The Latest Breaking News from Swiss Alps

'Davos Man' needs to acquire some social skills

One of the most iconic images of our time shows a polar bear marooned and adrift on an ice floe. Few other images capture the reality of climate change so viscerally. And now, ironically, Davos Man finds himself in a similar metaphorical position. His natural habitat, the hyper-globalised world of…

Bangkok Post · Feb 4, 2023

Davos 2023: The World Economic Forum explained

The World Economic Forum (WEF) returns to its snowy winter residency in the Swiss Alps this week with a record attendance of business and government leaders.

Reuters · Jan 16, 2023

Prince Harry convinced himself Princess Diana faked her death and was in hiding

In a leaked excerpt of Spare, Prince Harry reveals how, as a child, he was convinced Diana was hiding in a flat in Paris or in a cabin in the Swiss Alps after he was given the heartbreaking news of the accident that killed her

Daily Mirror · Jan 6, 2023

Inside the super-secure Swiss lab trying to stop the next pandemic

The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal waters below, snow-capped Swiss Alps above and in between, a super-secure facility researching the world's deadliest pathogens.

Reuters · Jul 31, 2022

DAVOS DIARY: Train instead of plane —scenery, carbon cutting

The World Economic Forum is encouraging European attendees to come to its exclusive gathering in the Swiss Alps by train

The Independent UK · May 22, 2022

Giant ichthyosaur’s huge tooth points to sea creatures with robust bite

Rare fossils from three of the late-Triassic marine reptiles found in Swiss Alps include 10cm tooth – big enough to snag giant squid

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022