Turkey on Wednesday stopped NATO members from starting talks on the bids launched by Finland and Sweden to join the alliance, a diplomatic source told DW correspondent Teri Schultz, currently on ...

Two new prospective members of the 73-year-old NATO alliance have submitted their applications to join. Their bids, which come in light of Russia's aggression in Ukraine, have already faced resist...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Monday repeated his harsh criticism of Sweden as a haven for Kurdish separatists he regards as terrorists, raising new questions about what will satisfy him...

Finland has overwhelmingly approved a proposal to join NATO after a parliamentary debate. Fewer than 10 lawmakers opposed the proposal. Finland's legislature on Tuesday approved the country's ...

The UK government has said it strongly supports the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) as Sweden and Finland confirmed their intention to apply for membership of the military a...

Sweden’s government has formally decided to apply for Nato membership, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday, setting it on the road towards ending military non-alignment that lasted...

President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that there was no threat to Russia if Sweden and Finland joined Nato but cautioned that Moscow would respond if the US-led alliance bolstered military infrastru...

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson will seek broad support for an application to join Nato on Monday, she announced on Sunday after her party dropped its long-standing opposition to membership...

Parental trap   Sir — Parents do not always see eye to eye with their children. But an elderly couple from Uttarakhand has taken their discontent a step too far. They have sued their son ...

Russia suspended its electricity supply to Finland on Saturday in apparent retaliation for Helsinki’s decision to upend its longstanding stance of military neutrality by pursuing Nato membership...