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The future of Europe

This content was published on Jan 18, 2017 Switzerland’s chief negotiator with the EU, Jacques de Watteville, says the post-Brexit vote European bloc should stop blaming outsiders for its problems, but look within for solutions. Also speaking at the Open Forum debate in Davos was Nestlé chairman Peter Brabeck. “The political environment is getting more and more emotional and less and less factual.…

Figueres and Gore on Trump’s green credentials

This content was published on Jan 18, 2017 Former US vice-president Al Gore and Christiana Figueres, one-time executive secretary to the UNFCCC on Donald Trump's green credentials.

Stadler Rail awaiting big contract before investing in India

This content was published on Jan 18, 2017 A spokesperson for the firm confirmed that the city of Visakhapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh, is one possible location for a production unit. The state’s chief minister Chandrababu Naidu recently met with the company’s officials in Zurich and his office had issued a press release stating that Visakhapatnam could be potential choice for…

‘Most important office in a democracy is the citizen’

This content was published on Jan 18, 2017 Here are some extracts from the January 10 speech, compiled by the democracy platform people2 power. Change of power “In ten days the world will witness a hallmark of our democracy. The peaceful transfer of power from one freely elected president to the next. I committed to President-Elect Trump that my administration would ensure the…

Fixing the climate ‘more urgent than ever’

This content was published on Jan 18, 2017 Speaking at the Arctic Basecamp event on the sidelines of WEF in Davos, Figueres said it was time for the climate change agenda to gravitate away from bickering politicians towards companies, investors and ordinary people. The 2015 Paris Agreement committed 195 countries to restricting climate warming to no more than two degrees above pre-industrial levels,…

Learning to run like a refugee

This content was published on Jan 18, 2017 So this is what it feels like to be a refugee for an hour – in the basement of a luxury hotel in Davos. swissinfo.ch’s Matthew Allen tried out the Refugee Run simulation alongside executives at WEF.

Davos locals: the caterer

This content was published on Jan 17, 2017 Here’s one of a series of locals we’re interviewing in Davos.

Initiative targets Swiss nursing shortage

This content was published on Jan 17, 2017 At a news conference in Bern on Tuesday, the Swiss Association of Nurses called on the Swiss government and cantons to invest in nursing with the goal of improving its status as a profession. The association has launched an initiative aimed at ameliorating Switzerland’s severe shortage of nurses, both male and female, which is on…

Swiss mergers and acquisitions thrived in 2016

This content was published on Jan 17, 2017 Last year, Switzerland saw its highest volume of mergers and acquisitions since 2007, with investments by Chinese companies playing a leading role.

Alexander Bez

This content was published on Jan 17, 2017 “I came here to go skiing,” says Alexander Bez. That was in 2001, and the man from Stuttgart has been here ever since. Always employed by Davos hotels, the German worked as a chef or sous-chef. He quickly realised that the WEF is a special week when working in a hotel in the restricted security…

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