Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality as concerns about Russian aggression in Europe have ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish fighter jets intercepted a Russian military aircraft after it briefly violated Sweden's airspace on Friday east of the Baltic island of Gotland, the Nordic country's armed ...

Sweden will provide Ukraine with a military aid package worth almost $1.6 billion, Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson announced on March 31. The latest package is Sweden's largest tranche of military ...

“Sweden is at war,” provocatively states the Swedish Armed Forces in one of their announcements for Aurora 23 – Sweden’s largest military exercise since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In this ...

A Swedish parliament committee says Sweden should increase its military budget by nearly $5 billion until 2030. The increase aims to strengthen air defenses and bolster the number of conscripts.

Sweden joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Thursday, officially becoming its 32nd member. Stockholm’s succession to the military alliance completes the encirclement of Russia’s ...

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during the NATO ratification ceremony with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the US State Department, as Sweden formally joins the North Atlantic ...

Sweden will become the 32nd country to join NATO's military alliance. Sweden's petition to join NATO was finally approved by Hungary's parliament after nearly two years of discussions. It follows ...

Global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion, with the sharpest increase — 13% — in Europe, largely due to Russian and Ukrainian spending ...

Sweden will donate 16 billion kronor ($1.6 billion) in fresh military aid to Ukraine, the government said on Monday, the largest such package from the Nordic country since Russia's 2022 invasion.

Sweden's arduous path to joining the NATO alliance came to a successful close Thursday, as the Swedish prime minister and foreign minister deposited the country's "instrument of accession" at the ...