Serb again in midst of Davos events: Dragan says everything is 10 times pricier and safer this year

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Politicians and business leaders from around the world are slowly arriving in Davos, a Swiss town that becomes the center of the planet for several days every January. US President Donald Trump is coming to the World Economic Forum this year as well - and Zoran Zivanovic, who's job is to keep the world's most powerful people warm this year once again, told our portal about the current situation is this most important town in the world.

Dragan Zivanovic, from the village of Roanda near Svilajnac, lives with his family in a true ski paradise in Switzerland. As he says, this year everything is ten times more expensive, safer and more rigorous than last year, and for one reason alone - US President Donald Trump is arriving to the World Economic Forum tomorrow.

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"There's a lot more police on the streets in Davos today... you almost can't tell who's a policeman and who isn't. With Trump coming this year, everything has been raised to an even higher level," says our interlocutor at the beginning of the conversation.

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This year, Dragan once again cares about keeping the world's most people warm, so he says, they fill up fuel oil to heat the halls, which they are only allowed to do during the night.

"Both us who are in charge of heating, and garbage collectors, have to finish everything during the night. In the morning, none of us is allowed to be on the streets," the Serb points out.

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Davos, which is a true ski paradise, is the capital of business and politics from January 21 to 24, which, as our interlocutor says, is why prices have jumped drastically this week.

"Renting an apartment for a week for skiers costs around 1,500 Swiss francs. For participants and guests of the forum, the figure is much higher, so I saw an apartment for rent for 50,000 francs a day. This year, everything is more expensive, including parking spaces which cost 1,200 francs a day," Dragan points out.

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According to Zivanovic, everything in the city has been perfected: there are no delays, crowds, downtime - everything works perfectly.

"This year we are lucky that there is no precipitation, so the streets have been cleared in time, unlike last year when we worked 24 hours a day to clear everything. There is snow, the weather is wonderful and the temperature drops to minus 16 degrees during the night," our interlocutor adds.

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As climate change is a major topic at the World Economic Forum this year, it will be interesting to see if and what solutions world leaders have found, to prevent a "climate apocalypse."

In this regard, a novelty has been introduced in Davos this year - all food left over from banquets and lunches will be taken to a large hall in a school.

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"From 12 am to 5 pm everyone will be able to go to the hall, have lunch, take home food so that it's not thrown away. This is a novelty compared to previous years," stresses Zivanovic.

According to our interlocutor, the whole "fuss" will be over on Thursday and Friday, when all economic and political leaders will leave Davos, while the city has a deadline until Sunday to restore everything to previous order.

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"Everything must be removed and cleaned up by Sunday evening, as new guests arrive from Monday -the skiers. It's a big job in a short amount of time, but it has to be done," concludes Dragan Zivanovic.

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(A. Markovic)