Hungary PM says more talks needed on Finland, Sweden NATO bids
BUDAPEST — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that more parliamentary group talks were needed before lawmakers vote on the ratification of...
Finland and Sweden are heading into NATO ‘hand-in-hand,’ Finnish president says
STOCKHOLM — Finland and Sweden are proceeding "hand-in-hand" towards NATO membership but that the decision to ratify the applications for the two Nordic countries...
Blinken, in Turkey, urges speedy Nordics accession to NATO
ANKARA — Washington strongly supports Sweden and Finland's quick NATO accession given steps they have already taken, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said...
Finland’s NATO membership is now in Turkey’s hands, Finnish president says
HELSINKI — The fate of Finland's bid to join NATO is in "Turkey's hands", President Sauli Niinisto said on Friday, after the Finnish parliament...
Russia gets approval for the data behind much of its Arctic...
After more than 20 years of extensive diplomacy and expeditions with icebreakers, research vessels and submarines under the polar sea ice, Russia has received...
NATO head: It’s more important that Sweden and Finland join soon...
BRUSSELS — The head of NATO said on Tuesday it was more important that Finland and Sweden's applications last year to join the alliance,...
Russian nuclear bombers flew a mission over the Bering Sea
The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday released video of what it described as a routine sortie of its Tu-95MC nuclear-capable strategic bombers.
The aircraft, escorted...
Sfraga named new Arctic ambassador
President Joe Biden on Monday nominated longtime Arctic expert and Alaskan Mike Sfraga to be the nation's first-ever U.S. Arctic ambassador.
The announcement comes as...
Russia is likely to spy more on Norway’s energy industry, say...
OSLO — Russia will seek to gather more intelligence about Norway's oil and gas infrastructure as part of efforts to put pressure on European...
U.S. jet shoots down unidentified object over Alaska’s Arctic waters
A fighter jet shot down an object over U.S. territorial waters in Alaska's Arctic, near the Canadian border, the Biden administration said on Friday.
The...
