NATO chief says membership for Finland, Sweden ‘top priority’

HELSINKI — NATO membership for Finland and Sweden is “a top priority,” alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday, urging members Turkey and Hungary to urgently ratify the ... Read More

Turkey’s president says no support for Sweden’s NATO bid

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president cast serious doubt on NATO’s expansion Monday after warning Sweden not to expect support for its bid for membership into the military alliance following weekend ... Read More

Erdogan’s Flip on Sweden Signals Mending of Ties With U.S.

Long seen as an in-house disrupter in NATO, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey could be trying to repair relations with the Biden administration, partly by scaling back close ties with Russia. Read More

Hungary's Viktor Orban reaffirms support for Sweden's entry into NATO

Jan. 24 (UPI) --Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday reaffirmed his approval of Sweden's bid to join NATO as the final holdout standing in the way of its membership.Orban said he ... Read More

Biden ratifies US support for Sweden and Finland to enter NATO

Biden ratifies US support for Sweden and Finland to enter NATO The Senate voted 95-1 in favor of expanding NATO to include Finland and Sweden By Michael Lee Fox News ... Read More

Sweden Signals It May Have to Join NATO After Finland - Bloomberg

Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson signaled the Nordic nation was preparing for the possibility of joining NATO after neighboring Finland, following comments from the defense alliance’s ... Read More

Erdogan says signals from US, Canada may help Turkey move on Sweden NATO bid - Reuters

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Tuesday as saying that positive developments on the U.S. sale of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara, and on Canada's arms embargo, would help Turkey's ... Read More

Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of neutrality - New York Post

Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality as concerns about Russian aggression in Europe ... Read More