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 US President Donald Trump has announced a travel ban from most European countries in response to the coronavirus spread. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200312/trump-imposes-travel-ban-from-europe-over-coronavirus-outbreak Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:50:29 +0100 trump-imposes-travel-ban-from-europe-over-coronavirus-outbreak US President Donald Trump has told Switzerland that the time has come for a Swiss-US free trade agreement, however the US leader was less willing to make a commitment on other Swiss priorities like climate change. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200122/trump-wants-united-states-switzerland-trade-deal Wed, 22 Jan 2020 15:55:34 +0100 trump-wants-united-states-switzerland-trade-deal Switzerland has joined a string of countries launching challenges to Washington's new steel and aluminium tariffs at the World Trade Organization, Bern said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180710/switzerland-challenges-unjustified-us-tariffs-at-wto Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:12:33 +0200 switzerland-challenges-unjustified-us-tariffs-at-wto After a long fall from grace, former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon landed in Zurich on Tuesday speaking publicly for the first time in Europe. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180307/trump-before-there-was-trump-steve-bannon-praises-swiss-right-wing-leader-christoph-blocher Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:08:21 +0100 trump-before-there-was-trump-steve-bannon-praises-swiss-right-wing-leader-christoph-blocher Steve Bannon, the former right-hand man to US president Donald Trump, is set to visit Zurich in March at the invitation of conservative Swiss magazine Die Weltwoche, the publication’s editor revealed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180215/former-trump-strategist-steve-bannon-to-visit-zurich-breibart Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:55:20 +0100 former-trump-strategist-steve-bannon-to-visit-zurich-breibart US President Donald Trump drew boos from the audience at the elite Davos summit on Friday when he attacked the press, repeating his claim that critical media indulge in "fake" news. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180127/boos-and-brass-band-greet-trump-in-davos Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:02:52 +0100 boos-and-brass-band-greet-trump-in-davos Swiss President Alain Berset had an “excellent talk” with United States President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180126/berset-switzerland-ready-to-strengthen-excellent-relationship-with-the-us Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:16:36 +0100 berset-switzerland-ready-to-strengthen-excellent-relationship-with-the-us President Donald Trump will take a turn as America's salesman-in-chief on Friday, trying to convince a skeptical band of the global great and good in Davos that he is good for business. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180126/trump-to-turn-salesman-in-chief-as-wef-summit-closes Fri, 26 Jan 2018 08:30:01 +0100 trump-to-turn-salesman-in-chief-as-wef-summit-closes US President Donald Trump landed in Zurich on Thursday aboard Air Force One at the start of his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180125/trump-arrives-in-switzerland-to-attend-davos-forum Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:16:18 +0100 trump-arrives-in-switzerland-to-attend-davos-forum More than a thousand people protested in central Zurich on Tuesday against the planned arrival of US President Donald Trump in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF). https://www.thelocal.ch/20180124/hundreds-protest-in-zurich-over-trumps-visit-to-davos Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:36:46 +0100 hundreds-protest-in-zurich-over-trumps-visit-to-davos A compelling clash of cultures will unfold in the vertiginous Swiss Alps this week as Donald Trump, just over 12 months into his high-wire presidency, confronts the cheerleaders of globalization in Davos. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180120/trump-and-davos-man-best-of-enemies Sat, 20 Jan 2018 04:46:43 +0100 trump-and-davos-man-best-of-enemies A group of Americans in Switzerland is staging a public event in Zurich on Saturday to apologize for the “damage that the current US administration is trying to cause around the world”. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180117/we-are-sorry-americans-in-switzerland-apologize-for-trump-prior-to-davos-visit Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:39:26 +0100 we-are-sorry-americans-in-switzerland-apologize-for-trump-prior-to-davos-visit US President Donald Trump's planned visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos next week will likely eclipse the long list of other movers and shakers set to attend. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180116/wef-founder-it-is-absolutely-essential-to-have-president-trump-with-us Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:58:06 +0100 wef-founder-it-is-absolutely-essential-to-have-president-trump-with-us Several hundred anti-capitalist demonstrators marched in Switzerland's capital Bern on Saturday to protest against US President Donald Trump's planned visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180114/anti-trump-protest-in-swiss-capital-ahead-of-davos-visit Sun, 14 Jan 2018 13:02:19 +0100 anti-trump-protest-in-swiss-capital-ahead-of-davos-visit The United Nations on Friday slammed US President Donald Trump's reported description of African nations and Haiti as "shithole" countries as "shocking and shameful", and "racist". https://www.thelocal.ch/20180112/un-says-trump-slur-on-shithole-countries-is-racist Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:10:42 +0100 un-says-trump-slur-on-shithole-countries-is-racist The announcement that US President Trump is to visit Switzerland later this month to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum has prompted mixed reactions. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180111/opposition-to-trumps-visit-to-davos-grows Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:37:50 +0100 opposition-to-trumps-visit-to-davos-grows The White House has confirmed that US President Donald Trump will visit Switzerland this month when he attends the World Economic Forum in the mountain village of Davos. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180110/donald-trump-to-attend-world-economic-forum-in-davos Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:36:31 +0100 donald-trump-to-attend-world-economic-forum-in-davos The recognition by the US of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is “an obstacle to a fair and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians based on a negotiated two-state solution”, the Swiss government said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171208/swiss-government-trumps-jerusalem-policy-is-obstacle-to-peace Fri, 08 Dec 2017 11:03:17 +0100 swiss-government-trumps-jerusalem-policy-is-obstacle-to-peace Edward McMullen Jr has been named the new ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein by US President Donald Trump. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170904/trump-nominates-new-ambassador-to-switzerland Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:04:47 +0200 trump-nominates-new-ambassador-to-switzerland The captain of a tourist boat in the Lausanne port of Ouchy has caused a stir over the last few days after he put up a poster that appeared to ban Americans from his vessel. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170607/no-americans-lausanne-boat-captain-has-public-rant-at-trump Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:36:29 +0200 no-americans-lausanne-boat-captain-has-public-rant-at-trump