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3/27/2023 8:25:08 PM
Finland has moved one step closer to joining NATO after Hungary ratified the Nordic country’s bid on Monday. A similar decision is expected in the coming weeks from Turkey, the only alliance member that hasn’t approved Finland’s membership.
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3/27/2023 7:00:13 PM
Hungary’s parliament on Monday approved Finland’s bid to join NATO, ending months of delays and bringing the Nordic country one step closer to becoming a full member of the Western military alliance.
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3/17/2023 1:18:35 PM
Iran on Friday executed a Kurdish man viewed as a political prisoner by activists for membership in an outlawed group, rights groups said.
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3/15/2023 12:18:20 PM
Finnish president Sauli Niinisto will travel to Turkey to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, with Ankara signalling readiness to approve Finland's NATO bid.
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3/1/2023 3:19:29 PM
Finland's parliament on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining NATO, ahead of ratifications from Hungary and Turkey, increasing the likelihood it will enter the alliance before Nordic neighbour Sweden.
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2/28/2023 4:42:02 PM
NATO membership for Finland and Sweden is “a top priority,” the military alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday, urging members Turkey and Hungary to urgently ratify the Nordic countries’ accession.
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2/27/2023 10:39:49 AM
Turkey said on Monday that NATO accession talks with Sweden and Finland would be held next month, after being postponed in January over a row about protests held in Stockholm.
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2/1/2023 2:04:22 PM
Ukraine will hold a summit with the European Union in Kyiv this week, the government announced Tuesday, as it expressed hope the conference would bring the war-battered nation closer to membership in the bloc almost a year after Russia launched its invasion.
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1/30/2023 3:54:04 PM
Finland still hopes to join NATO together with Sweden, Finland's foreign minister said Monday after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's weekend remarks that Ankara could accept Finland without its Nordic neighbour.
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1/28/2023 9:35:37 PM
The foreign ministers of Sweden and Finland reiterated in separate interviews published Saturday that the process for the two Nordic nations to join NATO is continuing despite Turkey's president saying Sweden shouldn't expect his country to approve its membership.
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1/23/2023 7:30:27 PM
Turkey's president said Monday that Sweden shouldn't expect support for NATO membership following weekend protests in Stockholm by an anti-Islam activist and pro-Kurdish groups.
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1/18/2023 9:03:08 PM
The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats has attacked Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as an "Islamist dictator" as Ankara maintains its objections to approving Stockholm's bid for NATO membership.
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1/14/2023 5:01:38 PM
Turkey said Saturday it was "not in a position" to ratify Sweden's NATO membership, despite a series of steps taken by Stockholm to meet Ankara's demands.
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1/9/2023 8:35:49 PM
Sweden said Monday it had launched talks with the United States about deepening defence collaboration as Turkey continues to block the Nordic country's NATO membership.
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1/9/2023 4:18:31 PM
It's time for Sweden to join NATO because it has done what's necessary to secure Türkiye's approval for membership, the military alliance's secretary-general said Monday.
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1/8/2023 4:19:43 PM
Turkey, which has for months blocked NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland, has made some demands that Sweden cannot accept, Sweden's prime minister said on Sunday.
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12/20/2022 10:30:56 PM
Turkey on Tuesday lashed out at Sweden's refusal to extradite a top reporter that Ankara has demanded in exchange for its ratification of Stockholm's NATO membership bid.
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12/15/2022 6:25:59 PM
Kosovo's prime minister on Thursday formally tabled his country's application to be granted candidacy status for membership in the European Union, a first step in what looks set to be a very long path to eventual membership.
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12/6/2022 6:54:00 PM
Finland must publicly declare that it's lifting an arms embargo on Turkey to win Ankara's approval for its membership to NATO, the Turkish foreign minister said Tuesday.
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12/4/2022 7:15:57 PM
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation awarded the membership of the distinguished Planetary Health Pledge Club to outstanding Egyptian entrepreneur Rawya Mansour, CEO of Ramsco Egypt and Oasis Technologies Monaco, earlier this week.
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