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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has demanded a "written agreement" from Finland and Sweden on steps to end their "support for terrorism" if they want to join the NATO

Updated On: 02 Aug 2023 | 11:05 AM IST

Turkey has been the only NATO member to object to the bid, citing the two Scandinavian countries' support to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party

Updated On: 01 Aug 2023 | 6:30 PM IST

Russian President says expansion of military infrastructure onto Nordic territory 'will of course give rise to our reaction in response'.

Updated On: 30 Jan 2023 | 2:57 PM IST

Russian Ambassador-at-large for Arctic Cooperation said that the Arctic region has turned into an international theater of military operations since Finland and Sweden applied for NATO membership.

Updated On: 23 May 2022 | 9:49 AM IST

The increasingly autocratic and anti-democratic president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said he will not agree to the entry of Finland and Sweden in NATO

Updated On: 23 May 2022 | 9:43 AM IST

Gazprom Export has demanded that European countries pay for Russian gas supplies in roubles because of sanctions imposed over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, but Finland refuses to do so

Updated On: 21 May 2022 | 10:37 AM IST

Russia to halt gas flows to Finland on Saturday following the latter's intent and application to NATO membership which has ignited political rivalry between both countries

Updated On: 20 May 2022 | 8:28 PM IST

Russia will cut off natural gas to Finland after the Nordic country that applied for NATO membership this week refused to pay in rubles, the Finnish state-owned energy company said on

Updated On: 20 May 2022 | 7:56 PM IST

Finland and Sweden have decided to apply for NATO membership. Turkey has said it opposed the two Nordic states' accession to the military alliance

Updated On: 20 May 2022 | 9:26 AM IST

President Joe Biden on Thursday welcomed the leaders of Sweden and Finland to the White House, as he hailed the application of the once-neutral countries to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Updated On: 19 May 2022 | 9:36 PM IST

Hours before his first trip to Asia as president, Biden will sit down with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinist

Updated On: 19 May 2022 | 2:54 PM IST

The US struggled to get clarity from Turkey over severity of its opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, as President Erdogan took an increasingly tough line against their membership bids

Updated On: 19 May 2022 | 7:20 AM IST

If, as seems likely, NATO accepts their request, this will be the Atlantic Alliance's biggest and most far-reaching expansion in two decades

Updated On: 18 May 2022 | 10:52 PM IST

NATO envoys failed to reach a consensus on Wednesday about whether to start membership talks with Finland and Sweden, diplomats said, as Turkey renewed its objections to the two Nordic countries

Updated On: 18 May 2022 | 9:22 PM IST

Sweden and Finland were both neutral throughout the Cold War, and their decision to join NATO is one of the most significant changes in Europe's security architecture for decades

Updated On: 18 May 2022 | 12:55 PM IST

"Finland and Sweden, as well as other neutral countries, have been participating in NATO military exercises for many years," Lavrov said

Updated On: 18 May 2022 | 12:52 AM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday ratcheted up his objection to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, accusing the countries of failing to take a clear stance against Kurdish militants

Updated On: 17 May 2022 | 8:08 AM IST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked his forces who reportedly pushed all the way to the Russian border in the Kharkiv region in a symbolic gain

Updated On: 17 May 2022 | 7:28 AM IST

Finland will be applying for NATO alliance in the near future, Finnish President confirmed recently. With increasing pressure from Russia, Finland is edging closer towards US and NATO's umbrella

Updated On: 15 May 2022 | 11:33 PM IST

Security concerns over Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine changed the calculus for Finland and Sweden which have long espoused neutrality

Updated On: 15 May 2022 | 2:31 PM IST