Finland is now officially a NATO member

Finland is now officially a NATO member

[ad_1] BRUSSELS — Finland formally joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Tuesday, becoming its 31st member on the same day as NATO’s 74th anniversary. The country applied to join NATO last May in a foreign policy U-turn prompted by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Finland’s entry brings to the alliance a new 1,340-kilometer border with…

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A wartime NATO struggles to replace its chief

A wartime NATO struggles to replace its chief

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. It’s the rumor inflating the Brussels bubble: The EU’s top executive, Ursula von der Leyen, could be crossing town to run NATO.  The rationale makes sense. She has a good working relationship with Washington. She is a former defense minister. And as European…

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Finland to join NATO on Tuesday 

Finland to join NATO on Tuesday 

[ad_1] Finland will formally become a full-fledged NATO ally on Tuesday, the alliance’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday.  “This is an historic week,” the NATO chief told reporters. “Tomorrow, we will welcome Finland as the 31st member of NATO, making Finland safer and our alliance stronger.”  A ceremony marking Finland’s accession is set to take…

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Who blew up Nord Stream?

Who blew up Nord Stream?

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Nearly six months on from the subsea gas pipeline explosions, which sent geopolitical shockwaves around the world in September, there is still no conclusive answer to the question of who blew up Nord Stream. Some were quick to place the blame squarely at…

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‘Oh my God, it’s really happening’

‘Oh my God, it’s really happening’

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Kaja Kallas had been dreading the call. “I woke at 5 o’clock,” the Estonian prime minister recalled recently. The phone was ringing. Her Lithuanian counterpart was on the line.  “Oh my God, it’s really happening,” came the ominous words, according to Kallas. Another…

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NATO chief to Europe: Time to talk China

NATO chief to Europe: Time to talk China

[ad_1] MUNICH — Wake up, Europe. We must face the China challenge. That was NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s message on Saturday for the global security elite gathered at the Munich Security Conference.  The military alliance chief directly linked Russia’s war in Ukraine to China, hinting at concerns about Beijing launching a war on Taiwan, the…

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