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ANKARA, TURKEY | Xinhua | Turkish lawmakers on Tuesday approved a long-delayed bill on Sweden’s bid to become the 32nd member of NATO. The Turkish parliament voted on the bill after a debate in the Grand National Assembly. A total of 346 lawmakers participated in the voting, with 287 votes …

ANKARA, TURKEY | Xinhua | The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee on Tuesday approved Sweden’s NATO bid following deliberation, a first step necessary for putting it to a full parliament vote. The bill regarding the approval of Sweden’s accession protocol to NATO was adopted by the committee with votes by …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua |  Two Swedish soccer fans were killed in a shooting that rocked Brussels on Monday evening, while the Belgian Red Devils team were playing against Sweden at the King Baudouin Stadium 4.8 kms away from the site. “This evening, just after 7:00 PM (1700 GMT), a …

Vilnius, Lithuania |  Xinhua |  Turkey agreed to advance Sweden’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Monday, a day before the alliance’s summit in the Lithuanian capital, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced. Stoltenberg said at a press conference following a three-party meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip …

  Istanbul, Turkey, | Xinhua  | Turkey will support Sweden’s joining NATO if the European Union (EU) revived membership talks with Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “First, let’s pave the way for Türkiye in the EU, then let’s pave the way for Sweden, just as the case …

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | Under new rules proposed by the Swedish government, job seekers from non-European Union (EU) countries will need to secure a higher minimum wage than before if they wish to obtain a work permit in the country, according to the government on Thursday. The government, together with …

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | The largest nuclear reactor in Sweden will be taken off the grid for eight days due to a damaged fuel rod, Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper reported on Tuesday. Unit 3 at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in the southeast of the country will be disconnected …

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Saturday that the country’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) process has paused, local media reported. “The events of the last few weeks have temporarily caused the process to a pause,” Billstrom told Expressen newspaper, adding that the Swedish government was …

Ankara, Türkiye | Xinhua | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday warned Sweden that it should not expect Türkiye’s backing to join the NATO following the burning of the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. “Those who allow such disgraceful acts in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm can’t …

Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | The Turkish foreign minister on Tuesday slammed as “absurd” a Swedish prosecutor’s decision not to investigate a protest in Stockholm in which Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s puppet was hung. “The decision by the (Swedish) prosecutor’s office not to probe the incident is extremely absurd, and we …