Finland's foreign minister said Thursday that while there's been progress alleviating Turkey's concerns on Finland's and Sweden's NATO bids, there is still no "clear date" on when Ankara will ratify their memberships. "What we are still missing is the clear date, a...
NATO is considering using a $3.4 billion fund that was meant to support the now-defunct US-backed Afghan government to provide more aid for Ukraine, POLITICO reported on Wednesday. Known as the Afghan National Army Trust Fund, the money was donated by individual NATO...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday that Finland must declare an end to the arms embargo it imposed on Turkey in order for the Nordic nation to join NATO. Both Finland and Sweden placed export controls on Turkey in 2019 in response to a Turkish...
NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday discussed ways to confront what they call the "challenge" posed by China as Secretary of State Antony Blinken is trying to convince alliance members to take a more hawkish stance toward Beijing. "What we talked about today...
NATO on Tuesday doubled down on its pledge to eventually admit Ukraine during a meeting of the alliance's foreign ministers in Bucharest, Romania, a position that played a major role in provoking Russia's invasion. The Romanian city was where NATO initially made the...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday that Hungary supports Sweden and Finland joining NATO and that the parliament will formally ratify their memberships early next year. "As we have already informed Sweden and Finland, Hungary supports the NATO...
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said on Wednesday that he sees an opportunity for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine now that Moscow has announced its retreat from Kherson and that the two sides should "seize the moment." "When there’s an...
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on Monday said that Finland has no plans to host nuclear weapons if it joins NATO, although other Finnish officials have said they won't rule out the idea. Niinisto said that nuclear weapons are important for NATO's deterrence but said...
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has said Ankara is not happy with promises Sweden has made to crack down on Kurdish groups in an effort to join NATO, The Cradle reported on Tuesday. Omer Celik, the spokesman for the AKP, said Monday that Sweden...
NATO nuclear weapons could potentially be placed on Russia's border with Finland if Helsinki joins the Western military alliance, Newsweek reported on Wednesday, citing a Finnish newspaper. The newspaper Iltalehti reported that the bill the Finnish government will put...
