Turkey and Hungary’s objections were far from Sweden’s only obstacle in joining Nato, cybersecurity experts say.
Turkey, in turn, agreed “to support at the 2022 Madrid Summit the invitation of Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO.” Details of exactly what was agreed were unclear.
But, unlike its megaphone diplomacy during NATO’s Nordic expansion the past two years, when Turkey tabled a host of demands from Sweden and Finland, Ankara is keeping its demands close to its chest, ...
Swedish Minister of Defence Pål Jonson said earlier this year that "war can come to us too." Meanwhile, Minister of Civil ...
Finland became NATO’s 31st member earlier this year after Turkey’s parliament ratified its bid. Hungary, the only other NATO holdout on Sweden, has not announced when the country’s ...
Even if they are overcome, objections from Turkey, which is the only one of NATO's 30 members to have raised reservations about the expansion so far, could delay Finland's and Sweden's accession to ...
Full unanimity is required to admit new members into the 30-member alliance, and Turkey and Hungary were the last two NATO members to ratify Finland’s accession. Sweden’s bid to join the ...
Finland’s right-wing government announced ... all of whose countries are now NATO members. After Sweden formally joined NATO last month, Russia is now confronted with hostile adversaries on ...
US to send weapons and equipment to Kyiv ‘this week’ after £76bn aid package approved - The US Senate has passed £49bn in ...
In a recent development, Sweden has joined Amsterdam-based independent VC firm NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) as a Limited Partner (LP), aligning with 23 other nations to invest in technology and science.
The move comes soon after Sweden’s accession to Nato last month, following months of opposition from Hungary and Turkey. Dr Gustafson, from Brunel University, said Finland and Sweden joining ...