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The leader of a Turkish nationalist party is expressing concern that NATO´s expansion to include Sweden and Finland will provoke Russia.

Sweden on Tuesday signed a formal request to join NATO, a day after the country announced it would seek membership in the military alliance.

Sweden announced it will seek NATO membership in the wake of Russia´s invasion of Ukraine, ending 200 years of military nonalignment.

Canada says it supports plans from Finland and Sweden to join NATO amid Russia´s war in Ukraine.

Young Swedish men aged 18 to 29 are the most critical of their country joining the NATO military alliance, while elderly Swedes unlikely to be drafted into a war are far more likely to support the proposition.

BERLIN (AP) – A senior NATO official said Sunday that Russia’s military advance in Ukraine appears to be faltering and he expressed hope that Kyiv can win the war, as Russia’s neighbour Finland announced it wants to join the Western military alliance.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed disapproval at the idea of Sweden and Finland joining the NATO military alliance, claiming they harbour terrorists and terrorist organisations. President Erdogan hinted at a possible veto of the two Scandinavian countries, as

(AFP) — Finland on Saturday sought to allay Moscow’s fears about its bid to join NATO, as fierce fighting raged in Ukraine’s east, slowing down a hoped-for Russian advance. Wives and parents of Ukrainian fighters trapped in the bowels of

Prostitutes and undercover journalists in Sweden have claimed that Shia imams have charged Muslims for “weddings” with prostitutes as a means to circumvent Islamic rules on sex before marriage.

Qu’ran-burning anti-Islam activists have been given the green light by police to carry out demonstrations, despite prior large-scale riots. 

Britain pledged to protect Sweden from attack, with Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Magdalena Andersson signing a defence pact.

Swedish police have claimed that their country has become a major international transit hub for illegal drugs, with large amounts of drugs smuggled in and distributed across Scandinavia and beyond.

The EU has the Western Balkans in its sights according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who declared the region “belongs” to the bloc. 

NATO Director General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that the alliance would guarantee the security of Sweden if the country decides to apply to join the alliance, with an increased military presence in the Baltic sea. NATO Chief Stoltenberg assured Swedes that

Sweden’s prime minister admitted there are “parallel societies” within the country in a tacit admission of existence of “no-go zones”.

Almost a third of Swedes say they are for banning political demonstrations that are offensive to sections of the community following multi-day riots over Easter sparked by anti-Islam protesters burning copies of the Qur’an.

Swedish police have reported that 104 officers were injured in the riots that took place across the country last week in reaction to Danish anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan and his followers burning a Qur’an.

The Swedish government has announced it will be speeding up its decision on whether or not to play to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) by releasing a report on the topic two weeks earlier than expected.

The genocidal government of China, which spent much of the past decade forcibly programming the Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang province to abandon their religion and worship communism instead, on Wednesday gave Sweden a lecture on respecting the religious beliefs of Muslims after a Swedish politician burned a copy of the Quran.

A Swedish petition demanding the govt make burning the Qu’ran a crime followed multi-day riots over anti-Islam activists burning the book. 

Violent riots continued over the weekend in Swedish cities in reaction to anti-Islam Qu’ran-burning activists, with three people shot and injured by police in Norrköping and a school set on fire in Malmo. Since Thursday, Sweden has seen rioting across several

MOSCOW, KYIV (AP) – The Russian military has told Ukrainian troops in the besieged port of Mariupol that if they lay down their weapons they will be “guaranteed to keep their lives.”

On Thursday and Friday, Swedish cities saw cars set on fire and police injured as a result of rioting by people opposed to demonstrations by Qu’ran-burning politician Rasmus Paludan.

Finland and Sweden may apply to join the NATO military alliance as early as June, largely in reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

Expert Gunnar Appelgren has warned Sweden could be in for a “terrible year” fatal shootings could break records if current trends continue. 

A Swedish police operation conducted in March bust 38 men seeking to purchase sex from prostitutes and found that 30 of them had bought sexual favours from exploited Ukrainian women. Swedish police conducted “Operation Cod” in March and arrested a

The chief spokesman for the Kremlin has admitted that Russia has incurred “significant” losses during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Swedish police recorded over three times as many fatal shootings this year as the same period in 2021, the most in five years.

Frederik Andersson, a member of the Civic Collection party, has died as a result of gunshot wounds he received at a gym in central Stockholm earlier this week as he attempted to stop a gunman from shooting another man.

The number of people deemed a risk to Sweden has increased, the Swedish Security Service says, despite many having deportation orders. 

Ukrainian refugees in Poland are reportedly hesitant to get on buses to Sweden, fearing their children may be taken from them by Swedish social services and expressing concerns over shootings.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that countries like Sweden and Finland could be fast-tracked for membership.

Swedish police said at least two people were injured and one person has been arrested in Malmö, during an after-school incident.

A number of Ukrainian refugee women taken in by multicultural Sweden still fear for their safety, after at least two separate groups of men tried to gain access to their living quarters.

Swedish farmers may be forced to reduce their harvests by as much as half due to a shortage of manure and fertilizers caused by the conflict in Ukraine and associated sanctions war.

Populist Sweden Democrats (SD) leader Jimmie Åkesson has slammed European Green politicians, blaming their policies for making Europe reliant on Russian energy and enriching the country

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said she will not be pursuing an application for her country to join NATO.

The Swedish government is set to repeal its Pandemic Act by the end of the month and starting in April, the country will no longer classify the Wuhan virus as a “generally and socially dangerous” disease.

Finland’s parliament discussed the country looking to join that NATO alliance, with the left-wing Prime Minister brushing the matter off.

The leader of Sweden’s Left Party has slammed the decision by the Swedish Prime Minister to break with the country’s tradition of neutrality.