#Latest news with #SwedishForeignMinistryWashington Post17-05-2025PoliticsWashington PostTurkey frees a Swedish journalist who was convicted for insulting President ErdoganSTOCKHOLM — A Swedish journalist arrested in Turkey in March when he traveled there to cover nationwide protests was released and returned home to Sweden on Saturday. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X that 'hard work in relative silence has paid off' and that Joakim Medin's release was due to intensive lobbying by the Swedish foreign ministry and European colleagues.
Washington Post17-05-2025PoliticsWashington PostTurkey frees a Swedish journalist who was convicted for insulting President ErdoganSTOCKHOLM — A Swedish journalist arrested in Turkey in March when he traveled there to cover nationwide protests was released and returned home to Sweden on Saturday. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on X that 'hard work in relative silence has paid off' and that Joakim Medin's release was due to intensive lobbying by the Swedish foreign ministry and European colleagues.