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A Long Time Coming The Hungarian parliament today voted in an overwhelming majority to approve Sweden's bid to join NATO. The Hungarian approval was the last barrier facing the Nordic countries ascension into NATO, which can finally take place after it first began processes two years ago. Sweden will join NATO as it's 32nd member. Sweden's bid to join NATO began...

Sometime in March 2024, Sweden and the Philippines will finalize the deal for 14 JAS-39C/D Gripen multirole aircraft for the Philippine Air Force (PAF), worth 61 billion Philippine Pesos ($1.12 billion USD). The deal will provide a squadron's worth of aircraft for the PAF to redevelop its fighter capability. Delegations from both countries held several meetings to finalize aspects of...

Sweden is one step closer to NATO membership after voting concluded Tuesday. When fighting in Ukraine broke out in February 2022, Sweden, along with Finland, requested to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). While Finland was accepted in April 2023, Sweden was not. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at first rejected Sweden's bid due to a lack of action against...

    On January 15th, Aftonbladet reported that a Swedish man in his 20s was arrested in Iran on unknown charges. The man is a suspected gang member and is wanted by Swedish authorities in connection to a murder that occurred last year, in Västerås, Sweden.  On January 17th, the Swedish government released a statement saying that the Iranian Chargé d’Affaires had been...

Turkish President Recep Erdogan has signed Sweden's NATO accession protocol, marking one step closer for the Nordic country to join the treaty organization as the measure now moves to the Turkish Parliament for ratification. In a statement, the Swedish Prime Minister's Office said "Welcome that President Erdo?a signed Sweden’s ratification protocol to NATO and submitted it to the Grand National...