FILE – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on prior to a meeting ahead of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, July 10, 2023. The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee was poised on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, to […]
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Sweden, Denmark to send more CV90 combat vehicles to Ukraine
MILAN — The two Nordic countries have signed a joint declaration to send additional combat vehicles to Ukraine in their latest show of support for the embattled country, as another year of repelling Russian forces will soon draw to a close. The letter of intent, signed on Dec. 18, “means that Denmark and Sweden will […]
Far-right groups gain ground in Sweden and Germany amid migrant influx
MALCOLM BRABANT: About one million migrants poured into Germany in 2015. Chancellor Merkel consistently defended her pro-refugee policies, but now she has been punished by voters who believe she ignored their concerns. Chancellor Merkel has promised to listen to the people who voted for the AFD, and she says she’s going to try to win […]