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Centre-right collapse explained, and why do Swedes drink so much coffee?
FromSweden in Focus
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Jan 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this week's episode: why the centre-right has hit a new low in polls, cocaine at the Riskdag, the effects of growing unemployment and falling inflation, why opposition parties failed to depose Sweden's environment minister in a confidence vote, and why public sector workers are fuming over workplace coffee cuts. Here are links to some of the stories we discuss:Politics Cocaine found in toilets of four Swedish parties' parliamentary officesHow did Sweden end up with its zero-tolerance attitude to drugs?EconomySwedish finance minister warns more people will lose their jobsNew figures bring Swedish inflation close to two-percent targetWeatherSweden records coldest temperature of the centuryCoffeeHow to be Swedish – in ten easy stepsWhy coffee was banned in Sweden five timesSwedish word of the day: påtår
Released:
Jan 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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