Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted the governments of Finland and Sweden to seek Nato membership, overturning policies of military neutrality that had endured for decades...

It is the latest salvo in a growing confrontation between the two countries over the war in Ukraine...

Turkey threatens to block the Nordic nations from becoming members of the alliance...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan already indicated likely resistance from his government...

Two new prospective members of the 73-year-old NATO alliance have submitted their applications to join...

Turkey President's repeated harsh criticism raises new questions about what will satisfy him sufficiently to back the intergovernmental military alliance's membership for Sweden and Finland...

Finnish lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a proposal to join NATO after a parliamentary debate...

Russian President Vladimir Putin sees the expansion of alliance as a security threat and has warned of 'consequences'...

Country’s Social Democrats drop their 73-year opposition to joining the alliance...

'The expansion of military infrastructure into this territory would certainly provoke our response'...