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Sweden applied last year to join NATO as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Objections from Turkey and Hungary have delayed the bid, and Sweden now hopes to join before a NATO summit in ...
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 ...
Sweden's last war ended in 1814, and when rifles fell silent, the once-warring power would not take up arms again. The era of neutrality closes as Sweden joins NATO.
Swedish Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripen jetfighters take part in the NATO exercise as part of the NATO Air Policing mission, in Alliance members’ sovereign airspace on July 4, 2023.
Sweden became the 32nd member of the NATO military alliance with an official depositing of documents in Washington on Thursday.
Sweden will become the 32nd country to join NATO's military alliance. Sweden's petition to join NATO was finally approved by Hungary's parliament after nearly two years of discussions.
Sweden and Finland’s “decision to move away from neutrality and the tradition of neutrality to join the NATO alliance is going to make us stronger and more secure and NATO stronger,” Biden said.
NATO planners have long worried about how to support the Baltic nations if Russia seized the 40-mile “Suwalki Gap” between Kaliningrad and Belarus, but Sweden’s position straddling both the ...
Since NATO was founded in 1949, the alliance has expanded to include 30 member countries, including three former Soviet republics, and the inclusion of Sweden and Finland would further expand the ...
Erdogan has linked ratification of Sweden's NATO membership to the U.S. Congress' approval of a Turkish request to purchase 40 new F-16 fighter jets and kits to modernize Turkey's existing fleet.
The Scandinavian NATO countries Sweden, Denmark and Norway are providing a total of more than $500 million for an initiative ...