https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Thousands of politicians and business leaders will descend on Switzerland's Davos this week for the annual World Economic Forum, including US President Donald Trump. But why do the world's richest gather in the Swiss resort? https://www.thelocal.ch/20230119/davos-three-things-you-never-knew-about-europes-highest-town Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:50:58 +0100 davos-three-things-you-never-knew-about-europes-highest-town The Davos summit will be held in person for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic, from May 22-26, the World Economic Forum announced Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20220122/davos-forum-to-be-held-in-person-may-22-26 Sat, 22 Jan 2022 11:22:22 +0100 davos-forum-to-be-held-in-person-may-22-26 The World Economic Forum announced Wednesday that its postponed 2021 Davos summit, themed as "The Great Reset" in the coronavirus crisis, will take place in Lucerne, Switzerland from May 18 to 21. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201008/2021-davos-summit-shifted-to-lucerne-in-may Thu, 08 Oct 2020 11:25:40 +0200 2021-davos-summit-shifted-to-lucerne-in-may The World Economic Forum said Wednesday it would postpone the next Davos summit by several months because it would be unsafe to hold it early next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200826/coronavirus-in-switzerland-wef-postpones-2021-davos-meeting Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:50:08 +0200 coronavirus-in-switzerland-wef-postpones-2021-davos-meeting Thousands of soldiers and very few women. Here are the key facts and figures to help you understand the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200123/10000-hotel-rooms-and-other-surprising-numbers-that-tell-the-story-of-davos Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:40:50 +0100 10000-hotel-rooms-and-other-surprising-numbers-that-tell-the-story-of-davos Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg joined several thousand protesters in the streets of Lausanne on Friday, ahead of the Davos summit of world leaders. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200117/greta-thunberg-protests-in-lausanne-ahead-of-davos-meet Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:49:22 +0100 greta-thunberg-protests-in-lausanne-ahead-of-davos-meet The World Economic Forum wrapped up on Friday, closing out a week of panels, parties and sub-zero temperatures with more serious talk dominated by climate change and gloom over slowing growth. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190126/from-slowing-growth-to-climate-panic-hot-topics-at-davos-2019 Sat, 26 Jan 2019 14:32:54 +0100 from-slowing-growth-to-climate-panic-hot-topics-at-davos-2019 Touting its green credentials, the World Economic Forum has defended itself in the face of research that suggested company bosses are flying to Davos in record numbers on polluting private jets. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190124/taking-a-private-jet-is-the-worst-way-to-get-to-davos Thu, 24 Jan 2019 22:36:11 +0100 taking-a-private-jet-is-the-worst-way-to-get-to-davos Sixteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg camped out in a tent in the Swiss city of Davos on Thursday night in temperatures well below freezing as she prepared to take her message to the world’s business and political elites. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190124/davos-2016-swedish-teen-activist-sleeps-in-tent-in-18c-temperatures Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:02:00 +0100 davos-2016-swedish-teen-activist-sleeps-in-tent-in-18c-temperatures Britain's pro-Brexit trade chief Liam Fox came to Davos Wednesday to sell a vision of "GREAT" free trade even if many in the UK parliament are aghast at where the country is going. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190123/davos-2019-uk-trade-chief-sells-great-new-world-after-brexit Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:46:49 +0100 davos-2019-uk-trade-chief-sells-great-new-world-after-brexit From $40 sushi to how many soldiers test positive for cocaine, here are the key facts and figures to help you understand the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190122/10000-hotel-rooms-the-staggering-numbers-that-tell-the-story-of-davos Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:05:16 +0100 10000-hotel-rooms-the-staggering-numbers-that-tell-the-story-of-davos The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will see the planet's political and business elites descend on the Swiss city of Davos this week. The Local takes a closer look. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190121/davos-2019-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-worlds-biggest-business-bash-switzerland-wef Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:44:46 +0100 davos-2019-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-worlds-biggest-business-bash-switzerland-wef UK Prime Minister Theresa May will not be attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos this month, a British government spokesperson announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190117/theresa-may-latest-wef-no-show-as-brexit-crisis-bites-davos-switzerland Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:16:22 +0100 theresa-may-latest-wef-no-show-as-brexit-crisis-bites-davos-switzerland Brazil's new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to be the star attraction at this year's Davos Forum, taking place next week at a time of "profound global instability", according to organisers. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190115/brazils-bolsonaro-to-headline-davos-meet-in-trumps-absence Tue, 15 Jan 2019 20:27:33 +0100 brazils-bolsonaro-to-headline-davos-meet-in-trumps-absence US president Donald Trump on Thursday announced he would be cancelling his visit to the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos because of "the Democrats intransigence" over his plans to build a wall along the US–Mexico border. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190110/donald-trump-cancels-visit-to-wef-meeting-in-davos-switzerland Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:11:51 +0100 donald-trump-cancels-visit-to-wef-meeting-in-davos-switzerland Authorities in the Swiss town of Davos have given the youth wing of Switzerland's Socialist Party permission to stage an anti-capitalist protest during US President Donald Trump's attendance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting later this month. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190109/davos-approves-anti-donald-trump-protest-during-world-economic-forum-wef-meeting Wed, 09 Jan 2019 17:42:00 +0100 davos-approves-anti-donald-trump-protest-during-world-economic-forum-wef-meeting Switzerland's finance minister, Ueli Maurer, is set to meet privately with US President Donald Trump during the World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss town of Davos later this month. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190107/swiss-finance-minister-to-meet-with-trump-in-davos Mon, 07 Jan 2019 21:50:42 +0100 swiss-finance-minister-to-meet-with-trump-in-davos US President Donald Trump will be making his way to Switzerland next month for the 2019 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, the White House has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181219/donald-trump-to-attend-2019-world-economic-forum-meeting-in-davos-wef Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:31:33 +0100 donald-trump-to-attend-2019-world-economic-forum-meeting-in-davos-wef The World Economic Forum said on Monday that it had reached an agreement to allow sanctioned Russian tycoons to attend next month's Davos meeting, clearing Moscow to also send a full government delegation https://www.thelocal.ch/20181218/russian-delegation-heading-to-davos-after-sanctioned-oligarchs-allowed-in Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:48:12 +0100 russian-delegation-heading-to-davos-after-sanctioned-oligarchs-allowed-in Davos without vodka or caviar? Unthinkable a few years ago, but not with Russia's economic influence waning and Moscow now threatening to boycott next year's gathering of the global business elite in the Swiss Alps. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181114/no-vodka-or-caviar-russias-davos-party-coming-to-an-end-wef Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:51:39 +0100 no-vodka-or-caviar-russias-davos-party-coming-to-an-end-wef