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Selected appointments from Alain Berset’s diary. This list is not exhaustive.
December 2017
National conference on the integration of people with disabilities: third day
21 December 2017Launch of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018
18 December 2017Presidential celebration in Fribourg
14 December 2017Escalade festival: Uri as guest of honour
10 December 2017Basel Carnival on the UNESCO heritage list
8 December 2017Election as President of the Confederation for 2018
6 December 2017Churchill Europe Symposium: “Democracy requires vigilance”
4 December 2017
November 2017
Jura cantonal health day
23 November 2017Visit by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
23 November 2017University of Berne: reform and direct democracy
9 November 2017Opening of the Geneva International Film Festival
3 November 2017
October 2017
National meeting on equal pay in the public sector
31 October 2017Old-age provision: talks resume
27 October 201740 years of the Kartause Ittingen Foundation
24 October 2017Swiss Grand Award for Dance to Noemi Lapzeson
12 October 2017Opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair
10 October 2017
September 2017
Vote: Old-Age Provision 2020 reform rejected
24 September 2017“Rilke and Russia” exhibition at the National Library
13 September 2017Old-Age Provision 2020: evening of the Associazione Ticinese Terza Età
9 September 2017Inauguration of the weather radar network
8 September 201775 years of Pro Familia Switzerland
6 September 2017Von Wattenwyl talks
1 September 2017
August 2017
Swiss Education Day
31 August 2017Working visit to Mexico: three agreements signed
24–26 August 2017Agreement with Liechtenstein on cross-border outpatient care
21 August 201795th Congress of the Swiss Abroad
19 August 2017Opening of Lucerne Festival: “Identität”
11 August 201770th Locarno Film Festival
2–7 August 2017National Day in Lausanne
1 August 2017
July 2017
National Day: inauguration of the Julier theatre
31 July 2017National Day in Rorschach
31 July 2017Meeting with the new Director-General of WHO
4 July 2017
June 2017
30th Federal Yodelling Festival
25 June 2017Official visit by the King of the Belgians
22 June 2017General assembly of the Association of Swiss Communes
15 June 2017Swiss Design Awards ceremony
13 June 2017Farewell visit by Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO
6 June 2017
May 2017
Swiss Theatre Awards: Hans Reinhart Ring to Ursina Lardi
24 May 2017Opening of the 70th World Health Assembly
22–23 May 2017Congress of the Swiss Nurses’ Association
18 May 2017Europa Forum Lucerne: reform against populism
15 May 201757th Venice Biennale: inauguration of the Swiss Pavilion
12–14 May 2017Forum des 100: “Health: for an Enlightenment of the digital age”
11 May 2017Meeting of German-speaking health ministers
7–8 May 2017Salzburger Stier award ceremony
6 May 2017
April 2017
Dinner in honour of UN Secretary-General António Guterres
26 April 2017Opening of the 31st Geneva Book and Press Fair
26 April 2017Sechseläuten: guest of the Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster
24 April 2017Opening of the 48th Visions du Réel
21 April 2017100 years of Pro Senectute
1 April 2017
March 2017
Evening marking 70 years of the Locarno Festival
28 March 2017Swiss Film Award: Honorary Award to Bruno Ganz
24 March 2017Opening of Baselworld 2017
23 March 2017Visit by the Vice-President of Liberia, Joseph N. Boakai
22 March 2017Informal meeting of European health ministers in Malta
19–20 March 2017Meeting of the parliamentary group on culture
7 March 2017500 years of the Reformation: Christ and Politics parliamentary group
1 March 2017
February 2017
alliance F: preview screening of “Die göttliche Ordnung”
28 February 2017Swiss Literature Awards ceremony
16 February 2017Visit by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen
16 February 2017Berlinale 2017
13–14 February 2017
January 2017
Fourth Health2020 national conference: prevention
31 January 2017National conference on the integration of people with disabilities into the labour market: first day
26 January 2017World Economic Forum 2017
17–19 January 2017OECD Health Ministerial Meeting
16–17 January 2017State visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping
15–18 January 2017Health: memorandum of understanding with Liechtenstein
13 January 2017