Bitesize News from Monday, November 2nd, 2026
The news stories here are written for radio and designed to be read in under a minute.
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Overnight motorway closures in Lausanne
Drivers on Lausanne's main motorway are facing nights of closures this week between Écublens and the Maladière junction
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Air fares will increase into next year
Swiss travellers face much higher fares on Ryanair flights from next year, with the airline's chief executive warning of double-digit percentage hikes across Europe
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Fire in Servette
A cellar fire in Geneva's Servette district forced the evacuation of a Coop supermarket and halted trams at rush hour last night
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Burglaries on the increase
Burglars in Geneva are increasingly targeting apartment cellars, with break-ins jumping 65 percent in a single year
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Exodus out of our most expensive cities
Residents are leaving Switzerland's most expensive cities in record numbers, swapping Geneva, Zurich and Basel for cheaper neighbouring cantons
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