Amid the recent controversy between Athens and London, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis met the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron, at the latter’s request, on the sidelines of the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. According to diplomatic sources, Gerapetritis pointed out there is a disagreement of principle regarding the issue of the

Dmitry Peskov says NATO created as tool of confrontation with Russia MOSCOW NATO has not abandoned its plans to contain Russia and uses Ukrainians as a “ritual sacrifice,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. Commenting on NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s promise to continue supporting Ukraine, Peskov said at a news conference in Moscow that

Stoltenberg says pause has allowed for ‘much-needed relief’ to people in Gaza, release of more hostages LONDON The NATO secretary-general said Tuesday that he hopes there will be an extension in the humanitarian pause between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Speaking at a press conference following an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers in

STOCKHOLM A far-right Swedish politician proposing blocking new mosques and demolishing existing ones could undermine the country’s NATO hopes, warned a former Swedish diplomat on Sunday. Jimmie Akesson, leader of the country’s far-right Sweden Democrats, on Saturday proposed a ban on the construction of new mosques and suggested the destruction of existing ones. Migrants to

The foreign ministers of NATO member states gathered on Tuesday for a two-day meeting in Brussels to discuss the war in Ukraine and other global issues. “The war in Ukraine will be high on foreign ministers’ agenda”, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday in a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Antony

ANKARA: NATO allies on Tuesday (Nov 28) pressured Türkiye to finally approve Sweden’s stalled bid to join the military alliance as impatience grows at Ankara over the delay. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan at a meeting of alliance foreign ministers that Sweden’s application should be ratified “as soon

WASHINGTON ― Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent the ratification protocols for Sweden’s NATO accession to parliament this week, but it’s unclear whether that’s enough to lock down the $20 billion sale for 40 new F-16s that Ankara seeks. That’s because the four key U.S. lawmakers who would need to greenlight the Block 70 F-16

Exclusive: Pål Jonson unable to give timeline for completion of membership process but confident it will happen Sweden must become a full member of the Nato military alliance “as fast as possible” to ward off the threat from Russia, the country’s defence minister has said, as impatience builds in Stockholm over its slow path to

Ukraine’s failure to move the front line even with extensive NATO assistance shows that Russia cannot be underestimated, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. “Even with this substantial significant military support from NATO Allies, [Ukraine has] not, over the last year, been able to move the front line. And that just reflects the fact that

I strongly condemn the launch of a military satellite by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, using ballistic missile technology in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions. This raises tensions and poses a serious risk to regional and international security. North Korea must stop its reckless behaviour, abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes,