In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by regular panelists Becky Waterton, Richard Orange and James Savage. The episode also features an interview with Paul Levin, Director of Stockholm University’s Institute for Turkish Studies. Sweden's speech culture. When and how should you give a speech or toast in Sweden?The new government’s first budget and how people in Sweden have reacted to it.EXPLAINED: How Sweden’s 2023 budget could benefit your financesSweden’s government slammed for broken pledges in ‘restrictive’ budgetKEY POINTS: Which election promises are missing from Sweden’s budget?LIST: The biggest spending proposals in Sweden’s new budgetSwedish budget document states changes mean missing EU 2030 climate goalsPrime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s trip to Turkey.INTERVIEW: 'Perhaps Erdogan just wants to drag out the decision on Sweden's Nato entry'Swedish PM hails ‘very productive’ Nato meeting with Turkish presidentGotland terror trial.Knife terror attack was to ‘hit back at the Swedish people’Swedish terror trial: ‘I still check what people have in their hands’We end with a quiz to find out if our panelists have what it takes to pass a mock citizenship test. Here's a similar test we ran on the site recently. QUIZ: Can you pass The Local’s mock-up Swedish citizenship test?__JOIN THE LOCAL: Podcast listener offer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.