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Borge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum which runs the Davos event

Fears for planet key as leaders pack for 'green' Davos

Business / 15 Jan

Ireland comes in 7th place with a gender pay gap of 79.9%, a new WEF report shows

World faces 99.5 year wait for gender parity - WEF

Business / 17 Dec 19

The US fell to second place behind Singapore in the WEF's competitiveness rankings

Ireland slips a place in Global Competitiveness Report

Business / 09 Oct 19

The e-commerce rules talks were announced by the EU's top trade official, Cecilia Malmstrom, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos

75 countries launch WTO e-commerce talks at Davos

Business / 25 Jan 19

The IMF trimmed its global growth forecasts on the eve of Davos

Lagarde warns against over-reliance on monetary easing

Business / 24 Jan 19

European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom addressed the Davos gathering today

Malmstrom confident US car tariffs won't materialise

Business / 24 Jan 19

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the World Economic Forum in Davos

Japan's Abe to put trade, climate at top of G20 list

Business / 23 Jan 19

British trade minister Liam Fox is in Davos this week

Fox to press trade ministers over replicating EU deals

Business / 23 Jan 19

The Deputy Managing Director of the IMF David Lipton made his comments at Davos today

IMF says economic slowdown to come sooner than expected

Business / 23 Jan 19

Economists at Davos upbeat on Chinese economy despite slowdown

China slowdown is 'no disaster', Davos hears

Business / 22 Jan 19

Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum

Has Davos made the world better?

Business / 21 Jan 19

Oxfam publishes a new report on inequality ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos

World's 26 richest own same as poorest half of humanity

Business / 21 Jan 19

The latest Edelman Trust Barometer shows only one in five people believe the economic, political and social system is working for them

Davos survey shows people placing trust in companies

Business / 21 Jan 19

The White House has cancelled the US's delegation's trip to the Swiss Alps for Davos 2019

Minus US govt, Davos faces Brexit & Brazilian populism

Business / 18 Jan 19

President Trump last week cancelled his own participation in Davos

Trump cancels US delegation trip to Davos

Study foresees robots swiftly replacing humans in the accounting, client management, industrial, postal and secretarial sectors

Robots will handle over 50% of work tasks by 2025 - WEF

Science and Technology / 17 Sep 18

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi also defended a court decision to jail two Reuters reporters

Rohingya crisis 'could have been handled better'

Myanmar / 13 Sep 18

One exhibition allows users experience another person's movements

Science Gallery offers new perspectives at Davos

News Lens / 26 Jan 18

Donald Trump speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos

Trump tells Davos US 'is open for business'

World / 29 Jan 18

Games have the power to change the way decisions are made, and could help to solve global issues, according to Mary Flanagan

Game Changer: Power of computer games in Davos focus

News Lens / 25 Jan 18

Dan Buettner has gathered his knowledge in the world's happiest places.

It's a dog owner's life: Davos hears happiness secrets

News Lens / 25 Jan 18

Leo Varadkar were both speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos

Taoiseach calls on UK to stick to border commitments

News / 25 Jan 18

European countries would need to cope with a more competitive tax environment, the German Chancellor has said

Merkel tells Davos that isolation is not the answer

Business / 24 Jan 18

Cate Blanchett told the WEF over 22 million people in the world are refugees, and half of them are women and girls

Blanchett highlights plight of refugees in Davos speech

News Lens / 23 Jan 18

Davos: Ireland has wealth to be more inclusive society

Analysis and Comment / 24 Jan 18

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