Mar. 11—ROCHESTER — Teachers overwhelmingly voted last week to approve their union’s new contract with Rochester Public Schools after the two sides came to a tentative agreement in February. The union, known as the Rochester Education Association, held voting among its members from March 5-8. According to REA President Vince Wagner, 89.7% of those who […]
The Hungarian Parliament ratified Sweden’s accession to NATO on 26 February, a year and a half after the fact. Source: European Pravda with reference to 444.hu Details: 188 Members of the Hungarian Parliament have voted in favour of the ratification of Sweden’s NATO accession, 6 have voted against. Formally the ratification process will end after […]
The US government has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after the Turkish government’s ratification this week of Sweden’s Nato membership. The move is a significant development in the expansion of the alliance, which has taken on additional importance since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The US State Department notified Congress of its […]
The Turkish parliament has ratified Sweden’s bid to join Nato by an big majority in a long-delayed vote. Sweden applied to join in 2022 after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But Turkey withheld its approval following disagreements over what it called Sweden’s support to Kurdish separatists. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is now expected to […]