Sweden’s historic decision to join NATO marks a major shift in European security. As a neutral nation for over 200 years, Sweden is now stepping into a new era of defense cooperation but what does ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's last war ended in 1814, and when the rifles and cannons it aimed at Norway fell silent, the once-warring power would not take up arms again. For the next two centuries, ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden's bid to join NATO, ending more than 18 months of delays that frustrated the alliance as it sought to expand in response to ...

"Swedish representatives have been repeatedly keen to bash Hungary through diplomatic means," a Hungarian government spokesperson said.

Finland and Sweden earlier offered indications that they would both seek NATO membership, saying Russia's war in Ukraine changed everything.

On March 7, almost two years after it first submitted its application and a year after Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Sweden officially became NATO’s 32nd member. Sweden ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality as concerns about Russian aggression ...

Sweden and Finland both abandoned long-standing neutrality that had been a hallmark of the Nordic states’ Cold War foreign policy after Russia invaded Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right ...

Hungary’s parliament ratified Sweden’s NATO membership bid, ending over 18 months of delays spurred by opposition from Hungary's nationalist government. The vote passed overwhelmingly with 188 in ...

Hungary's president signed a bill Tuesday approving the Nordic country's bid. Sweden's arduous path to joining the NATO alliance came to a successful close Thursday, as the Swedish prime minister and ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Sweden’s flag was raised at NATO headquarters on Monday, cementing the Nordic country’s place as the 32nd member two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine persuaded its ...

Russian tankers carrying sanctioned oil are now sailing through European waters with armed, uniformed Russian military ...