https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Swedish town of Ånge in northern Sweden held a welcome home celebration on Saturday for the Danielian/Arustamjan family who have returned to Sweden almost three months after being deported to Armenia. https://www.thelocal.se/20120304/39482 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:48:00 +0100 39482 A village in northern Sweden is in shock after all five members of a local family that had lived in the community for ten years were apprehended by police on Tuesday morning and deported to Armenia. https://www.thelocal.se/20111214/37932 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:06:00 +0100 37932 Despite a request from the Riksdag last year, the Swedish government still hasn’t recognized the genocide of Armenians and other ethnic groups in WWI. https://www.thelocal.se/20110412/33164 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:06:00 +0200 33164 Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt welcomed Turkey's ambassador to Sweden, Zergün Korutürk, back to Stockholm on Thursday after her recall to Ankara following the Swedish parliament's recognition of the Armenian genocide. https://www.thelocal.se/20100401/25856 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:13:00 +0200 25856 Turkey's ambassador to Sweden, Zergün Korutürk, returned to her post in Stockholm on Tuesday, two weeks after she was recalled over the Swedish parliament's recognition of the Ottoman Turk massacre of Armenians as genocide. https://www.thelocal.se/20100330/25822 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:29:00 +0200 25822 Turkey has announced that its ambassador will return to Sweden, despite a vote by parliament in Stockholm to recognize as genocide the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks, the foreign minister said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100325/25720 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:54:00 +0100 25720 Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has blasted Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over threats that he would consider ordering 100,000 Armenians to leave Turkey. https://www.thelocal.se/20100318/25606 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:46:00 +0100 25606 The association of Turkish Social Democrats in Gothenburg has elected to discontinue its operations after last week's parliamentary vote to recognize as genocide the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. https://www.thelocal.se/20100317/25572 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:40:00 +0100 25572 Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's decision to distance himself from a Swedish parliament vote on the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks has been hailed as "very positive" by his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. https://www.thelocal.se/20100317/25568 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:52:00 +0100 25568 Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt called his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Saturday in a bid to distance the Swedish government from a parliamentary vote which recognized the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. https://www.thelocal.se/20100315/25526 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:15:00 +0100 25526 Sweden's ambassador to Turkey, Christer Asp, was summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry on Friday morning after the Swedish parliament voted to recognize the 1915 mass killing of Armenians and other ethnic groups as genocide. https://www.thelocal.se/20100312/25484 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:14:00 +0100 25484 The Swedish parliament voted on Thursday in favour of a motion to recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide. https://www.thelocal.se/20100311/25468 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:41:00 +0100 25468