Swiss dream ski week, part 5: Davos
GenevaLunch News This is the fifth in the Swiss dream ski week series, where Nick and Liam Bates, regular contributors to GenevaLunch, see how much great skiing at top Swiss resorts they can pack into...
View ArticleWEF Global Risks 2012: shift from environmental to socio-economic concern
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A year ago the focus of concern for world political and corporate leaders was environmental but that has now shifted to socio-economic issues, the World Economic...
View ArticleBern unauthorized protest stopped by police
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – A few dozen anti-World Economic Forum protesters, a small crowd estimated by one news agency at 100 persons, were stopped by police from four cantons Saturday 21...
View ArticleDavos forum through world media prism: rich vs poor
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Rich versus poor appears to be the emerging theme used by journalists covering this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos. The WEF opened Wednesday morning 25...
View ArticleCapitalism in question (Chappatte cartoon)
GenevaLunch News ©2012 Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le...
View ArticleOcean Health Index launched in Geneva
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A new tool, the Ocean Health Index, to help monitor the delicate and important relationship between the world’s oceans and people has been launched after its...
View ArticleSwitzerland followed by Singapore: most competitive nations
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013 is out, and Switzerland again leads the pack of 144 countries, with Singapore overtaking Sweden...
View ArticleWorld more at risk in 2012 than year earlier, says WEF
GenevaLunch News “Global Risks 2013″, 8th edition, points to persistent economic weakness GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The two most prevalent risks for the global economy in 2013 and years to come are wealth...
View ArticleDavos kicks off officially today
GenevaLunch News 2,500 participants from 23-27 January to discuss “Resilient dynamism” GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Davos 100 years ago, on the world stage, was mainly a place to recover from tuberculosis,...
View ArticleCameron in Davos: European political union is not for Britain (update)
GenevaLunch News DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – Speaking at the 43rd World Economic Forum in Davos Thursday 24 January, British Prime Minister David Cameron said that the European political union is not for...
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