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Nearly nine months after Sweden and Finland applied to join the NATO alliance, Turkey continues to block their accessions. Turkey’s obstruction persists even though the applicants have now met many of its demands, and in spite of sustained high-level engagement from the United States and NATO’s secretary general. Turkish presidential elections, scheduled for May, make a breakthrough unlikely anytime soon. But Sweden’s response to the recent Turkish earthquakes could provide an unexpected opportunity for renewed progress. It is in the U.S. interest, and that of Europe’s future peace and...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine presents an “existential” threat to Ukraine’s neighbors in NATO, according to a senior European envoy.

Taipei, Jan. 13 (CNA) Visiting Lithuanian lawmaker Audronius Ažubalis said Friday that NATO should play a more active role in the Indo-Pacific region to counter the growing threat from China.

Taipei, Jan. 13 (CNA) Digital Affairs Minister Audrey Tang (唐鳳) on Thursday visited the Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) Committee on Economics as well as the Lithuanian Parliamentary Group for Relations with Taiwan before attending a forum on democracy and digital freedom, the Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) said in a statement.

Taipei, Jan. 10 (CNA) Taiwan's foreign ministry on Tuesday said it was common practice for host countries to pay for the expenses of visiting foreign lawmakers it invites, amid questions raised in Lithuania over whether the practice constitutes a conflict of interest.