It's the first big Nato exercise with forces from Sweden and Finland taking ... non-aligned countries from joining. It had failed. Though in truth Finland's membership has also brought Russia ...

For Sweden and Finland to join the alliance will take time. To start with, membership must be approved by their parliaments, and those of all NATO’s members — 32 parliaments in total.

Sweden is now set to join neighbouring Finland as a new Nato member, after Turkey's president withdrew a series of objections. Finland officially joined the Western defensive alliance in April ...

“The accession of Finland and Sweden will make them safer, NATO stronger ... The EU formally accepted Ukraine as a candidate to join the bloc on Thursday, over four months after Russia ...

Sweden joining Nato is supported by most of the country's political parties Sweden and Finland have confirmed they will apply for Nato membership in a historic shift that comes as a result of ...

After nearly two years of negotiations, Sweden follows Finland, which was accepted into NATO last year. The countries applied to join at the same time in May 2022, but Hungary and Turkey both ...

NATO has slowly increased its control over the Baltic Sea with Russia now the only non-NATO country left that borders it.

“If Finland and Sweden apply and join NATO then that will be a historic moment for Europe, for Finland, Sweden, for NATO, and for a whole transatlantic bond,” Stoltenberg added. In ...

Sweden and Finland are expected to apply to join NATO as soon as this summer, The Times of London reported, citing unnamed officials. Finland is expected to send its application in June ...

Unlike Finland, Sweden does not share a border with Russia ... Sweden became a full Nato member on 7 March. Whether or not joining Nato will strengthen Sweden’s cyber defences remains unclear ...

Turkey first applied to join what is now the EU in 1987 ... Previously non-aligned Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership last year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) COPENHAGEN, Denmark (CN) — NATO will start its process of incorporating Sweden and Finland into the military alliance after it officially invited both countries to join, ...