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Approved: Finland joins NATO
However, at the same time, it continued to block Sweden from joining the military alliance.
The Turkish parliament voted unanimously for Finland's membership on Thursday, clearing the last hurdle in the accession process.
The vote is the fulfillment of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's "promise" to allow Finland to join the defense alliance, reports CNN.
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USA: Today We Celebrate 19 years of Bulgaria in NATO
The US congratulated Bulgaria on the occasion of the 19th anniversary of our country's accession to the most successful military-political union in modern history - NATO.
Hungarian parliament ratifies Finland NATO accession
The Hungarian parliament, dominated by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing Fidesz party, ratified Finland's NATO membership Monday after months of diplomatically charged delay.
A large majority of lawmakers -- 182 votes for versus six against -- approved the accession of the Nordic country into the military alliance.
Slovenia stepping up defence spending
Slovenia will step up defence spending to meet the target 2% of GDP by 2030, five years earlier than planned so far, under a resolution passed by the National Assembly on 22 March. Slovenia's defence spending as a share of GDP is among the lowest in NATO.
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NATO: The Majority of Bulgarians support an Increase in Defense Spending
According to 83% of Bulgarian citizens, our country should spend more on defense, while only 8% disagree, and 9% cannot decide. This is indicated by data from a NATO study, included in the annual report on the Alliance's activities presented today, cited by BTA correspondent Nikolay Zhelyazkov.
NATO chief welcomes Türkiye move to ratify Finland membership
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on March 17 hailed Türkiye 's decision to push ahead with ratifying Finland's membership, and said Sweden should also be allowed to join "as soon as possible".
"The most important thing is that both Finland and Sweden become full members of NATO quickly, not whether they join at exactly the same time," Stoltenberg said.
Erdoğan says no support for Sweden's NATO bid
Türkiye's president cast serious doubt on NATO's expansion on Jan. 23 after warning Sweden not to expect support for its bid for membership into the military alliance following the provocative Quran burning incident.
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Transatlantic Relations Seminar by IDIS
The Institute of International Relations (IDIS) and the US Embassy in Athens are holding the first Transatlantic Relations Seminar, which is titled "70 Years of Greece's NATO Membership: European Security, NATO and the Transatlantic Bond," on Wednesday at the IDIS Conference Room (3-5 Hill Street, Plaka), starting at 6 p.m.
The working languages will be Greek and English.
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Sweden can't meet some Türkiye demands for NATO bid: PM
Türkiye, which has for months blocked NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland, has made some demands that Sweden cannot accept, Sweden's prime minister said on Jan. 8.
Hefty fines from EU Court in LARCO case
The Court of Justice of the European Union (WEU) weighed in heavily for the LARCO case. According to today's decision, Greece is obliged to pay a lump sum of 5.5 million euros and a fine of more than 4 million euros per half-year of delay, because it did not recover the state aid of 160 million euros granted to the nickel industry.
The history
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