Tag: Sweden
NATO Presses Turkey to Approve Sweden’s Membership
OSLO (AP) — NATO on Thursday ramped up pressure on its member Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden’s membership as the military organization seeks...
Conservative Swedish Party With Extremist Past Seeks a Wary Israel’s Friendship
By Etgar Lefkowitz • 22 May, 2023
Jerusalem, 22 May, 2023 (TPS) -- Two members of the Swedish Democrats Party were in Israel last week seeking to...
Erdogan Might Approve Finland’s NATO bid, ‘Shock’ Sweden
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has suggested his country might approve Finland’s application for NATO membership before taking any action on Sweden’s, while the Turkish...
NATO commits to future Ukraine membership, drums up aid
By STEPHEN McGRATH, LORNE COOK and ELLEN KNICKMEYER
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg reaffirmed the military alliance’s commitment to Ukraine on Tuesday,...
Swedish court rules firing of Jewish doctor was antisemitic, illegal
A neurosurgeon was fired last year from Karolinska University Hospital near Stockholm after complaining for years about pervasive antisemitism at the hospital.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The...
NATO nations sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland
BRUSSELS (AP) — The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership bids of...
Swedish and Finnish troops join US soldiers for huge NATO war...
About 7,000 military personnel and 45 ships from 16 countries are taking part in the BALTOPS 22 exercises
Sweden and Finland joined 14...
Turkey demands ‘concrete steps’ to back Nordics’ NATO bids
By SUZAN FRASER
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior Turkish official insisted after talks with Swedish and Finnish officials Wednesday that Turkey would not agree...
Greek PM backs new NATO applicants as Turkey undermines alliance –...
Ankara’s far-right AKP Party has spent the last decade and a half undermining NATO in particular and democratic values in general.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ...
Russia makes nuclear threat to Sweden, Finland over NATO consideration
Medvedev's warning came as Sweden and Finland seem closer than ever before to joining the Western alliance
Russia will have to bolster its defenses in the...