetzerinnen und Übersetzer – oder sie ist gar nicht.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrix suisses de littérature 2014 (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Office of Culture\, press release of 20.02.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/swiss-literature-awards-swiss-grand-awards-to-philippe-jaccottet-and-paul-nizon/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140215
DTSTAMP:20261020T172934Z
CREATED:20261016T005005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172934Z
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SUMMARY:Von Wattenwyl talks: old-age provision
DESCRIPTION:Five days after the yes to the initiative “against mass immigration”\, the Federal Council meets the presidents of the parties and parliamentary groups at the Von Wattenwyl House. Alain Berset presents the state of Old-Age Provision 2020\, in consultation until 31 March. \nAll the parties acknowledge the need for the reform. On the method\, they are divided: the SP and the CVP\, like the Federal Council\, support a comprehensive package; the BDP\, the FDP and the SVP want to proceed in stages. \nSources \n\nFederal Chancellery\, press release of 14.02.2014\nFederal Chancellery\, press release of 04.02.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/von-wattenwyl-talks-old-age-provision/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140212
DTSTAMP:20261020T172934Z
CREATED:20261016T005002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172934Z
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SUMMARY:Second round table on the management of the outpatient sector
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset brings together cantons\, doctors’ associations\, hospitals\, pharmacists\, insurers and patients’ organisations. The aim: a lasting solution for managing the admission of doctors\, temporarily reintroduced since summer 2013. \nThe round table sets out the principles: plan needs from a regional and cantonal perspective\, with the partners; make the quality of care the central criterion; be able to act both in the event of a shortage and of an oversupply of doctors. \nSources \n\nFDHA\, press release of 11.02.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/second-round-table-on-the-management-of-the-outpatient-sector/
LOCATION:Berne
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140131
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SUMMARY:Congress of the Swiss Political Science Association
DESCRIPTION:Before the political scientists gathered in congress\, Alain Berset recalls that he himself studied political science before a doctorate in economics. He quotes Groucho Marx: politics is the art of looking for trouble\, finding it everywhere\, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. \nThe substance concerns Old-Age Provision 2020\, presented as a test for Swiss political culture: “un test décisif pour notre culture politique”. After several defeats at the ballot box\, the comprehensive reform must show that the system can still produce compromises. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nPrévoyance vieillesse 2020 : un test décisif pour notre culture politique (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/congress-of-the-swiss-political-science-association/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140131
DTSTAMP:20261020T172933Z
CREATED:20261016T004955Z
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SUMMARY:25 years of Health Promotion Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:The Health Promotion Switzerland foundation celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary in Lausanne\, at its national conference. Alain Berset links prevention to “Health2020”\, the strategy adopted by the Federal Council a year earlier\, and to its participatory approach. \nHe opens with a quip by Walter Matthau: his doctor had given him six months to live\, but since he could not pay the bill\, he gave him another six. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nConférence nationale de Promotion Santé Suisse (25 ans) (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nCanton of Vaud\, press release of January 2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/25-years-of-health-promotion-switzerland/
LOCATION:Lausanne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140124
DTSTAMP:20261020T172933Z
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SUMMARY:Opening of the 49th Solothurn Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Alain Berset opens the Solothurn Film Festival. He starts with humour: one film in the programme is called “Ueli Maurers Pommes-frites-Automat”; after “Expérience Blocher”\, he wondered whether an “Expérience Maurer” was coming to the cinema. The film is about an inventor of the same name. \nThe substance is a plea for cinema as a means of self-discovery. He ends with a few words on the opening film\, “Akte Grüninger”\, devoted to the St. Gallen police commander who saved Jewish refugees in 1938. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nOuverture des 49es Journées de Soleure : plaidoyer pour la découverte de soi (in German\, French-language page)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/opening-of-the-49th-solothurn-film-festival/
LOCATION:Soleure
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140121
DTSTAMP:20261020T172933Z
CREATED:20261016T004947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172933Z
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SUMMARY:State visit by Korean President Park Geun-hye
DESCRIPTION:The first official visit by a Korean head of state since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1963. The Federal Council in corpore welcomes Park Geun-hye with military honours on the Bundesplatz. \nAlain Berset takes part in the official talks\, led by the President of the Confederation\, Didier Burkhalter\, together with Doris Leuthard and Johann N. Schneider-Ammann. Several documents are signed\, including texts on social security and health\, which fall within his department. \nSources \n\nFDFA\, press release of 20.01.2014\nFDFA\, press release of 09.01.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/state-visit-by-korean-president-park-geun-hye/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140116
DTSTAMP:20261020T172933Z
CREATED:20261016T004945Z
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SUMMARY:Campaign against the initiative “Abortion financing is a private matter”
DESCRIPTION:Three weeks before the vote of 9 February\, Alain Berset defends in Sierre the Federal Council’s position against the initiative seeking to remove the termination of pregnancy from basic health insurance. He calls it “misleading”: the sums at stake represent 0.03% of health insurance expenditure\, and premiums would not fall. \nHe also calls it “dangerous”: it calls into question an achievement approved by the people in 2002\, together with the time-limit solution\, and would hit women first. On 9 February\, the initiative is rejected. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nNon à l’initiative « Financer l’avortement est une affaire privée » (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nLe Temps\, 09.12.2013 (launch of the campaign by Alain Berset)
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/campaign-against-the-initiative-abortion-financing-is-a-private-matter/
LOCATION:Sierre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140111
DTSTAMP:20261020T172932Z
CREATED:20261016T004941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172932Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar of the cantonal governments: Old-Age Provision 2020 before the cantons
DESCRIPTION:The ch Foundation brings members of the cantonal governments together in Interlaken for their annual seminar. On the evening of 9 January\, Alain Berset speaks at the official dinner. He quotes Aristotle\, “das Ganze ist grösser als die Summe seiner Teile”: the formula holds for Switzerland and its twenty-six republics\, and he hopes it will hold for Old-Age Provision 2020\, a comprehensive reform made up of a sum of reforms. \nOn 10 January\, he presents the reform to the cantonal executives\, two months after the opening of the consultation. He compares it to a puzzle whose pieces must all fit together\, borrowing a headline from the French-speaking press: “The puzzle is on the table. Now the serious business begins.” His conclusion: “Success will be collective\, or it will not be at all.” \nSpeeches on this site \n\nDîner officiel du Séminaire des gouvernements cantonaux (in German\, French-language page)\nPrévoyance vieillesse 2020 : une réforme équilibrée pour une Suisse forte (in German\, French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nSpeech by the President of the Confederation at the seminar of the cantonal governments\, Interlaken\, 09.01.2014
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/seminar-of-the-cantonal-governments-old-age-provision-2020-before-the-cantons/
LOCATION:Interlaken
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131210
DTSTAMP:20261020T172932Z
CREATED:20261016T004937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172932Z
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SUMMARY:Press conference: no to the initiative on abortion financing
DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the Federal Council\, Alain Berset recommends rejecting the initiative “Abortion financing is a private matter”\, put to the vote on 9 February 2014. Women facing this decision must not be subjected to the pressure of economic considerations\, and the savings targeted are minimal. \nHe recalls that the decriminalisation of abortion and its reimbursement by basic health insurance were approved by 72.2% in 2002\, and that the abortion rate has remained low: 6.9 per 1\,000 women aged 15 to 44 in 2012\, one of the lowest in Europe. \nSources \n\nFederal Council\, press release of 09.12.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/press-conference-no-to-the-initiative-on-abortion-financing/
LOCATION:Berne
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131210
DTSTAMP:20261020T172932Z
CREATED:20261016T004934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T172932Z
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SUMMARY:Colloquium on the language rights of national minorities
DESCRIPTION:To mark 50 years of Switzerland’s membership of the Council of Europe\, the Federal Office of Culture and the Directorate of International Law devote a day to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and to the Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Alain Berset opens it. The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities presents his approach\, on the eve of the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship. \n“A language is not just a language.” It carries a culture and a way of seeing the world. He takes a position in the debate on language teaching: multilingualism must not be a code word for saying that minorities must learn the language of the majority. \nSpeeches on this site \n\nColloque sur les droits linguistiques des minorités nationales en Suisse (French-language page)\n\nSources \n\nFederal Council\, speech of 09.12.2013\nFederal Council\, press release of 21.11.2013
URL:https://alainberset.ch/en/evenement/colloquium-on-the-language-rights-of-national-minorities/
LOCATION:Berne
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