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Sweden set aside decades of post-World War II neutrality when it formally joined Nato last Thursday. Its neighbour Finland had joined in April last year.

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Sweden became the 32nd member of Nato in the shadow of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of tortuous diplomacy.

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In January 2023, Rene Redzepi said he would close his world-famous Copenhagen dining room Noma – the five time winner of the best restaurant at the end of 2024.

Nato will kick off Monday an exercise to defend its newly expanded Nordic territory when more than 20,000 soldiers from 13 nations take part in drills.

It is the second nation to do so after Sweden closed its own inquiry earlier this month, while Germany remains interested in solving the case.

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Prime Minister Viktor Orban confirmed that parliament would move next week to ratify the Nordic country’s accession to the defence alliance.

Mette Frederiksen made the announcement at the Munich Security Conference and appealed to other European nations to do more to help Ukraine in its war with Russia.

Former prime minister Alexander Stubb won Finland’s election run-off against ex-foreign minister Pekka Haavisto in a close race for the presidency.

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On Monday only 51 out of 199 MPs voted on the agenda as almost all members of PM Viktor Orban’s ruling coalition stayed away. Hungary maintains close ties with Russia.

Singapore remains the only Asian country to have placed in the top 10 since the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index was first published in 1995.

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Ex-prime minister Alexander Stubb wins the first round of Finland’s presidential vote to set up a run-off against former foreign minister Pekka Haavisto.

Turkey’s ruling party said Sweden’s tougher stance on Kurdish militants was key to winning approval. Hungary remains only Nato ally not to have ratified Sweden’s accession.

After 20 months of delay, the Turkish general assembly voted 287-55 to approve the application Sweden made in 2022 in response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion.

Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in 2011, will ask a court to end his isolation in prison, saying it violates his human rights.

A rebellious teen turned ‘woke’ family man, Denmark’s future king Crown Prince Frederik is the embodiment of the country’s relaxed, liberal monarchy.

Denmark and neighbouring Sweden became the focus of anger across several Muslim countries after a slew of protests involving burnings and desecrations of the Koran.

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A joint investigation by The Washington Post newspaper and German outlet Der Spiegel singles out Roman Chervinsky, a 48-year-old who served in Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces.

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Finnish police said an anchor found on the seabed next to a damaged gas pipeline probably belonged to Hong Kong-flagged NewNew Polar Bear, building on earlier inquiries.

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Sweden said it had decided to deport Iraqi Salwan Momika, who burned copies of the Muslim holy book, but that the order would not be carried out because he would be at risk of torture in Iraq.