Swedes increasingly in favour of joining NATO

Swedes increasingly in favour of joining NATO

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STOCKHOLM


Increasing number of Swedes support NATO membership. Support for Sweden’s possible future NATO membership is on the rise, with Swedes supporting the idea almost neck and neck with those against it, according to a poll conducted in December and published on Sunday by newspaper Dagens Nyheter. Read more.


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BERLIN


Merkel calls Trump Twitter ban ‘problematic’. The recent permanent suspension of US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account for risk of further incitement of violence was described as “problematic” by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday. Read more.


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PARIS


France to receive first batch of Moderna vaccines. The areas most impacted by the pandemic in France will receive doses from the first batch of Moderna vaccines authorised by the EU last Wednesday and delivered to France on Monday. Read swedes increasingly favour joining