The magazine DER SPIEGEL refers to Turkey, points out the country’s special geostrategic position and claims that “President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took advantage of this position in terms of foreign policy, according to what the Greek edition of Deutsche Welle broadcasts. This was clearly seen in the grain agreement concluded three weeks ago by Russia […]
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Sweden: First extradition of ‘suspect’ to Turkey
The Swedish government has announced the first extradition of a suspect to Turkey, arguing that it has nothing to do with the country’s NATO membership and Ankara’s demands. The man to be extradited to Turkey is 35 years old and, as it became known in Stockholm, he had been sentenced to prison terms in Turkey […]
Sweden extradites fraud suspect to Turkey after NATO deal
Sweden’s government said today it has decided to extradite a man wanted for fraud to Turkey, the first such case since Turkey demanded the extradition of some people in exchange for allowing Stockholm to formally apply for NATO membership. NATO member Turkey in June lifted its veto on requests by Finland and Sweden to join […]
Biden will sign documents supporting Sweden and Finland joining NATO
US President Joe Biden was due to sign documents on Tuesday confirming Finland and Sweden’s membership in NATO, the military alliance’s most significant expansion since the 1990s as it responds to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. Senate backed the expansion by an overwhelming 95-1 vote last week, a rare show of bipartisan unity in […]
German Press: Ankara, the favor of authoritarian leaders and NATO
Süddeutsche Zeitung comments on Turkey’s role on the global geopolitical map, observing: “After the new Putin-Erdogan meeting, questions arise. The ‘president of peace’ wants to sell Bayraktar drones to the Kremlin, as well as to Ukraine, to use them in front? Has the Kremlin indirectly given the green light to Ankara’s planned attack on northern […]
Stoltenberg: Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan is no reason for China to overreact
China should not overreact to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today. “Nancy Pelosi’s visit is not a reason for China to overreact or threaten Taiwan or use threatening rhetoric,” Stoltenberg told Reuters. China fired multiple missiles near Taiwan on Thursday at its largest military training ground […]
The Turkey-NATO ‘serial’ continues
By Kostas Raptis In the previous days, France, Italy and the US Senate ratified the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO, as it was decided at the Atlantic Summit in June in Madrid. In this way, 23 of the 30 members of the alliance have already given the “green light” to the enlargement and […]
USA: Senate approves Sweden and Finland joining NATO
More than two-thirds of the members of the US Senate on Wednesday approved the admission of Finland and Sweden to NATO, the most significant expansion of the 30-member military alliance since the 1990s, a development that follows the historic decision by the governments of the two countries to leave their neutrality due to Russia’s military […]
Ukraine: Withdraws its peacekeeping forces from Kosovo
Ukraine is withdrawing its peacekeeping forces from the NATO mission in Kosovo, the RBK-Ukraine news portal reported on Wednesday, citing sources in the Ukrainian military administration. Ukraine currently maintains a contingent of 40 troops in Kosovo as part of the 3,800-strong NATO-led KFOR mission, but in March President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a decree ordering all […]
NATO: French National Assembly approves Sweden-Finland membership, US Senate votes today
The French National Assembly, the lower house of France’s parliament, on Tuesday approved the protocols for the admission of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, after the historic decision by the governments of the two Nordic countries to abandon their neutrality due to the military invasion of of Russia in Ukraine on […]