Tag: Davos

Blinken’s Davos departure delayed after Boeing plane malfunction

Secretary of State Antony Blinken experienced a delay in returning home from Switzerland as planned Wednesday due to a malfunction with his plane, a modified Boeing 737 business jet. Blinken was in Davos to attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting this week. After leaving Davos for Zurich on helicopters and boarding his aircraft, Blinken […]

Scaramucci’s Trump warning for Davos

Davos, Switzerland — The “Mooch” says the Davos crowd is getting it wrong. Anthony Scaramucci says the consensus of CEOs, diplomats and journalists at the annual World Economic Forum is that former President Donald Trump will win the 2024 election. The good news for Scaramucci, an outspoken critic of Trump following an infamously brief stint […]

UA takes out important RU aircraft, Zelenskyy in Davos, good news coming on munitions

Your slice of the headlines in Ukraine. Daily. Tuesday, January 16, 2024. ●     Ukraine confirms destruction of Russian A-50 and Il-22 warplanesThe Ukrainian Air Force is responsible for downing a Russian airborne early warning and control A-50 aircraft, as well as an Il-22M11 airborne command post, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, […]

Zelensky meets Stoltenberg, von der Leyen at Davos

President Volodymyr Zelensky met NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Jan. 16. Zelensky arrived in Switzerland on Jan. 15 to attend the WEF, an annual event that gathers the world’s government, business, and civil society […]

Ukraine denies discussing territorial compromises with partners in Davos

Ukraine has not discussed any territorial compromises with its partners, Andriy Yermak, Ukraine’s presidential chief-of-staff, said during a briefing in Davos on Jan. 14. “I have participated in nearly all high-level meetings, including leadership meetings, and I have never heard any of Ukraine’s partners or friends discuss compromises regarding Crimea, which they know are unacceptable […]

80 countries attend Ukraine Peace Formula meeting at Davos

Eighty countries and one international organization attended the fourth national security advisers’ meeting on Ukraine’s Peace Formula at Davos, Switzerland, according to Andriy Yermak, head of the office of the president. That’s an increase from the 66 attendees at the previous meeting, held in Malta, Yermak said. The Davos meeting had 39 countries from Europe, […]