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Supermarket chain Migros boycotts Nivea products

Swiss supermarket Migros is boycotting certain Nivea products to protest the high prices it has to pay in comparison with other retailers abroad.

Sport

Swiss curlers upset Canada's winning streak

Switzerland's men's curling team defeated defending champions Canada 5-4 in Olympic competition at Sochi on Monday, bringing the gold medal favourites' 16-game winning run in the men's competition to an end.

winter olympics

Maurer: Sochi Olympics boycott 'would be mean'

Swiss President Ueli Maurer has said that he will attend the Russian Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 despite other world leaders’ decision to boycott the event in protest over a recent Russian anti-gay law.

Geneva

Swiss doc boycotts Novartis over job cuts

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></strong><span lang="EN-GB">A Geneva-based rheumatologist has said he will no longer prescribe Novartis medicines to patients in protest at job losses at the pharmaceutical company, which plans to shutter its production operations in the south-west of the country. </span></p>