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After nearly two years of delays, Turkey’s parliament finally agreed to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership bid on Tuesday, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding the Western military alliance following the Ukraine war. Turkey’s general assembly, where President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling alliance holds a majority, voted 287-55 to approve the application that Sweden first made […]
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EU Opens Accession Talks with Ukraine and Moldova as Hungary Finally Concedes
December 17th, 2023 
Awake Goy Zelensky has hailed ‘victory’ for Ukraine as EU leaders open accession talks with Kyiv, defying pro-Putin Hungarian president’s vow to veto the move. European Council President Charles Michel announced the decision to launch formal accession talks as ‘a clear signal of hope for their people and for our continent’. Volodymyr Zelensky said on X: ‘This […]
Swedish lawmakers vote to endorse NATO accession
March 23rd, 2023 Awake Goy Swedish parliament voted in favour of NATO accession. Source
Ukraine’s accession to EU set to dominate talks at historic summit in Kyiv
February 2nd, 2023 Awake Goy In an unprecedented sign of solidarity and support, the European Union delegation will travel to Kyiv this week for a historic summit in the war-battered nation. Source
NATO Nations Sign Accession Protocols For Sweden, Finland
July 5th, 2022 Awake Goy The move further increases Russia’s strategic isolation in the wake of its invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February. Source
Turkey Blocks Sweden, Finland NATO Accession Talks; Issues List Of Demands
May 20th, 2022 Awake Goy Turkey has issued its “list” of demands that must happen before it would accede to granting formal NATO membership to Scandinavian countries Finland and Sweden. This coming on the same day both countries handed in their formal applications. In a photo op with the Finnish and Swedish ambassadors, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg hailed the “historic […]
North Macedonia accession talks face new hurdles from Bulgaria
November 17th, 2020 Awake Goy A row over Goce Delchev, a national hero in both Bulgaria and North Macedonia, typifies a range of disputes threatening to stall Skopje’s accession talks with the EU, due to begin on Tuesday. Sofia is demanding that the revolutionary leader be recognised solely as a Bulgarian historical figure. Unless North Macedonia’s agrees, Bulgaria says membership […]
Euro MPs urge scrapping Turkey accession talks over Erdogan’s sweeping powers
June 20th, 2017 Awake Goy The resolution came as part of an annual assessment of Turkey’s reform progress by Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs, according to a Tuesday press release from the European Parliament. Erdogan threatens to say ‘goodbye’ to EU as official warns Turkey won’t be joining bloc Referencing a recent vote which gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping […]
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No Comments »Russia’s Sputnik news website abruptly blocked in Turkey after ‘legal consideration’
April 15th, 2016 Awake Goy “After technical analysis and legal consideration based on the law Nr. 5651, administration measure has been taken for this website (sputniknews.com) according to decision Nr. 490.05.01.2016.-56092 dated 14/04/2016 of the Presidency of Telecommunication and Communication,” says an error message that appears on the sputniknews.com homepage for any user trying to access the site from Turkey. […]
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