Topic: Sweden
SAARISELKA, Finland (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Turkey and Sweden condemned on Saturday a vote in the Swedish parliament that defined the early 20th-century killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who is holding informal talks with foreign ministers including Turkey's Ahmet Davutoglu in northern Finland, said he was upset by the vote ...
Jessica Ennis claimed gold in the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships on Saturday. The reigning world heptathlon champion racked up a total of 4937 points over the one-day five-discipline event. She timed 8.04sec in the 60m hurdles, jumped a best of 1.90m in the high jump and 14.01m in the shot put, jumped a best of ...
Turkey warned Sweden Friday of "serious" damage to ties after the Swedish parliament recognized the massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide, only days after a similar vote by a US Congressional panel. The foreign ministry summoned the Swedish ambassador to convey Ankara's protests, while the Turkish envoy to Stockholm, recalled immediately after Thursday's vote, arrived home ...
