Tag: Sweden

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Kurdish refugees, victims of Sweden and Finland NATO access process?

  

  After Turkey unblocked the NATO accession process for Sweden and Finland, now fears have arisen that the two Nordic states could have conceded too much to Ankara over deportations.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Stockholm will try to lift Turkey's objection to Sweden's NATO membership

  

  NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has said that Sweden and Finland's applications to join the alliance will be fast-tracked. Explaining the decision behind her country's intention to become a member, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said abandoning decades of political neutrality was a direct result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  Finland, Sweden confirm they would seek full NATO membership

  

  Finland Sunday confirmed it would apply for membership to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), thus changing the geopolitical scenario in Europe less than three months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Turkey against Finland, Sweden joining NATO

  

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday voiced his opposition to admitting Finland and Sweden into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

• Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  UK signs defense deals with Sweden and Finland, ahead of the two countries decision on joining NATO

  

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday signed defense deals with Sweden and Finland committing UK aid, including military support, in the event of an attack. Johnson made the pledge during a brief tour to the two Nordic nations, where he met first Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson at her official countryside residence; then Finnish President Sauli Niinistö in Helsinki.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 20:54 UTC

  Russia raises eyebrows at Sweden, Finland possibly joining NATO

  

  Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (2008-2012) said Thursday that his country could not sit down and watch if Finland and Sweden were to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and hinted a nuclear-free Baltic region would no longer be possible

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Almirante Storni cargo ship moored at Gothenburg while still on fire

  

  Sweden's port authority Sunday released a press statement reporting that the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Almirante Storni (named like current and former Argentine Navy units) had reached Gothenburg and cargo unloading was proceeding according to plan after the ship caught fire a week ago, thus prompting a rescue operation.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  Anti Muslim rioting and clashes with police in southern Sweden

  

  Protesters threw stones at police and burned tires in southern Sweden late on Friday, authorities said, hours after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending a Quran-burning rally nearby.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Sweden supports a robust response to China's new security law on Hong Kong

  

  Sweden said on Monday it supported Franco-German efforts for a robust response to China's new security law on Hong Kong, joining Denmark and the Netherlands in pushing the European Union to consider countermeasures on Beijing.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  Pandemic: Sweden fears overreaction and follows a relaxed strategy

  

  A growing number of Swedish doctors and scientists are raising alarm over the Swedish government’s approach to COVID-19. Unlike its Nordic neighbors, Sweden has adopted a relatively relaxed strategy, seemingly assuming that overreaction is more harmful than under-reaction.