Finland has been given the green light to join Nato after the Turkish parliament voted to approve its membership. All 276 lawmakers present on Thursday voted in favour of the Nordic country’s ...
Turkey became the last member nation to vote to accept Finland - after months of complaining the Nordic country had been supporting "terrorists". Sweden, which applied to join Nato at the same ...
Finland will now be formally admitted into NATO at its next summit in July in Lithuania. Earlier, Turkey had delayed Finland's bid to join the West's defensive alliance for months, complaining the ...
Full unanimity is required to admit new members into the 30-member alliance, and Turkey and Hungary were the last two NATO members to ratify Finland’s accession. Sweden’s bid to join the ...
Therefore, Finland has obtained legal grounds for joining the alliance. Turkey was the remaining NATO member to approve Helsinki’s bid. Earlier, the process was also delayed by Hungary ...
Sweden and Finland applied to join Nato last year, ending decades of military non-alignment. Their application must be unanimously approved by all current Nato members, but Turkey and Hungary have ...
New anti-terrorism legislation which comes into force this week should pave the way for Sweden to join NATO in coming weeks ...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will hold talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other senior Turkish ...
Sweden’s bid to join NATO remains stalled by opposition from Turkey and Hungary, even weeks after both nations finally approved Finland’s ... to wait until Turkey approves Sweden's membership ...
Full unanimity is required to admit new members into the 30-member alliance, and Turkey and Hungary were the last two Nato members to ratify Finland’s accession. Sweden’s bid to join the ...
Sweden’s bid to join NATO remains stalled by opposition from Turkey and Hungary, even weeks after both nations finally approved Finland’s ... to wait until Turkey approves Sweden’s ...
