Finland joined the alliance in April, becoming NATO’s 31st member, after Turkey’s parliament ratified the Nordic country’s bid. But Turkey held out on approving Sweden's bid, accusing the ...
Sweden applied to join in 2022 after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but Turkey ... Finland, both long considered as militarily neutral, announced their intention to join Nato in May ...
Hungary was the last holdout after Turkey agreed to Sweden's accession in January. Newcomers need to be approved by all existing NATO members. Once neutral Sweden and neighboring Finland decided ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators declined on Thursday to block the sale of F-16s to Turkey, despite voicing deep disdain for Turkey's conduct as an ally. They were upholding an unofficial bargain that ...
Turkey expressed concern that Sweden ... the wreckage of World War II," it said in a statement. Sweden, along with Finland, which joined NATO last year, both abandoned long-standing military ...
For Sweden, it marks the end of a 20-month-long wait that started in May 2022 when it submitted its application to join alongside Finland ... tied Turkey’s backing of Sweden’s Nato membership ...
Sweden will become the 32nd member country in NATO, the sweeping alliance of nations that work together toward political and military security.
Sweden has officially joined the NATO military alliance, ending decades of neutrality amid soaring concerns about Russia’s aggression in Europe following its invasion of Ukraine. “Unity and ...
Finland joined the alliance in April, becoming NATO’s 31st member, after Turkey’s parliament ratified the Nordic country’s bid. Hungary has also stalled Sweden’s bid, alleging that Swedish ...