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Did Russian ties to Koran-burning outside Turkish embassy derail Sweden’s NATO bid?

The timing couldn’t have been worse. Turkey had already threatened to derail Sweden’s NATO aspirations when a far-right extremist set fire to a Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. On Friday, Ankara issued its verdict on Sweden and Finland’s joint NATO bid: For now, Turkey would only start ratifying…

France 24

Finland's right-wing opposition leads in poll ahead of April 2 election

Finland's right-wing opposition National Coalition Party held a narrow lead among voters ahead of an election for parliament on April 2, an opinion poll published by daily Helsingin Sanomat showed on Tuesday.

Reuters

The world’s happiest countries for 2023 are revealed … but where’s Australia?

A report found the world is as satisfied as it was before COVID hit. Finland is again the happiest country, with Australia making the top 20.

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The 2023 World Happiness Report has been released. Where does Australia rank and what makes a country 'happy'?

For the sixth consecutive year, Finland has come out on top of an annual ranking of the world's happiest nations, with the Finns having the highest average life evaluation of the 137 countries surveyed.

ABC News

Finland is world's happiest country for sixth straight year

We’ve got some catching up to do in the U.S.

Fortune

Northern Ireland rocked by another high-profile withdrawal ahead of Euro qualifiers

Michael O'Neill has suffered another blow ahead of games against San Marino and Finland

Belfast Live

Finland named happiest country for a sixth year in a row in global rankings

Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Israel, Netherlands and Sweden were found to be among the happiest countries in the world in an in-depth study of people's mental outlooks across the world

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International happiness day: Which are the happiest and unhappiest countries?

Finland continues its stay at the top of the rankings while the UK only scrapes into the top 20, sandwiched between the Czech Republic and Lithuania

Evening Standard

This country has been voted the world’s happiest for the sixth year in a row

The UK is ranked 19th in the world for happiness

The Independent UK

Digital literacy: Can the republic 'survive an algorithm?'

Much of the debate about combating online misinformation and extremism revolves around government regulations and changes made by social media platforms

The Independent UK

Covid has not affected people’s happiness around world, study reveals

World Happiness Report finds higher levels of benevolence in all global regions than before the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Niinistö: Sweden security OK if Finland joins NATO first

The Finnish president says he doesn’t think Sweden will end up in a vulnerable security situation although neighboring Finland is likely to join NATO first

The Independent UK

Rasmus Kristensen responds to ‘tough week’ after silencing doubters with first Leeds United goal

Rasmus Kristensen was omitted from Denmark's squad fr their upcoming games against Finland and Denmark

Leeds Live

Sweden to pursue NATO entry as Turkey decouples Nordic bids

STOCKHOLM — Sweden will continue efforts to persuade Turkey to lift its block on the entry of the largest Nordic country into defense alliance NATO after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened the door to Finland’s accession.

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Evening Standard

Turkey drops opposition to Finland’s bid to join Nato

Both Finland and Sweden applied to join Nato in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, abandoning decades of nonalignment

Reuters

NATO's Stoltenberg hails Turkish move on Finland membership, sees Sweden joining soon

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday hailed Turkey's decision to move ahead with ratifying Finland's bid for membership of the military alliance and said he was confident Sweden would join soon too.

Reuters

Turkey's Erdogan endorses Finland's NATO bid, but Sweden must wait

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey's parliament will start ratifying Finland's accession to NATO, lifting the biggest remaining hurdle to enlarging the Western defence alliance as war rages in Ukraine, though he held off approving Sweden's bid.

Reuters

US urges Turkey to quickly ratify Sweden's NATO bid

The United States welcomed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's announcement on Friday that the country's parliament will begin ratifying Finland's NATO bid, and encouraged Turkey to quickly ratify Sweden's accession into the military alliance as well.

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Al Jazeera

Turkey’s Erdogan says he will back Finland’s NATO bid

Finland and Sweden jointly applied for membership, but Ankara has so far backed only Helsinki’s bid.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye’s President Says He Will Back Finland’s NATO Bid

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that his government would move forward with ratifying Finland’s NATO application, paving the way for the country to join the military bloc ahead of Sweden. The breakthrough came as Finnish President Sauli Niinisto was in Ankara to meet with Erdogan. Both Finland and…

The Guardian - UK

Turkish president lifts veto on Finland’s Nato application

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says he will recommend Turkish parliament vote in favour of Finland joining alliance

WEKU

Turkey says it will ratify Finland's bid to join NATO

"NATO will become stronger with Finland's membership and thus, I believe, will play an active role in maintaining global security and stability," Turkey's president said Friday.

Reuters

Hungary's ruling party to back Finland's NATO accession in March 27 vote

Hungary's legislature will vote on the ratification of Finland's NATO accession on March 27 and the majority ruling party bloc will unanimously support the bid, the leader of the ruling Fidesz party's parliamentary group said on Friday.

The Independent UK

Turkey's president says he will back Finland's NATO bid

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that he would support Finland’s NATO application, paving the way for the country to join the military bloc ahead of Sweden

The Independent UK

Hungary pressures EU by delaying Finland, Sweden NATO vote

Nearly a year after Sweden and Finland officially applied to join NATO following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, their admission into the military alliance remains unresolved because two NATO members — Turkey and Hungary — still haven't approved their bids

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