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Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local’s Becky Waterton and Emma Lögren. 

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

Ascension Day

• Why is Ascension Day a public holiday in Sweden?

Political violence 

• EXPLAINED: What we know about the attack on a Swedish anti-fascist meeting 
• Over a thousand people join protest against Stockholm attack

Politics

• Dreadlocked bureaucrat: Who’s the Swedish Green Party’s new leader? 

Eurovision

• Malmö to bring in reinforcements from Norway and Denmark ahead of Eurovision 
• Eight unmissable free events in Malmö during Eurovision