Sweden in Focus

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This week in Sweden in Focus: Nurses plan to strike, Sweden Democrats vow to keep on trolling, and how can Sweden combat discrimination?

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local Sweden's editor Emma Löfgren and our Nordic correspondent Richard Orange. The episode also features interviews with Greg Fernando, the founder of New to Sweden, an organisation promoting greater workplace diversity, and Paulina Brandberg, Minister for Gender Equality and Working Life. 

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

Nurses strike 
  • Swedish healthcare strike: What nurses and midwives' overtime protest means for you
Troll factory
  • Swedish PM won't end Sweden Democrats collaboration over 'troll factory' 
  • Inside Sweden: Why troll factory won't spark a government crisis 
Discrimination
  • OPINION: ‘No such thing as race’: why Sweden’s colour-blind approach is failing 
  • PODCAST: Why doesn't Sweden gather data on race and ethnicity – and should it? 
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