Bitesize News from Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
The news stories here are written for radio and designed to be read in under a minute.
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Mont Blanc increases in height
Haute-Savoie's chamber of chartered surveyors announced yesterday that Mont Blanc now stands at 4,807.47 metres — up 1.88 metres from the last September reading in 2023
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Concerns for a supermarket Swiss cyber attack
Migros has acknowledged that the Danfoss cooling systems hit by this week's French supermarket cyberattack are used in a handful of its own Swiss branches
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Changes for Swiss driving test
Anyone taking a Swiss driving test from January next year will face a reorganised, digitised process
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PostFinance plan not fully completed
PostFinance's emergency plan does not yet meet regulatory requirements, the Swiss financial supervisor Finma said yesterday
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Health insurers proposed rule rejected
Health insurers will not be forced to channel their investment gains back into lower premiums, after the Federal Council rejected a parliamentary proposal to make the mechanism mandatory
