Finland got the greenlight to join NSTO nearly a year ago but Sweden’s bid has been delayed because of objections by Hungary. Finally, today, Hungary’s Parliament voted to approve Sweden’s entry. Sweden will become the 32nd member of the group. With Budapest at last onboard, Sweden is set to become NATO’s 32nd member, possibly within […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s Parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden‘s bid to join NATO, bringing an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The vote, which passed with 188 votes for and six against, was the […]
On a day marking the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization dropped a diplomatic bombshell of his own. “Ukraine will join NATO,” Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, according to a transcript of his speech. “It is not a question of if, but of when.” JUST […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The prime ministers of Hungary and Sweden concluded a defense industry agreement on Friday that will expand Budapest‘s fleet of Swedish-built fighter jets, paving the way for Hungary’s likely ratification of Sweden’s long-delayed NATO bid. The meeting in Budapest between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, […]
I haven’t seen it written anywhere, but if you hope to know what issues will drive – or not drive — the political conversation in an election year, poll people under 30 to see what they’re thinking about. Why? Because these are the Americans who grew up in the electronically over-connected age where news travels […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump again said Wednesday that if he returns to the White House, he would not defend NATO members that don’t meet defense spending targets, days after he set off alarms in Europe by suggesting he would tell Russia to attack NATO allies he considered delinquent. Speaking at a […]
NATO’s top leader said 18 of the 31 alliance members are expected to spend at least 2% of their gross domestic product on defense this year, a sixfold increase since 2014 when only three NATO countries met the target. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said NATO members in 2024 will invest a combined total of $380 billion […]
OPINION: So, it’s begun again — the manufactured outrage, the outright lies, the twisting of Donald Trump’s words by a leftist mainstream media eager to thwart his presidential comeback bid and protect President Biden’s feeble and incompetent White House. It’s the same hysterical narrative critics ran with in 2016: Mr. Trump is a “pawn” of […]
In light of the terrible week that Joe Biden had, it was inevitable that the media would try to drum up some fake controversy about Donald Trump. In fact, they happily obliged by grossly distorting comments Trump made during a campaign speech in Conway, South Carolina, on Saturday. “Former […]
LONDON — A British aircraft carrier that had been set to lead the largest NATO exercises since the Cold War will not set sail Sunday after a problem with its propeller was discovered during final checks, the Royal Navy said. The HMS Queen Elizabeth will not join the exercises off Norway’s Arctic coast and will […]
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