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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 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will take part Saturday in a secretive meeting in Switzerland of global power brokers discreetly discussing issues like Brexit and the future of capitalism. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190602/pompeo-attends-secretive-bilderberg-meeting-in-switzerland Sun, 02 Jun 2019 21:53:59 +0200 pompeo-attends-secretive-bilderberg-meeting-in-switzerland The 2019 edition of the exclusive Bilderberg Meeting will take place at the Hotel Montreux Palace in the Swiss town of Montreux from Thursday to Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190528/secretive-bilderberg-meeting-to-be-held-in-switzerland-from-may-30th-reports Tue, 28 May 2019 12:38:43 +0200 secretive-bilderberg-meeting-to-be-held-in-switzerland-from-may-30th-reports 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 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 Klaus Schwab, who founded the World Economic Forum (WEF), has said his childhood during World War II inspired him to build an organisation that would make the world a better place. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190121/has-davos-made-the-world-better-wef-2019-klaus-schwab Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:29:19 +0100 has-davos-made-the-world-better-wef-2019-klaus-schwab 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 The United States has the world's most competitive and innovative economy, a World Economic Forum ranking showed Wednesday, after a methodology shift helped unseat Switzerland after nearly a decade on top. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181017/us-world-most-competitive-economy-switzerland-falls-fourth-after-decade Wed, 17 Oct 2018 12:24:06 +0200 us-world-most-competitive-economy-switzerland-falls-fourth-after-decade A Swiss man was on Tuesday questioned by police as part of an international operation targeting people alleged to have been involved in G20 riots in Hamburg in July 2017. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180530/swiss-man-questioned-over-role-in-g20-riots-in-hamburg-germany Wed, 30 May 2018 10:36:27 +0200 swiss-man-questioned-over-role-in-g20-riots-in-hamburg-germany The US president sent a personal letter to a police commander in the Swiss canton of Graubünden after the Davos World Economic Forum in January it has emerged. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180509/donald-trump-sends-personal-thank-you-note-to-swiss-police-chief Wed, 09 May 2018 14:14:50 +0200 donald-trump-sends-personal-thank-you-note-to-swiss-police-chief