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Turkey has voted yes for Swedish membership in NATO. But what is the next step towards full membership? SVT's US correspondent Fouad Youcefi tells us that the absolute first step is for all decisions from the parliament to be deposited with the US State Department. Foreign Minister Tobias Billström will probably come there to hand over the documents, says the US correspondent. The Swedish flag is expected to be raised at various NATO headquarters around the world - and Sweden can claim to b...

Human rights groups fear that the Scandinavian country, renowned for its neutrality, is being reckless with the future of Kurdish dissidents

Sweden's PM Ulf Kristersson and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet on Monday to discuss Sweden's Nato application.Jan Hallenberg, senior ...

Although Sweden is more or less surrounded by Nato members, the risk of a military attack from Russia – even though it is preoccupied in Ukraine – cannot be ruled out entirely

After the explosions on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, Nordic countries have increased their surveillance around many strategic facilities, especially those in the energy sector.

"It is in Moscow's interest that these countries are more worried about their security than about Ukraine's survival."

NATO and the G7 are finishing their summits, with leaders facing the prospect of citizens that have grown weary of the war. The top American intelligence official said Russia still eyes taking over all of Ukraine.

Turkey – a NATO member since 1952 with its second largest army, trailing only the US, has refused to accept Finland and Sweden, citing their support for the... 08.06.2022, Sputnik International

NATO Secretary General and several of the alliance's member states have assured that Sweden would not stand alone in a Russian attack during a possible application process to NATO. According to researcher Jan Hallenberg, however, the risk of an attack is very small. - A NATO country has never been attacked and never a country that is in the application process. So we should not exaggerate the risks here, he says in Aktuellt.

Finland appears to be closer to applying to join the NATO military alliance than its western neighbor Sweden, says Jan Hallenberg of the Swedish Institute ...