Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has offered his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán the prospect of a meeting in both Brussels and Budapest, as the Nordic country looks to have its application to join the NATO military alliance finally approved. Sweden applied to join NATO in May 2022, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. […]
(Bloomberg) — Hungary’s parliament speaker said the chamber was in no rush to ratify Sweden’s accession to NATO, after the government in Budapest became the last hold-out this week following Turkey’s approval. Most Read from Bloomberg “I don’t feel like we need to rush, in fact I don’t think there’s an extraordinary circumstance” that would […]
(Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he’s confident that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will cease to block Sweden’s accession to NATO. He also sounded confident that Orban will wave through a €50 billion ($54.5 billion) support package for Ukraine at an extraordinary EU summit next week. Most Read from Bloomberg “I expect […]
Following Turkey’s approval, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has promised to press ahead with the long-delayed ratification of Sweden’s accession to NATO. He will urge parliament to vote on the matter “at the first possible opportunity,” Orbán posted on platform X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday after a phone call with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — With Turkey completing its ratification of Sweden’s bid to join NATO, Hungary is the last member of the military alliance not to have given its approval. After more than a year of delays, and consistent urging from its Western partners to move forward with Sweden’s application, the Central European country and […]
Turkey’s parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favour of Sweden’s accession to NATO, clearing a long-standing hurdle for the Nordic country to join the Western military alliance. The vote was 287 in favour, 55 against with four abstentions. The Swedish government welcomed the Turkish parliament’s approval and urged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to finalize […]
By Huseyin Hayatsever and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey’s parliament ratified Sweden’s NATO membership bid on Tuesday, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding the Western military alliance after 20 months of delay. Turkey’s general assembly, where President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling alliance holds a majority, voted 287-55 to approve the application that Sweden first made […]
Turkey’s parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favour of Sweden’s accession to NATO, clearing a long-standing hurdle for the Nordic country to join the Western military alliance. The vote was 287 in favour, 55 against with four abstentions. Following Tuesday evening’s decision, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan must now sign the so-called accession protocol and it […]
Turkey’s parliament on Tuesday voted in favour of Sweden’s accession to NATO, clearing a long-standing hurdle for the Nordic country to join the Western military alliance. Turkish approval leaves Hungary as the only NATO member yet to ratify Sweden’s accession. Every NATO member needs to give the green light for Sweden to be able to […]
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 […]
Turkish legislators have endorsed Sweden’s Nato membership, paving the way for the previously nonaligned country’s entry into the military alliance. The legislators ratified Sweden’s accession protocol by 287 votes to 55, with four abstentions, on Tuesday. It will come into effect after its publication in the Official Gazette, which is expected to be swift. Hungary […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Sweden edged closer toward joining NATO on Tuesday after the Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee greenlighted a protocol for the Nordic country’s membership in the military alliance. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dropped his objection to Sweden’s membership during a NATO summit in July, but it took him several months to […]