Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban “reaffirmed” his government’s support of Sweden’s bid to join NATO, Orban said on Jan. 24 after a phone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The statement came after Turkey’s parliament voted …
After months of discussions, Turkey’s parliament voted to ratify Sweden’s application to join NATO on Jan. 23, leaving Hungary the only country that has yet to approve Sweden’s accession to the alliance, Bloomberg reported.Turkey has dragged out the pr…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called the joint production of weapons and equipment with Sweden a priority for Ukraine.
Source: Zelenskyy’s speech at the annual Swedish national conference Society and Defence (the video posted on the president’s Tel…
Editor’s Note: This is issue 114 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering key events in the domain of SOEs, state-owned banks, and privatization in 2023. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission.Ukrainian SOE Weekly is an indep…
The defense ministers of Sweden and Denmark signed a memorandum to jointly donate additional Swedish-made CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, the Swedish Defense Ministry announced on Dec. 18.Stockholm provided Kyiv with 50 pieces of thi…
The music of Ukrainian composer Valentyn Sylvestrov was performed during the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December 2023.
The video from the award ceremony shows this.
The event was opened with the composition Evening Serenade from the cycle …
Editor’s Note: This is issue 113 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering events from Nove. 25 – Dec. 8. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission.AcknowledgementThis is the final issue that our team is releasing within the proj…
4 December, 2023 Representatives of Ukraine at the EDEX 2021 exhibition in Egypt. Photo credits: Luch DB
International analysts have published an annual ranking of the world’s 100 largest defense companies.
The Stockholm International Peace Research …
Published: 27 November 2023
Updated: 27 November 2023
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Charlotte Moore, BBC Chief Content Officer, says “Listeners will be spoilt for choice this holiday season with a stocking full of festive delights f…
Turkey will not conclude its internal debates on Sweden’s accession to NATO in time for the meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers on Nov. 28-29, which was hoped to be an opportunity to announce that Sweden was joining NATO, sources told Reuters o…