Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter receives Belgian Foreign Minister...
31.08.2012 Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), will meet his Belgian counterpart next Tuesday in Neuchatel for working talks on bilateral,...
View Article20 years of Swiss membership of IMF and World Bank
Bern, 04.09.2012 - On 7 and 8 September 2012 in Montreux, a meeting of the Swiss constituency in the IMF and World Bank will take place on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. President Eveline...
View ArticleSwiss President Widmer-Schlumpf and Federal Councillor Burkhalter at the...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 19.09.2012 Swiss President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter will be representing Switzerland during the High-Level week running from 24...
View ArticleOfficial visit to Bern by the Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi
03.09.2012 Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), today received his Hungarian counterpart Janos Martonyi for an official working visit at the...
View ArticleAnniversary of Switzerland joining the UN: official visit by UN Secretary...
06.09.2012 United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will pay an official visit to Switzerland on 10 and 11 September, when Switzerland will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its membership of the...
View ArticleVisit by Ban Ki-moon to mark the 10th anniversary of Swiss membership of the...
11.09.2012 The Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon paid a two-day official visit to Switzerland to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Switzerland's membership of the UN. After a...
View ArticleOfficial visit of the President of Slovakia
10.09.2012 President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf received the President of the Slovak Republic Ivan Gašparovič in Bern on an official visit. President Gašparovič was accompanied by the Slovak Deputy Prime...
View ArticleQuadripartite Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Vaduz
20.08.2012 The Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Didier Burkhalter will travel to Vaduz on Wednesday for a working meeting with his Liechtenstein, German, and Austrian...
View ArticleState visit of the Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski on 4 - 5 October...
Bern, 27.09.2012 - At the invitation of the Federal Council, the President of the Republic of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski, will pay a state visit to Switzerland on 4-5 October 2012. Official talks...
View ArticleOpening of the 2012 Ambassadors and International Network Conference
20.08.2012 The 2012 Ambassadors and International Network Conference was opened in Bern with a speech by Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter. The three-day event, which is entitled "Die Schweiz in...
View ArticleOfficial visit by Turkmen President to Switzerland (Swiss Federal Council)
08.10.2012 President of the Swiss Confederation Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf received the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov for an official visit in Lohn mansion in Kehrsatz near Bern on 8...
View ArticleState visit of the President of Poland (Swiss Federal Council)
Bern, 04.10.2012 - On 4 October 2012, the Federal Council received the Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and his wife on the occasion of a state visit to Switzerland. Military honours at the...
View ArticleMongolian Foreign Minister in Bern for an official working visit (Swiss...
Bern, 25.10.2012 - On 25 October 2012, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia,...
View ArticleOfficial visit of Slovenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Karl Erjavec (Swiss...
Bern, 23.10.2012 - Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), welcomed his counterpart Karl Erjavec of Slovenia on an official working visit to...
View ArticleThe President of the Confederation and the Head of the FDFA to travel to...
Bern, 29.10.2012 - The President of the Confederation, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, and the Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Didier Burkhalter, will travel to Southeast Asia for...
View ArticleFederal Councillor Burkhalter at Meeting of the EU and EFTA Economics and...
Bern, 12.11.2012 - On Tuesday, 13 November 2012, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter will represent Switzerland at the joint meeting of the Ecofin Council of EU Economics and Finance Ministers with...
View ArticleOfficial visit by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Swiss Federal Council)
Bern, 15.11.2012 - On 15 November 2012, the Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, received the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the...
View ArticleOfficial meeting with the Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs (Swiss Federal...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) Bern, 11.01.2013 - An official working meeting has taken place in La Chaux-de-Fonds between Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter and his Cypriot counterpart Erato...
View ArticleConclusion of talks held by Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf at...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) Bern, 26.01.2013 - A meeting with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, today concluded the talks held by Federal...
View ArticleFederal Councillor Didier Burkhalter to visit West Balkans for bilateral...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) Bern, 08.02.2013 - This coming Monday and Tuesday, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter will travel to the West Balkans to meet the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of...
View ArticleVisit to Switzerland of Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu (Swiss Federal...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 18.02.2013 The Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, Hui Liangyu paid an official working visit to Switzerland on 18 February 2013 at the invitation of...
View ArticleOfficial visit to Berne of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang (Swiss Federal...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 24.05.2013 At the invitation of President of the Confederation Ueli Maurer, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang paid an official visit to Bern on 24 May 2013. The head of...
View ArticleSwitzerland's enlargement contribution - its importance, impact and...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 31.05.2013 More than 200 projects are now being implemented as part of the enlargement contribution. At the annual conference of Swiss Cooperation with Eastern Europe...
View ArticleOfficial working visit by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 31.05.2013 Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech...
View ArticleFederal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf at G20 meeting in Moscow (Swiss...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) Bern, 20.07.2013 - During the G20 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Meeting on 19-20 July in Moscow, Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf stressed...
View ArticleFederal Councillor Didier Burkhalter to visit the Baltic countries to...
(Source: SDC - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) Close-up: 29.07.2013 - Press release Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter to visit the Baltic countries to deepen bilateral relations and...
View ArticleOfficial visit by Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (Swiss Federal...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 21.03.2013 On 21st March 2013, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), received his Latvian counterpart Edgars...
View ArticleFederal Councillor Didier Burkhalter opens the 2013 Ambassadors and...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) Bern, 19.08.2013 - The 2013 Ambassadors and Representations abroad Conference has begun in Bern with an opening address by Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter. The...
View ArticleBratislava: The Head of the FDFA meets with the Prime Minister and the...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 14.08.2013 Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter is travelling to Slovakia on Thursday, 15 August 2013, for a working visit, during which he will in particular be...
View ArticleOfficial working visit to Switzerland by the Estonian foreign minister (SDC...
(Source: SDC - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) Close-up: 19.09.2013 - Press release Official working visit to Switzerland by the Estonian foreign minister Today, Federal Councillor...
View ArticleOfficial working visit to Switzerland by the Estonian foreign minister...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 19.09.2013 Today, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), has received the foreign minister of Estonia, Urmas...
View ArticleOfficial working visit of Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino (Swiss...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 11.09.2013 On 11 September 2013, the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, received the Italian Foreign...
View ArticleOfficial working visit of Romanian foreign minister Titus Corla?ean in Bern...
(Source: SDC - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) Close-up: 07.11.2013 - Press release Official working visit of Romanian foreign minister Titus Corlățean in Bern Federal Councillor Didier...
View ArticleOfficial working visit of Romanian foreign minister Titus Corla?ean in Bern...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 07.11.2013 Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), has received his Romanian counterpart, Foreign Minister Titus...
View ArticleState visit to Bern by President Sauli Niinistö of Finland (Swiss Federal...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 15.10.2013 Today, the president of the Swiss Confederation, Ueli Maurer, has received his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinistö, in Bern for a state visit. The visit...
View ArticleSwitzerland and Turkey decide on a strategic partnership (Swiss Federal...
(Source: Swiss Federal Council) 10.10.2013 On 10 October 2013, Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter met the Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, at the Lohn Manor in Kehrsatz for talks....
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