Bitesize News from Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
The news stories here are written for radio and designed to be read in under a minute.
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Swiss road deaths up - bucking Euro trend
The road deaths in Switzerland are rising, bucking a general European trend.
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Job market tough for graduates
Graduates are finding the job market increasingly tough – even for those with advanced degrees.
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Winemaker forced to move 75,000 bottles from a car park
A Geneva court has ordered a winemaker to remove 75,000 bottles of wine he had been storing in an underground car park. The bottles took up 300 square meters of space.
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Switzerland will be hit hard by climate change
Climate change will have a major impact on Switzerland, according to new climate scenarios from MeteoSwiss and ETH Zurich.
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Migros loses top slot
Migros has lost the top slot of the leading Swiss retailer to Coop.
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Large scale crisis exercise this week
Switzerland will hold its first-ever nationwide crisis exercise at the end of this week, testing how federal, cantonal, and local authorities respond to a hybrid threat.
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Construction workers take to the streets
Around 2,000 construction workers took to the streets of Geneva yesterday, answering a two-day strike call by local unions.
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Basel high SUV parking rates 'excessive'
A heated dispute is unfolding in Basel over parking fees.
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Health executive pay should be capped
The top pay of health insurance executives should be capped – says the National Council Social Security and Health Committee.
