Tag Archives: Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua |  Patients on life-sustaining medical equipment may be in danger this winter as there is a possibility of power cuts in Sweden due to the energy crunch, according to a government agency on Sunday. “There is always a risk for people who need life-sustaining machines or …

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | Repair works on one of Sweden’s six remaining nuclear reactors have been delayed by two months to Jan. 31, the plant’s owner, energy company Vattenfall, said on Tuesday. Two weeks ago, the company announced that a vital component of the Ringhals 4 reactor had been …

Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkey will suspend Finland and Sweden’s NATO accession process if they do not keep promises on counter-terrorism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. “I would like to remind you that we will freeze the process if they do not take the necessary steps to meet …

Madrid, Spain | Xinhua | Turkey changed its position and agreed to support Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership applications on Tuesday during the ongoing NATO Summit in Madrid, while conflicts within the military bloc still remain. After an extended meeting among leaders from the three countries together with NATO Secretary General …

Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkey will not allow “terrorism-supporting” countries to enter NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, underlining the talks with Sweden and Finland on their intention to join the alliance have not yielded results. Last week’s negotiations with Finnish and Swedish delegations in Turkey’s capital Ankara …

Turkey has set out conditions for the Swedish and Finnish delegations to earn its support over the two Nordic countries’ bids to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkey has set out conditions for the Swedish and Finnish delegations to earn its support over the …

Istanbul, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with leaders of Sweden and Finland on Saturday, urging the two NATO applicant states to address Turkey’s security concerns. Erdogan told Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in a phone talk that the Nordic country should end political, financial and weaponry …

Copenhagen, Denmark | Xinhua | Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), on Thursday pledged to address Turkey’s concerns on Finland’s and Sweden’s applications to join the military alliance. “We are addressing the concerns that Turkey has expressed,” he said at a press conference held jointly with …

Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkey will not approve Sweden’s NATO membership if the country does not extradite “terrorists” upon Turkish request, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. “Supporting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Syria’s Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) terrorist organizations and asking us for support for NATO …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Kremlin said Monday it is concerned about the decision of Finland and Sweden to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and will closely study all implications. “We have already said that…this is an issue that we are monitoring very closely,” local media reported, citing …