Sources: Xinhua
An avalanche at the Crans-Montana ski resort in Switzerland injures four, one seriously, with fears that up to a dozen skiers may have been hit according to witnesses. 240 rescuers including police and army search the affected piste area. No further victims are immediately found, or missing persons reported. 2019-02-19
Various billionaires, world leaders, and investors gather in Davos, Switzerland to discuss economic issues. 2018-01-23
A Swiss Boeing F-A-18 military jet crashes in France while on a training mission, injuring the pilot. The Swiss defense ministry has said it did not know what caused the accident. 2015-10-14
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN centre in Geneva, Switzerland has been restarted after a two-year conversion. 2015-04-5
World leaders are meeting in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. 2014-01-20
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose economy would be severely affected, denounces the Tobin tax under consideration in the European Union. 2012-01-27
Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 2011-01-29
A small explosion occurs in the basement of a hotel in Davos, Switzerland, close to where the World Economic Forum is taking place. No one is injured and a boiler is blamed. 2011-01-27
Reform of the banking system was one of the key themes at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos. European Parliament Vice-President Silvana Koch-Mehrin said "There was general disapproval of the disproportionate self-rewarding in the banking sector". 2010-02-8