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Finland, Sweden hand in application to join NATO

-- 2022-05-18 13:53:50

Finland and Sweden formally applied to join the NATO alliance on Wednesday at allied headquarters, a decision spurred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and setting in motion an accession process that i...

Fears for Mariupol defenders after surrender to Russia

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-05-18 13:08:03

Concerns grew on Wednesday for the welfare of more than 250 Ukrainian fighters who surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol after weeks of desperate resistance. The surren...

Azovstal siege ends as 265 Ukrainian fighters surrender

-- 2022-05-17 21:32:47

Dozens of Ukrainian fighters, some apparently unwounded, surrendered on Tuesday after weeks holed up in the bunkers and tunnels below Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks as the most devastating siege of Ru...

Ukraine hails Mariupol defenders as heroes who changed course of war

-- 2022-05-17 21:07:02

Ukraine hailed the defenders of the strategic city of Mariupol on Tuesday as heroes who changed the course of the war with Russia by keeping Russian forces at bay for 82 days of siege and bombardment....

Over 250 Ukrainian troops surrender in Mariupol

-- 2022-05-17 19:06:07

More than 250 Ukrainian fighters surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol and Kyiv said it had ordered its entire garrison to evacuate, heralding the end of Europe's bloodi...

Ukrainian troops evacuate from Mariupol, ceding control to Russia

-- 2022-05-17 12:30:00

Ukraine's military said on Tuesday it was working to evacuate all remaining troops from their last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, ceding control of the city to Russia after months of bom...

Sweden's plans for NATO membership hit snag as Turkey says no

-- 2022-05-17 10:27:39

Sweden will formally apply for NATO membership in the next few days, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Monday, but its accession process, and that of Finland, hit a snag when NATO member Turk...

Putin sees no threat from NATO expansion

-- 2022-05-17 09:48:08

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that there was no threat to his country if Sweden and Finland joined NATO but cautioned that Moscow would respond if the US-led alliance bolstered milit...

Military build-up in Nordic countries, not NATO expansion, to provoke response: Putin

-- 2022-05-16 21:50:28

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that there was no threat to Russia if Sweden and Finland joined NATO but cautioned that Moscow would respond if the US-led alliance bolstered mil...

Chelsea losing consecutive finals: Where lies the problem?

Mahtab Jamil 2022-05-16 16:50:08

In the FA cup final, Chelsea lost 6-5 on penalties to Liverpool with Cesar Azpilicueta and Mason Mount missing their individual penalties.  With this, Chelsea become the first team in history to...

Ukraine counter-attacks Russian forces in the east

-- 2022-05-16 13:13:22

Ukraine counter-attacked Russian forces on the eastern front on Monday with fighting reported near its second-largest city of Kharkiv, after Western military agencies said Moscow's offensive in the Do...

Sweden's ruling party backs joining NATO, paving way for bid

-- 2022-05-15 22:37:57

Sweden's ruling Social Democrats said on Sunday they backed the country joining NATO, abandoning decades of opposition in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and creating a large parliament major...

Front lines shift in Donbas as Ukraine mounts counteroffensive

-- 2022-05-15 20:23:07

The front lines in Ukraine had shifted on Sunday as Russia made advances in the fiercely contested eastern Donbas region and Ukraine's military waged a counteroffensive near the strategic Russian-held...

Russia suspends electricity supply to Finland due to ‘problems with payments’

-- 2022-05-15 19:50:03

Russian energy supplier RAO Nordic says it will suspend deliveries of electricity to Finland from Saturday, citing problems with payments. The company said it had not been paid for previous deliverie...

Ankara says Sweden, Finland must lift export bans on Turkey

-- 2022-05-15 19:22:42

Turkey's foreign minister said on Sunday that Sweden and Finland must stop supporting terrorist groups in their countries, provide clear security guarantees and lift export bans on Turkey as they seek...

Finland confirms it will apply for NATO membership

-- 2022-05-15 17:05:15

Finland's President Sauli Niinisto confirmed on Sunday that his country would apply for membership of the NATO military alliance, in a historic policy shift prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine....

Russia has lost one third of its forces in Ukraine, says Britain

-- 2022-05-15 16:21:31

Russia has probably lost around a third of the ground forces it deployed to Ukraine and its offensive in the Donbas region "has lost momentum and fallen significantly behind schedule", British militar...

Ukraine wages counteroffensive against Russian forces in east

-- 2022-05-15 11:49:22

Ukrainian forces have launched a counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of Izium in eastern Ukraine, a regional governor said on Saturday, in what could prove a serious setback for Moscow's plans...

Czech Republic opens world's longest suspension footbridge

-- 2022-05-14 23:03:20

Fear and adrenaline were some of the feelings as the first tourists stepped out on the world's longest suspension footbridge, spanning a mountain valley in the Czech Republic. "We came here because w...

Joining NATO may damage bilateral ties, Putin tells Finland

-- 2022-05-14 19:18:32

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto on Saturday that ditching neutrality and joining NATO would be a mistake that could damage relations between their two coun...

Over 700,000 refugees from Ukraine registered in Germany

REUTERS 2022-05-14 11:33:15

More than 700,000 people fleeing the war in Ukraine have been recorded in Germany thus far, Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Saturday, citing Interior Ministry data. Since the start of the...

Ukrainian forces thwart Russian river crossing, hit naval ship

-- 2022-05-13 21:47:12

Ukrainian forces destroyed a pontoon bridge and parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video released by Ukraine's military showed on Friday, and a Russi...

Sweden may apply for entry to NATO as early as Monday

-- 2022-05-13 19:20:50

Swedish membership of NATO would boost national security and help to stabilise the Nordic and Baltic regions, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said on Friday, a day after neighbour Finland said it would see...

Europe's gas supply crisis grows after Russia imposes sanctions

-- 2022-05-13 14:47:15

Pressure on Europe to secure alternative gas supplies increased on Thursday as Moscow imposed sanctions on European subsidiaries of state-owned Gazprom a day after Ukraine stopped a major gas transit...

Finland seeks NATO membership without delay

-- 2022-05-12 16:51:48

Finland said on Thursday it would apply to join NATO "without delay", with Sweden expected to follow suit, suggesting Russia's invasion of Ukraine will bring about the very expansion of the Western mi...

Sweden plans to send NATO application next week, Expressen daily says

REUTERS 2022-05-12 15:04:09

Sweden's government plans to submit an application to join NATO next week, following neighbour Finland in re-writing its post-World War Two security policy in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine,...

We don’t want war, but Western countries want to defeat us: Russia’s FM

-- 2022-05-11 19:48:44

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow did not want war in Europe, but that Western countries were keen to see Russia defeated in its military campaign in Ukraine. "If y...

Europe to drop air travel mask mandate from May 16

-- 2022-05-11 18:27:16

Face masks will not have to be worn in airports and on flights in Europe from May 16, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) sai...

Russian envoy says barber in Poland refuses to cut his hair

-- 2022-05-11 17:49:34

Russian diplomat Sergiy Andreev was feeling unwelcome on the streets of Warsaw even before protesters doused him with red liquid thrown in his face at short range this week. Soon after beginning of R...

Belarus to deploy special forces near its border with Ukraine

-- 2022-05-11 17:21:58

Belarus will deploy special operations troops in three areas near its southern border with Ukraine, the armed forces said on Tuesday as President Alexander Lukashenko talked up the role of Russian-mad...