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Swiss Federal Council Alain Berset, left, hands over the certificate of the Balzan Prize to French medievalist Andre Vauchez, center, next to Achille Casanova, President Balzan Foundation, right, during the official Balzan prize ceremony at the parliament building in Bern, Switzerland, November 15, 2013. The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organisations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, culture, as well as for endeavours for peace and the brotherhood of man. (KEYSTONE/Peter Klaunzer)