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Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban briefs the media in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 10, 2020. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, inviting him to Budapest to discuss Sweden's accession into the NATO military alliance, Orban wrote Tuesday Jan. 23, 2023, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Hungary is the last holdout for Sweden’s NATO membership. So when will Orban follow Turkey’s lead?

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, speaks during a press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Swedish Government headquarters Rosenbad in Stockholm, Oct. 24, 2023. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, inviting him to Budapest to discuss Sweden's accession into the NATO military alliance, Orban wrote Tuesday Jan. 23, 2023, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Turkey signs off on Sweden joining NATO, clearing major hurdle for Stockholm’s bid

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban briefs the media in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 10, 2020. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, inviting him to Budapest to discuss Sweden's accession into the NATO military alliance, Orban wrote Tuesday Jan. 23, 2023, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Hungary’s Orban says he invited Swedish leader to discuss NATO membership

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on prior to a meeting ahead of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, July 10, 2023. The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee was poised on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, to resume deliberations on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked the Nordic country’s admission on U.S. approval of Turkey’s request to purchase F-16 fighter jets.(Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Turkish parliamentary committee resumes debate on Sweden’s NATO bid

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Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. Tesla has found itself locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with union workers in Sweden and neighboring countries. The showdown pits the electric car maker's CEO Elon Musk, who's staunchly anti-union, against the strongly held labor ideals of the Nordic countries. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Musk and Tesla are battling unions across Scandinavia. What comes next in the labor dispute?

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint statement with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Turkey links Sweden’s NATO bid to U.S. approving F-16 jet sales and Canada lifting arms embargo

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Tesla vehicles line a parking lot at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory, on Sept. 18, 2023. The conflict against Tesla in Sweden is spreading to neighboring Denmark where transport workers with the country’s largest trade union on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 said it was establishing a sympathy conflict against the Texas-based automaker. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Swedish transport union could quit picking up Tesla’s trash

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A group of Norwegian unions says it will act against Tesla in solidarity with its Swedish colleagues

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Tesla vehicles line a parking lot at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory, on Sept. 18, 2023. The conflict against Tesla in Sweden is spreading to neighboring Denmark where transport workers with the country’s largest trade union on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 said it was establishing a sympathy conflict against the Texas-based automaker. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Danish union to take action against Tesla in solidarity with Swedes demanding collective bargaining

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Jonson said Tuesday his country's top priority is to gain full NATO membership before the allied leaders gather for their next summit, saying an addition will make the trans-Atlantic alliance even stronger. (Kyodo News via AP)

Sweden said it has plenty to offer NATO if allowed to join the alliance

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to the media during his visit at the chancellery with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Erdogan to visit Budapest next month as Turkey and Hungary hold up Sweden’s membership in NATO

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, gestures during an event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London on Nov. 2, 2023. IBM has stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

Elon Musk calls Swedish Tesla strikes ‘insane’

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A ship is moored at the port of Malmo as port workers are blocking the loading of vehicles from Tesla, in Malmo, Sweden, Tuesday Nov. 7, 2023. Pressure is growing on Tesla in Sweden, where a trade union is demanding that the Texas-based automaker sign a collective bargaining agreement, as most employees in the Scandinavian country have. Tesla has no manufacturing plant in Sweden, but 130 members of the powerful metalworkers’ union IF Metall walked out on Oct. 27 at seven workshops across the country where its popular cars are serviced. Other trade unions joined in solidarity, including dockworkers at Sweden’s four largest ports who decided Tuesday to stop the delivery of Tesla vehicles to increase pressure on the automaker to accept the metal workers’ demands. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Swedish postal workers join strike against Tesla

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

From left, Toronto's goalkeeper Joseph Woll, Minnesota's Kirill Kaprizov and Toronto's Morgan Rielly in action during the second period of the NHL Global Series Sweden ice hockey match between Toronto Maple Leafs and Minnesota Wild at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (Claudio Bresciani/TT via AP)

Nylander scores in OT, Maple Leafs extend win streak to 4 with 4-3 victory over Wild in Sweden

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FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on prior to a meeting ahead of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, July 10, 2023. The Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee is set to debate Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 drawing the country closer to membership in the Western military alliance. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Turkish parliamentary committee delays decision on Sweden’s NATO membership bid

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Sweden's manager Janne Andersson during a training session at the Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, on June 28, 2021. Sweden coach Janne Andersson is determined to enjoy his “last night with the gang” before his seven years in charge of the national team comes to an end. The Swedish soccer federation said Andersson would not continue in the role if the team failed to qualify for the European Championship. His fate was sealed when the Swedes lost to Austria last month. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Departing Andersson ready for Sweden sendoff as team returns for first matches since 2 fans killed

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FILE - Protestor Salwan Momika outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Sweden has reportedly withdrawn the residence permit of an Iraqi man who staged a series of public desecrations of the Quran this year but has stayed his deportation, saying his life would be in danger if he were returned to Iraq. Sweden’s Migration Agency made the decision this week after determining that Salwan Momika had provided false information in his application for asylum, it was reported Thursday, Oct. 26. (Oscar Olsson/TT via AP, file)

Report: Quran-burning protester is ordered to leave Sweden but deportation on hold for now

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a press conference at the Swedish Government headquarter Rosenbad in Stockholm, Tuesday Oct. 24, 2023. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)

The damage to a Baltic undersea cable was ‘purposeful,’ Swedish leader says but gives no details

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FILE - Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban briefs the media in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 10, 2020. The Hungarian parliament has refused a proposal to hold a vote on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, further delaying the Nordic country’s inclusion in the military alliance. The delay on Tuesday comes as Hungary remains the main hurdle to Sweden’s admission into NATO after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan submitted a protocol to Turkey’s parliament on Monday to approve its admission. All 31 allies must endorse the accession. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File )

Hungary in the spotlight after Turkey presses on with Sweden’s bid to join NATO

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits for the start of a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to Turkey’s parliament for ratification, his office said Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Erdogan had been delaying ratification of Sweden’s membership, accusing Stockholm of being too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups he considers to be security threats. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Turkey’s president submits protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to parliament for ratification

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