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177. The Board also requested that the Pension Administration propose options for
a longer-term mechanism for amending the small pension scale for presentation at
the April 2025 Board session, with the final proposal to be presented at the July
2025 Board session.
CARREFOUR INTERNATIONAL - GENEVA IS THE
GUEST OF HONOUR OF 2025
By Evelina RIOUKHINA
One of the most important external Cantons of Appenzell), as well as to the
activities organised by AFICS is our Canton of Glarus, which is not very well
monthly Carrefour International meetings known here, but which aroused particular
at the Cité Seniors, which take place interest during our discussion: its history,
every first Wednesday of the month, from culture, geography (Sardona, a UNESCO
2 to 4pm. These meetings are the result heritage site), but also the Linthal region
of a fabulous joint initiative by our with Europe's highest dam, its solar farm
President Odette Foudral and the City of at an altitude of 2,500 metres, and its
Geneva. five-storey hydroelectric power station,
which can serve as a model of an energy
During 2024, we paid tribute to the Swiss battery for Europe, and which is literally
Cantons, to show our deep respect to the “hidden” inside the mountain. Seeing
Host Country. We were fortunate that such an interest, we took a trip to the
these meetings were so informative that, Canton to learn more about the Dam,
surprisingly, they also raised the interest visited the power station and went ‘inside’
of our Swiss colleagues (who have been the mountain, and you can find the
Swiss for several generations!). This detailed report of this trip in this issue of
convinced us that we had met a the Bulletin.
challenge! At the same time, we are very
grateful to René Guénard and Viviane for We then travelled to the Cantons of St.
their advice, active participation and Gallen, Schaffhausen and Thurgau for a
interest. Of course, covering all 26 historical and cultural tour, paying
cantons in a single year is impossible. particular attention to Switzerland's only
Each canton has an interest in its own trilingual Canton Graubünden, which is
right, but, however, we did manage to also Switzerland's largest canton, but also
cover all the cantons farthest away from a very special one, often referred to as
Geneva. Starting with the cantons which ‘the Switzerland within Switzerland’. And
founded the Swiss Confederation - why is that? We may tell you more about
Schwyz, Uri, Obwalden and Nidwalden - it in the next Bulletin or, even better: why
we then moved on to the traditions and not take a trip there together, or organise
customs of Appenzelland (of the two a journey for our members in this very
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