The trial in Turkey against Swedish journalist Joakim Medin has been postponed for the fourth time. The court in Istanbul announced this, Dagens ETC writes. The proceedings have been widely condemned by press freedom organizations - and the EU Parliament has demanded that the prosecution be dropped. "It's not fun. I want an end to it," Joakim Medin told SVT.
Swedish politicsThe Turkish parliament has pushed through a bill on conditional amnesty for thousands of Kurds in the terrorist PKK.
WorldIranian authorities have arrested eleven members of a Kurdish group banned in Iran.
WorldHere are the groups currently on the EU's general terrorist list.
WorldIran's powerful Revolutionary Guard is a terrorist group, the EU says. Those who act through terror must be treated as terrorists, says Foreign Minister Kaja Kallas.
WorldThey led the war against the terrorist group ISIS. Now the Kurdish forces themselves are being defeated and driven out. The US has withdrawn its support for the Kurdish forces in Syria and is backing Syria's new Islamist government.
WorldA commander within the Kurdish PKK tells AFP that the group will not take any further steps in the peace process. First, Turkey must release imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.
WorldThe imprisoned leader of the Kurdish PKK, Abdullah Öcalan, is calling on all parties in the peace process in Turkey to make genuine efforts.
WorldThe Kurdish PKK movement announces that it is withdrawing its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq.
WorldJoakim Medin's fate is in the hands of a Turkish court. On Thursday, the trial for terrorist offenses against the Swedish journalist begins. In addition to being sentenced to several years in prison, he also risks being internationally wanted - due to a formulation in Swedish law.
CrimeTurkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says during the weekend that the country has won after the terror-stamped Kurdish PKK officially initiated its disarmament.
WorldKurdish PKK burns its weapons and Turkey's president Erdogan talks about establishing a "long-lasting peace". But a long process remains, estimates Turkey expert Michael Sahlin.
WorldSeveral fighters from the terrorist-stamped Kurdish PKK have burned their weapons in a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan. Thus, the movement's disarmament has officially begun. A historic measure, says the PKK.
WorldA leader within the EU terror-listed Kurdish PKK says that parts within the Turkish government are trying to undermine the attempts to reach a settlement on the disarmament process.
WorldTerror-stamped Kurdish PKK is to begin laying down their arms at a disarmament ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan in early July, reports the Kurdish media group Rudaw.
WorldThe journalist Joakim Medin was imprisoned in Turkey for 51 days. Late on Friday evening, he was back on Swedish soil. This has happened.
SwedenTerror-listed Kurdish PKK is dissolved, reports the Kurdish news agency Firat. A historic milestone, cheers Turkey's government. President Erdogan's ruling party emphasizes the importance of the dissolution affecting all PKK branches.
WorldThe terrorist-stamped Kurdish movement PKK has this week held a "successful" meeting on laying down its weapons and dissolving.
WorldThe trial against the Swedish journalist Joakim Medin begins in Ankara this afternoon. Swedish embassy staff are present. An important marker, says Turkey expert Paul Levin.
CrimeSweden is seeking talks with Turkey about the imprisoned Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (The Moderate Party).
Swedish politicsThe journalist Joakim Medin is being prosecuted in Turkey for terrorist crimes and insulting the president. He risks a total of 12 years in prison, reports Dagens ETC. All evidence is about journalistic activities, says the newspaper's editor-in-chief Andreas Gustavsson to TT.
CrimeTurkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is impatient and demands that the terrorist-stamped Kurdish movement PKK immediately lays down its arms. We do not have infinite time and patience.
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