How will the budget affect you, and why is Sweden's gang violence escalating?

In this week's podcast we discuss: mushroom foraging tips, why Sweden's highest mountain is melting, how the new budget will affect you, and what are the underlying factors behind a vicious new wave of violence in Sweden's ongoing gang feuds?

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local's Emma Löfgren and Richard Orange, as well as the Swedish crime reporter Katrin Krantz from the Expressen newspaper.

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Here are links to some of the stories we discuss this week:

Mushrooms

• How to pick mushrooms in Sweden like you've been doing it all your life

Kebnekaise

• How I tamed Sweden's highest peak

Budget

• How will the 2024 budget affect foreigners in Sweden?
• How Sweden's 2024 budget could affect your finances
• Sweden's emissions to rise as budget relaxes green targets to fight inflation

Gang wars

• Timeline: Seven fatal shootings in ten days in Sweden
• Swedish police chief warns of 'unprecedented' wave of gang killings

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