May 15 Finland declares it will seek NATO membership as Sweden prepares to follow suit By Frank Jordans, Jari Tanner, Associated Press The Finnish Parliament is expected to endorse the decision in the coming days. A formal membership application will then be submitted to NATO headquarters in Brussels, most likely at some point next week. Continue reading
May 14 Putin says Finland NATO membership would harm relations By Jari Tanner, Associated Press The Kremlin’s press service said in a statement Saturday Putin told Sauli Niinisto that Finland’s abandonment “of its traditional policy of military neutrality would be an error since there are no threats to Finland’s security.”… Continue reading
May 12 Watch 5:55 Finland pursues NATO membership as Russia vows retaliation By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn, Tommy Walters Finland announced Thursday it would end its decades-long neutral status and seek to join NATO. A formal declaration will be made Sunday, while Sweden is expected to follow suit next week. Both nations have resisted joining NATO but were spurred… Continue watching
May 12 Finland moves to join NATO in major shift in European alignment By Oleksandr Stashevskyi, Associated Press Finland's leaders have come out in favor of applying to join NATO, and Sweden could do the same within days. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 4:42 Ukrainian forces claim new gains as Sweden, Finland seek NATO membership By PBS NewsHour President Biden on Wednesday highlighted how the war in Ukraine is raising food prices globally as previously neutral countries increasingly seek to join the defensive umbrella of NATO. This as Ukraine's counter-offensive around Kharkiv has pushed close to the Russian… Continue watching
May 10 Crucial decisions on NATO membership expected from Finland, Sweden this week By Karl Ritter, Associated Press Key decision-makers in non-aligned Finland and Sweden are set to announce their positions on NATO membership this week. Continue reading
Apr 28 WATCH: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds news conference with Canadian counterpart By Associated Press U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomed his Canadian counterpart to Washington, D.C. for talks on a number of important bilateral issues, including the war in Ukraine, security in the Arctic region and relations with China and the Indo-Pacific. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 5:21 Russia severs natural gas supplies for two NATO nations, escalating standoff with the West By Nick Schifrin, Eliot Barnhart, Teresa Cebrian Aranda More than two months into Russia's war in Ukraine Vladimir Putin on Wednesday trained his sights on Europe's reliance on Russian energy. Moscow cut off supplies of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria, two of the many European countries that… Continue watching
Apr 27 Russia cuts off natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria, threatens to disconnect more nations By Yesica Fisch, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Russia has dramatically escalated its standoff with the West over the war in Ukraine, cutting natural gas off to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria and threatening to disconnect even more nations. Continue reading
Apr 26 WATCH: Sec. Antony Blinken and Sen. Rand Paul clash over support for Ukraine to join NATO By News Desk and Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the Biden administration's support for Ukraine's admission to NATO, after Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said that support, at least in part, led to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading