The UK Government wants to make it easier for Ukraine to join NATO by removing a key hurdle for the warring country. Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, says NATO should skip the country’s requirement for Ukraine’s Membership Action Plan (MAP),
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that he will call an urgent meeting in the coming days to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden joining the military organization. It’s a last-ditch effort to have the Nordic country standing alongside the allies
House of Lords memberships and roles are to be investigated in the wake of the controversy surrounding Boris Johnson’s resignation peerages. MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will launch the inquiry, it has been confirmed. William Wragg, who chairs the committee,
The Swedish government made the decision Monday to extradite a Turkish individual residing in Sweden, who was convicted of drug-related offenses in Turkey back in 2013. The action comes at a time when Turkey, a member of NATO, has been causing delays
Lawmakers in Sweden passed legislation Wednesday that tightens the country’s anti-terrorism laws, a move expected to help persuade Turkey to approve the Nordic nation’s request to join NATO. The revision includes a prison term of up to four years for individuals convicted
The Women’s Institute has stirred up controversy among its membership over its decision to let transgender people join — and now a campaign group has been set up in protest at the move. The group — Women’s Institute Declaration — claims that
Finland’s fresh NATO partnership has the potential to upgrade its Cold Weather Operations in the Arctic, landing a further blow to Vladimir Putin’s strategic hopes. Eoin Micheál McNamara, a research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs believes that Finnish membership
Experts agreed that membership of the £11 trillion Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership would not only boost the UK’s economy but – more crucially – allow it to influence the global trading system, ensuring it does not fall prey to distorted Chinese
Saudi Arabia’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a China-led security bloc, in a sign of its deepening ties with Beijing. Per the state-owned Saudi Press Agency, the Saudi cabinet approved a memorandum granting the
Membership of the SNP has plummeted by nearly a third in just over a year. The party’s membership has fallen by almost 32,000 members – from 103,844 in 2021 to 72,186 at present. The decline, which amounts to a 30 percent drop,