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April 3, 2023 | International, Other Defence

Finland set to join NATO but Sweden's membership still up in the air | CBC News

The flag of Finland will be run up the flagpole at NATO headquarters on Tuesday, marking a history-making?but?bittersweet moment for the alliance ? which had hoped to be doing the same thing with Sweden.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/finland-joins-nato-tuesday-1.6799617

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