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Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, July 6, 2023. Sweden's foreign minister expressed optimism on Monday, July 10, 2023, that Turkey will drop its objections to Swedish NATO membership, saying the Nordic's country's accession is a question of when, not if. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Erdogan says Turkey could approve Sweden’s NATO membership if Europeans ‘open way’ to Turkey EU bid

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U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg give remarks at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Russia's war on Ukraine will top the agenda when NATO leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Turkey yields, opens Sweden’s path to NATO; war in Ukraine casts cloud over two-day summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)

Turkey drops objection to Sweden’s NATO membership on eve of summit

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Two men do construction work around the flags at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, July 6, 2023. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues with no end in sight, NATO's much-celebrated unity faces fresh strains when leaders gather for their annual summit this week in Vilnius, Lithuania. Disagreements have been stacking up over admitting Sweden as NATO's 32nd member, boosting military spending and finding a new secretary general. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Ukraine’s possible NATO entry to test alliance at upcoming summit

By Chris Megerian and Lorne Cook and Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, July 6, 2023. Senior officials from Sweden and Turkey arrived at NATO headquarters Thursday to examine Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's objections to the Nordic country joining the military alliance and to see what more, if anything, could be done to break the deadlock. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO leaders set to offer Ukraine major support package but membership is off the table for now

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

President Joe Biden meets with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Top officials from Turkey and Sweden head to NATO to try to overcome membership concerns

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Rescue workers carry the body of a victim of a Ukrainian plane crash in Shahedshahr, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. The United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine launched a case against Iran at the United Nations' highest court Wednesday, July 5, 2023, over the downing in 2020 of a Ukrainian passenger jet and the deaths of all 176 passengers and crew. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

U.K., Canada, Sweden, Ukraine take Iran to U.N. court over 2020 downing of Ukrainian passenger jet

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Supporters of Baluchistan Awami Party shout slogans and burn a representation of Swedish flag during a demonstration, in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, against the desecration of Islam's holy book Quran that took place in Sweden. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Quran burnings have Sweden torn between free speech and respecting minorities

By Karl Ritter and Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson smiles during a meeting with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden lobbies for Sweden’s NATO membership while meeting PM

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson arrives for a speech at the Hertie School in Berlin, Germany, March 15, 2023. President Joe Biden will is hosting Sweden’s prime minister at the White House Wednesday in a show of solidarity as the United States presses for the Nordic nation’s entry into NATO, just days before the summit. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Biden is hosting Swedish prime minister at the White House in a show of support for NATO bid

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Hakan Fidan attends a funeral in Ankara, Turkey, July 19, 2019. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Fidan said Tuesday, July 4, 2023, that Swedish authorities’ failure to prevent Quran-burning protests in the country is raising security concerns and questions about Sweden’s credentials for possible NATO membership. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey says Quran burning in Sweden raises questions about its reliability as a possible NATO member

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speak to reporters before their talks Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said earlier that he has called a meeting of senior officials from Turkey, Sweden and Finland on July 6 to try to overcome Turkish objections to Sweden joining the military organization. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Erdogan signals Turkey isn’t ready to ratify Sweden NATO membership, saying there’s more work to do

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Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, June 30, 2023. European Union leaders on Friday resumed migration talks for a second day as Poland and Hungary continued to block progress after they were outvoted earlier this month on a plan to share out refugees arriving in Europe among the 27 member countries. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Biden will host Sweden’s prime minister at the White House as the Nordic nation seeks to join NATO

By Colleen Long - Associated Press

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama, Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, Polish President Andrzej Duda, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, Romania's President Klaus Iohannis and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, from left, are seen during a joint press conference at Rutte's Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Leaders of seven NATO allies met in the Netherlands with Secretary-General Stoltenberg for talks ahead of the alliance's summit in Lithuania next month. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

NATO chief convenes July 6 talks hoping to convince Turkey to let Sweden join

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Sweden's Jonna Andersson runs for the ball during the women's international soccer friendly match between Germany and Sweden in Duisburg, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Sweden heads to Women’s World Cup looking to end run of near misses at big tournaments

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference at Exercise Griffin Storm 2023 during the visit to the Training Range in Pabrade, some 60km, (38 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

NATO chief makes last-ditch bid to bring Sweden into the fold before next month’s summit

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Immigration Lesson from Sweden Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Lessons for Biden, Mayorkas: ‘Massive immigration and poor integration simply do not work’

By Peter Parisi

Stockholm-Are delegation members celebrate during the presentation final presentation of the Stockholm-Are candidate cities the first day of the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, on June 24, 2019. Sweden is moving closer to a ninth bid to host the Winter Olympics for the first time in what's shaping up to be a race for the 2030 Games with only one obvious candidate. Swedish sports officials say there's a desire for the Nordic country to stage the Olympics following a four-month feasibility study. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Sweden moves closer to launching a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics

By Graham Dunbar and Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Sweden's new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, speak to the media after their talks at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 8, 2022. Erdogan has said that NATO should not bet on his country approving Sweden's application to join the Western military alliance before a July summit because the Nordic nation has not fully addressed his security concerns. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan says Sweden shouldn’t expect to join NATO any time soon

By Suzan Fraser and Robert Badendieck - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron, right, meet rescue forces, in Annecy, French Alps, Friday, June 9, 2023. A man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday June 8, 2023, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly. Authorities said the children, between 22 months and 3 years old, suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults were also wounded. (Denis Balibouse/Pool via AP)

French stabbing suspect charged with attempted murder as injured toddlers remain hospitalized

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