Sweden

• North Leeds U18 Girls Soccer team prepares for international challenge

  The North Leeds U18 Girls Soccer Team, with a 6-0-1 record, is heading to the world’s largest youth soccer tournament in Sweden, thanks to strong community support.

  Sports

  Jul 9
  
• ABBA-versary: Fans mark 50 years since ‘Waterloo’ took the world by storm

  A half-century ago on Saturday, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song.

  World

  Apr 6
  
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• Sweden officially joins NATO military alliance

  Sweden officially joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Thursday. The military alliance announced the move on Thursday in a statement.

  Canada

  Mar 7
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• Hungary ratifies Sweden’s NATO bid, clearing final hurdle for membership

  The vote, which passed with 188 votes for and six against, was the culmination of months of wrangling by Hungary's allies to convince its nationalist government to lift its block.

  World

  Feb 26
• Hungary should ratify Sweden’s NATO bid by next month: Stoltenberg

  NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday he expected Hungary's parliament to ratify Sweden's accession as soon as it reconvenes at the end of February.

  World

  Jan 26
• Sweden’s NATO membership ratified by Turkey, leaving Hungary as lone holdout

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan later also linked the ratification to Turkey’s desire to buy fighter jets from the United States.

  World

  Jan 25
• Turkey set to approve Sweden’s NATO bid after long delay

  Turkey's parliament is widely expected to approve Sweden's NATO membership bid on Tuesday, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding the Western military alliance.

  World

  Jan 23
• Tight-knit Canada set for tough test against Sweden at world juniors

  Canada will march into the Scandinavium arena, a building that resembles Calgary's Scotiabank Saddledome, against the tournament hosts Friday night in a marquee Group A matchup.

  Sports

  Dec 28, 2023
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• Turkish committee approves Sweden’s NATO bid. What’s next? 

  Sweden edged closer toward joining NATO after the Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee greenlighted a protocol for the country's membership in the military alliance.

  World

  Dec 27, 2023
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• U.S., Canada signals may help Turkey move on Sweden’s NATO bid: Erdogan

  The U.S. sale of F-16 fighter jets, and the ease of Canada's arms embargo would help Turkey move toward ratifying Sweden's NATO membership bid, President Tayyip Erdogan says.

  World

  Dec 19, 2023