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Erdogan Signals Pro-West Shift: Greenlights Sweden’s NATO Membership Bid

Robert Semonsen July 11, 2023

Erdoğan’s decision represents yet another snub to Russian President Vladimir Putin and comes only a few days after he released Ukrainian prisoners to President Zelensky, breaking a prisoner-exchange agreement between Turkey, Ukraine, and Moscow.

No Means No: Sweden To Open Deportation Centres

Chris Tomlinson June 30, 2023

After years of taking in large shares of asylum seekers, many of whom never receive asylum status, Sweden’s centre-right government has proposed constructing deportation centres to prevent illegals from going underground after being ordered to leave the country.

Swedish PM Promises Reform After Mass Shooting

Chris Tomlinson June 13, 2023

After a deadly mass shooting over the weekend and years of being Europe’s capital of gun crime, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has promised some justice reforms but it remains unclear what effect they might have to deter the ongoing violence.

Mass Immigration Doesn’t Work in Sweden

Thomas O'Reilly June 7, 2023

Kristersson had previously vowed to overturn decades of bad immigration policy by the Swedish Social Democrats as he called for a revamp of Swedish integration and asylum policies to become the strictest in Europe.

Swedish Parliament Pushes On With NATO Accession

Tadhg Pidgeon March 23, 2023

The Swedish Parliament voted to proceed with NATO membership—but Hungary has now revealed plans to, like Turkey, ratify Finland’s accession ahead of, and separate from, Sweden’s.

Free Speech or NATO? Swedish Police Ban Quran Burnings

Tadhg Pidgeon February 23, 2023

A Swedish police decision to ban Quran burnings is unlikely to stand legally, exposing contradictions between Turkish demands and Sweden’s rule of law.

Swedish PM Addresses Continued Wave of Bombings, Shootings, and Deaths

Robert Semonsen January 25, 2023

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) called those responsible for the ever-increasing violence “the domestic terrorists of our time.”

Erdoğan Alters NATO Deal, Demands Extradition of Up to 130 ‘Terrorists’

Tristan Vanheuckelom January 18, 2023

NATO membership for Sweden and Finland appears at the mercy of Turkey’s ever-expanding demands.

Swedish NATO Accession at an Impasse

Sven R. Larson January 12, 2023

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says Turkey wants things that Sweden cannot and will not give.

Swedish PM Delivers a Grim Christmas Speech

Robert Semonsen December 31, 2022

“Sweden is in a very serious situation,” the prime minister began, warning that “the years ahead may be the toughest financially for our country since the 90s crisis and the financial crisis.”