Turkey cancels ministers’ meeting in response to Sweden protests
Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said the scheduled Jan. 27 visit by his Swedish counterpart Pål Jonson would not take place.
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Former Swedish intelligence officer jailed for life for spying for Russia
Judge says Peyman Kia abused trust placed in him, and also sentences younger brother to 10 yearsA court in Stockholm has sentenced a former Swedish intelligence officer to life imprisonment and his younger brother to 10 years after finding both guilty …
Sweden to deliver CV90 fighting vehicles to Ukraine
Sweden announced it will send CV90 infantry fighting vehicles, Archer artillery systems and NLAW anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference, Prime Minister said his government had agre…
Turkey pushes back vote on Sweden and Finland’s Nato accession
Ratification will have to wait at least until after elections in May or June, says senior officialTurkey is unlikely to vote on Sweden and Finland’s accession to Nato before pivotal domestic elections expected in May or June this year, according to a s…
Biden Administration Faces Resistance to Plan to Sell F-16s to Turkey
The State Department has contacted Congress about major arms deals for Turkey and Greece, but a prominent senator is strongly opposed to the Ankara sale.
Turkey summons Swedish ambassador over Erdoğan effigy
Swedish government distances itself from hanging of presidential dummy in Stockholm stunt by Kurdish groupTurkey has summoned the Swedish ambassador after a Kurdish group hung an effigy of the Turkish president in Stockholm, in a stunt that has inflame…
Sweden To Reactivate Civil Conscription To Boost Defense
Bloomberg: Sweden Aims to Reactivate Civil Conscription to Boost Defense (Bloomberg) — Sweden’s government is taking steps to reactivate civil conscription in the latest move to shore up its defense capabilities in the wake of Russia’s war agains…
Sweden has done what’s needed to join NATO, Jens Stoltenberg says
Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has said that Sweden has lived up to its commitments and that the decision now “lies with Turkey.”
Rare Sweden-made tracked carriers spotted in Ukraine
Ukrainian Soldiers have received a batch of rare Sweden-made tracked articulated, all-terrain vehicles. The Militarnyi has reported that the Ukrainian military has already received two Bandvagn 202 (Bv 202) articulated tracked carriers. The Bv 202 is a…
Hunters go home empty-handed on first day of Sweden’s biggest wolf cull
Hunters allowed to kill 75 wolves from an already endangered population of 460 amid ‘political pressure’ from hunting lobbyThe biggest wolf cull in modern times has begun in Sweden as nature organisations warn it could drastically harm the population.O…