In training.
@AFP's Jonathan Nackstrand covers a Swedish Army exercise on the island of Gotland.
Finland and Sweden will submit bids to join NATO together Wednesday. Sweden's decision is dramatic - it was neutral in WWII and stayed out of military alliances for over 200 years
Finland and Sweden will submit their bids to join NATO together Wednesday, despite Turkey's threat to block the military alliance's expansion.
"I'm happy we have taken the same path and we can do it together," Swedish Prime Minister Andersson says
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VIDEO: Finnish MPs vote overwhelmingly in favour of NATO membership.
188 of 200 members of parliament voted in favour of NATO membership, a dramatic turnaround from Finland's military non-alignment policy dating back more than 75 years
#BREAKING Finland, Sweden hand in applications to join NATO
#UPDATE Finland and Sweden have handed in their bids to join US-led alliance NATO, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine up-ended decades of military non-alignment.
"The applications you have made today are an historic step," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says
VIDEO: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meets with Finland Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen and Sweden Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff as the two states formally submit applications to join the military alliance
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