Finland will become the 31st member of Nato on Tuesday, the Western military alliance’s secretary general has announced. The application was prompted by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, with which Finland shares a long border. Turkey had delayed the…
Turkey approves Finland Nato membership bid
Finland will become the 31st member of Nato after Turkey’s parliament voted to approve its application. Turkey had delayed Finland’s bid to join the West’s defensive alliance for months – complaining the Nordic nation was supporting “terrorists”. Sweden, which applied…
Swedish police chief Mats Lofving found dead after inquiry
One of Sweden’s most senior police officers has been found dead at his home, in an incident described by police as “extremely tragic”. Mats Lofving, who was Stockholm’s regional police chief, had just been investigated over decisions he made while…
Top U.S. diplomat in Turkey backs NATO membership for Sweden, Finland
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday reiterated his support for swift NATO membership for Sweden and Finland. Blinken reiterated the support at a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Ankara on Monday. The two Nordic…
Erdoğan signals NATO support for Finland, leaving Sweden in the cold
Turkish President has signalled he might support Finland’s accession process to the Western defence alliance NATO, while withholding approval for the membership of the country’s Nordic neighbour Sweden. “If necessary, we can send a different message regarding Finland,” Recep Tayyip…
Swedish govt moves to get rid of permits needed for dancing
Sweden’s center-right coalition government wants to cut red tape when it comes to dancing by abolishing a decade-old requirement for restaurants, nightclubs and other venues to obtain permits before they let patrons shimmy and sway. The proposal made Thursday means…
UK Embassy in Sweden hired Johnson’s lookalike for Queen’s jubilee party in 2022
The UK Embassy in Sweden spent 7,000 pounds ($8,500) last summer to hire celebrity lookalikes for a party to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee, The Times reported Monday. The lookalikes included singers Baby Spice and David Bowie, as well as…
3 chimpanzees shot dead at Sweden’s Furuvik Zoo
Three chimpanzees have been shot dead at a Swedish zoo a day after they escaped their enclosure, with several more still inside the building the animals had taken over. Swedish officials and media said a fourth wounded chimpanzee had not…
Swedish geneticist wins Nobel prize for Neanderthal research
A Swedish geneticist has been awarded the 2022 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Svante Pääbo has won the 10m Swedish kronor (£867,000) prize announced on Monday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Pääbo won the prize…
Sweden enters political limbo in a razor-tight general election
Sweden awoke Monday to the prospect of weeks of political uncertainty after neither of the country’s blocs secured a clear governing majority in elections that saw another boost for a far-right party that is now the country’s second largest. With…
