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Turkish president says the Nordic nation has not fully addressed his security concerns.

The alliance wants to welcome Sweden during a summit in July – but is being held up by Ankara’s insistance that Stockholm do more to alleviate its security concerns

The public broadcasters of four Nordic countries have published a joint investigation that says Russia is suspected of spying in the waters of the Baltic Sea and North Sea using civilian fishing trawlers, cargo ships and yachts

For the first time in Sweden's political history, the right-wing coalition struck a cooperation agreement with the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats in October 2022 in order to secure a slim parliamentary majority. This allowed Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderate Party, to be elected prime minister by a narrow margin.…

Finland is a step closer to joining NATO after becoming a signatory to the Western military alliance.

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…

The European Union on Monday announced donor pledges worth seven billion euros to help Turkey and Syria recover from last month's earthquake. Ankara estimates the bill for rebuilding at well over 10 times that figure.

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