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Turkey will not agree to admit Sweden or Finland to NATO until they satisfy Ankara’s requirements, as stipulated in the trilateral memorandum, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. "We cannot say …
Turkey may take a decision on Finland's NATO membership that will "shock" Sweden, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. "We can give a different response to Finland if necessary, and Sweden will …
Former Russian citizen Anastasia Gubanova competed at the European Figure Skating Championships and won. Today, Georgian citizen Anastasia Gubanova took first place at the European Figure Skating Championships in Espoo (Finland), …
Finland has issued the first commercial export license for military material to Türkiye since 2019, a key demand for Ankara to approve Helsinki's NATO bid, the country's defense ministry said. The three nations reached …
Negotiations on the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO are postponed indefinitely Trilateral talks between Türkiye, Sweden and Finland on the accession of the two Nordic countries to NATO have been postponed. This was reported …
Finland, which jointly applied with Sweden for NATO membership in May, may consider continuing the accession procedure without Stockholm, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said Tuesday. "But we have to be ready to re-evaluate …
Türkiye cannot stay silent against the anti-İslam and anti-Türkiye protests that were held in Stockholm over the weekend, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said, calling on Sweden and Finland to fully …
As part of anti-Russian sanctions, Finland froze Russian assets in the amount of 187 million euros. This is reported by the publication Yle, referring to the representative of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pia Saarivaara. …
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg believes Finland and Sweden will soon join the alliance with Türkiye’s approval, days after Stockholm said it had done everything it could to satisfy Ankara’s reservations about its …
Türkiye expects Sweden and Finland to take "concrete steps" to become NATO members as terror propaganda in these countries is still ongoing, national defense minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday. "We are closely …
The Finnish government has submitted a bill to parliament on the country’s NATO membership, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told a news conference after an emergency government meeting. "The government has just handed the …
Hungary has promised to ratify the NATO bids of Finland and Sweden in early February of 2023, Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto said. "This was a positive message ... It specifically emphasized that Finland and Sweden are …
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom could not confirm after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu that his country would complete its bid to join NATO in 2023, but said there was progress on this score. "We …
According to Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, the Finnish government will present a draft law on the country's accession to NATO in December. "The government is ready to submit a draft law on Finland's accession to …
A second meeting of the permanent joint mechanism between Türkiye, Finland and Sweden was held Friday in Stockholm. The trio signed a trilateral memorandum June 28 at the NATO summit in Madrid to address Türkiye’s …
Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto on Thursday spoke over the phone and discussed the NATO enlargement process, according to diplomatic sources. Cavusoglu, according to the …
Finland does not intend to bring nuclear weapons into its territory after joining NATO, the Yle news portal reported on Monday, quoting Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. According to the portal, Niinisto, when speaking at the opening of …
The previously imposed visa ban for Russian tourists is not limited, President Sauli Niinistö said at a press conference in Vilnius after meeting with Lithuanian leader Gitanas Nausėda. "There are no limits. It (the ban - ed.) …
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Oct. 26 he would go to Türkiye "in the near future" to discuss Finland and Sweden’s nearly completed process to join the military alliance. …
The Turkish and Finnish ministry delegations are holding talks in Ankara as part of the NATO membership process, the Millliyet newspaper reported. Negotiations between representatives of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of …
