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Just a few photos of my beautiful neighbourhood. Steeped in history. Stockholm Old Town and the area around it.

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Two men held in Germany over Swedish parliament terror plot

The Local Sweden 19 Mar, 2024

The Swedish parliament building in Stockholm. Photo: Arild Vagen/Wikimedia Commons

German police have arrested two people suspected of planning a terror attack on the Swedish parliament, reports Der Spiegel.

The men, aged 30 and 23, were arrested in Gera south of Leipzig on Tuesday morning.

Identified as Ibrahim M C and Ramin N, Der Spiegel reports that they are Afghan citizens with links to IS Khorasan, the splinter group of the Islamic State terror group in Afghanistan.

They are suspected of planning to open fire on police officers and other people in or at the Swedish parliament building in Stockholm, in retaliation of a series of Quran burnings in Sweden in recent years.

According to the prosecutor's arrest order, the men, acting in close consultation with officials of IS Khorasan, researched the area and tried to obtain weapons, albeit unsuccessfully.

Swedish police and security police declined to comment on the reports when approached by Swedish media.

The men were expected to appear at a remand hearing in Karlsruhe on Tuesday.

It's the second suspected terror plot uncovered in Germany against Sweden over Quran burnings. In December, two brothers from Syria were convicted of planning a bomb attack on a church in Sweden.

Last year, at least four militant Islamic terror groups called for revenge attack against Sweden in response to the series of Quran-burning protests carried out by the Iraqi activist Salwan Momika and by the Danish activist Rasmus Paludan.

As a result, Sweden's National Centre for Terrorist Threat Assessment in August raised the terror threat level to "High", or four on a scale of five. In a interview with The Local at the time, terror researcher Magnus Ranstorp called the threat against Sweden "unprecedented".

According to the Germany's prosecutor's office, the two suspects are said to have made concrete preparations for the planned attack in close consultation with ISPK officials.

Germany's security authorities have long been warning against the ISPK, an offshoot of the Islamic State in Afghanistan and Central Asia. The terrorist group has already tried in several cases to incite young people in Germany to carry out attacks on "infidels", or police officers via the internet.

A cell of Islamists from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan arrested in Germany in July 2023 is also said to have been in contact with ISPK cadres. According to Spiegel, citing judicial files, they were possibly planning attacks on Jews in Germany, and a liberal mosque in Berlin could also have been a terrorist target.

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R I K S D A G S H U S E T 🏤 Last light at Stockholm's Parliament House on a chilly Swedish evening #riksdagshuset #riksdag #stockholm #sweden #stockholm_insta #stockholmcity #stockholmsweden #stockholmworld #visitstockholm #visitsweden #visitsweden🇸🇪 #sverige #sverige🇸🇪 #parliament #cityscape #parliamenthouse #instasweden #instastockholm #instasverige #ig_sverige #ig_sverigebilder #sverigebilder #helgeandsholmen #norrström #lastlight #sundown #sunset #cityphotography #swedish #ig_sweden (at Riksdagshuset och Rosenbad) https://www.instagram.com/p/ConcOPaI6Mu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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NATO in Europe, 2024.

by hunmapper

Hungary’s parliament overwhelmingly approved Sweden’s bid to join NATO on 26th February, clearing the way for the Nordic nation’s accession to the alliance after nearly two years of intense negotiations and dealing a geopolitical blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Getting approval from the Hungarian parliament was the final hurdle for Stockholm joining NATO. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson visited Budapest on Friday to discuss defense and security cooperation with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orban. The two sides appeared to reconcile, agreeing on a deal that would see Hungary acquire four new Swedish-made Gripen fighter jets.

Of the 194 members of parliament who voted, just six rejected Sweden’s accession.

“Today is a historic day,” Kristersson said on X shortly after the vote. “Sweden stands ready to shoulder its responsibility for Euro-Atlantic security.”

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[Sweden's] accession has been delayed but Turkey raised objections over what it said was the two countries’ protection of groups that Ankara deems terrorists.[...]

Ankara asked Stockholm to toughen its stance on local members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which the EU and US also describe as a terrorist group.

Sweden has introduced a new anti-terrorism bill that makes being a member of a terrorist organisation illegal.

Turkish Parliament Votes to Ratify Sweden’s Entry Into NATO - Bloomberg

Turkey’s parliament approved Sweden’s accession to NATO after months of deliberations, leaving Hungary as the lone holdout to the defense alliance’s northern expansion.

23 Jan 24

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10th September 2024 // The King and members of the Swedish royal family appeared at the Concert Hall in Stockholm for a concert performance marking the Opening of Parliament. Queen Silvia was not in attendance due to a cold.

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Queen Mary’s Engagements in May 2024:

02/05: Presentation of the Crown Princess Mary Scholarship

02/05: Official Start of Summer Cruise on Royal Yacht Dannebrog - Helsingør

02/05: Official Welcome at Fredensborg

03/05: Changing of the Guards at Fredensborg

06/05: State Visit to Sweden - Official Welcome, Lunch

06/05: State Visit to Sweden - Meeting with Parliament Speaker, Meeting with Prime Minister

06/05: State Visit to Sweden - Royal Institute of Technology

06/05: State Visit to Sweden - Gala Dinner

07/05: State Visit to Sweden - Prince Eugen's Waldemarsudde

07/05: State Visit to Sweden - Lunch at Stockholm City Hall

07/05: State Visit to Sweden - Forskaren Life Science Centre

07/05: State Visit to Sweden - Nordic Museum & Tree-planting

07/05: State Visit to Sweden - Return Event on Dannebrog, Official Farewell

14/05: State Visit to Norway - Official Welcome, Arrival at Royal Palace

14/05: State Visit to Norway - Wreath laying at the National Monument 

14/05: State Visit to Norway - Visit to the Norwegian Parliaement, Meeting with President of the Parliament

14/05: State Visit to Norway - Oslo Science City and MiNaLab

14/05: State Visit to Norway - Gala Dinner

15/05: State Visit to Norway - Østmarka National Park

15/05: State Visit to Norway - Meeting with Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre

15/05: State Visit to Norway - The Government's Lunch at Akershus Castle

15/05: State Visit to Norway - Architecture walk on the waterfront in Oslo

15/05: State Visit to Norway - Return Event on Dannebrog

16/05: Receiving UNHCR's High Commissioner, Filippo Grandi

20/05: Royal Run 2024

22/05: Global Fashion Summit

26/05: The King's Birthday Balcony Appearance

30/05: Mary Foundation Annual Board Meeting

30/05: Léonie Sonning Music Award

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The Crown Princess of Sweden and the Duke of Västergötland arrive at the church service held at Stockholm Cathedral before the opening of the Swedish Parliament Riksdagen in Stockholm, Sweden | September 12, 2023

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Sweden’s biggest, controversial endangered wolf cull has started but campaigners fight on 

February 2023 - Hunters have already shot dead 54 wolves in Sweden’s largest ever cull, while scientists warn that wolf numbers are not large enough to sustain a healthy population

Hunters have shot dead 54 wolves in a month in Sweden’s largest and most controversial cull of the animals yet, prompting fury from conservationists and satisfaction among farmers who consider the predators a threat to their livelihoods.

The Stockholm government has authorised the shooting of 75 wolves in its 2023 cull, more than twice last year’s figure, despite warnings from scientists that wolf numbers are not large enough to sustain a healthy population.

“Wolves are a threat for those of us who live in rural areas,” said Kjell-Arne Ottosson, a Christian Democrat MP and vice-president of the parliament’s environment and agriculture committee. “We have to manage that. We have to take this seriously.”

Farmers say more than 340 sheep were killed in 2021 by a Swedish wolf population estimated at about 460. The predators, which in the 1960s were thought to be extinct in Sweden, are also resented by hunters, who say the dogs they use to track and drive deer and elk are regularly attacked.

“This cull is absolutely necessary to slow the growth of wolves. Sweden’s wolf population is the largest we have had in modern times,” Gunnar Glöersen, predator manager at the Swedish Hunters’ Association, told public broadcaster SVT.

However, the scale of this year’s planned cull – only 203 wolves have been shot in total in Sweden in the 12 years since authorised hunting resumed – has alarmed conservationists. “It’s tragic,” said Daniel Ekblom of the Nature Conservation Society. “It could have consequences for a long time to come.”

Scientists have said that to sustain a healthy population, the wolf population roaming Sweden and Finland should not fall below 500, and Sweden’s Environmental Protection Agency has said at least 300 are necessary to avoid harmful inbreeding.

Led by centre- and far-right parties, however, Sweden’s parliament voted two years ago to cap the wolf population at 270, while the Swedish Hunters’ Association wants to go even further and lower the limit to 150 animals.

Wolf numbers fell steeply in Sweden after 1789, when a law was passed allowing commoners to hunt. That led to the decimation of the deer and elk populations, prompting wolves to prey more on livestock – and the state to pay a bounty for every wolf killed.

The population shrank to the brink of extinction and the predator was declared a protected species in the 1960s. Numbers began growing again 20 years later, however, when three wolves from the Russian-Finnish population migrated to central Sweden.

Conservation organizations in the country have attempted to overturn the wolf hunting mandate but have been unsuccessful.

Groups used the Bern Convention as their main argument. An international treaty agreed upon in 1979, the convention seeks to protect both wildlife and their habitats. Actions to do so are taken in the name of conservation.

“Wolves as top predators in the food chain are a prerequisite for biodiversity. Killing a quarter of the population through hunting has negative consequences for animals and nature,” Marie Stegard, president of Swedish anti-hunting group Jaktkritikerna told the Guardian.

“It’s disastrous for the entire ecosystem. The existence of wolves contributes to a richer animal and plant life. Human survival depends on healthy ecosystems.”

The European Commission has previously opened infringement proceedings against Sweden, warning that the annual cull falls foul of the EU’s habitats directive since “the wolf population has not reached a level that guarantees its conservation”.

“It’s astonishing that Sweden keeps on making these decisions,” said Marie Stegard Lind of the anti-hunting group Jaktkritikerna. “The commission has been very clear about its opinion that these hunts are, in fact, illegal,” Lind told AFP.

This year’s cull began in early January and ends on 15 February, although several regional authorities have already called it off having reached their quota. Experts have said the government’s planned national total of 75 wolves may not be reached.

Under pressure from farmers and hunters, the government authorised limited annual culls again in 2010. Since then, the wolf “has become a symbol of the conflict between the city and rural areas”, Johanna Sandahl of the Nature Conservation Society told AFP.

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Princess Madeleine of Sweden Attend Concert Celebrating the Opening of Parliament 10 September 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden

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Through the Years → Princess Sofia of Sweden (207/∞) 10 September 2024 | Princess Sofia of Sweden attends a ceremony in connection with the opening of the Swedish Parliament's fall session in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Michael Campanella/Getty Images)

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Britain is burning. The recent weeks of far-right riots have seen mobs assembling outside mosques and hotels housing asylum-seekers; the burning of public libraries; and an uptick in targeted racist violence and vandalism. Sparked by the tragic deadly stabbings of three young girls in the town of Southport, the incident has been sickeningly exploited by anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim groups, which have spread disinformation online and garnered support from prominent far-right figures.

Less than two months after a new Labour government took office, the issue of immigration has already taken center stage. Prime Minister Keir Starmer now faces the steep challenge of tackling the root causes of Britain’s toxic relationship with immigration.

For years now, the issue of immigration has been at the heart of the British predicament, and in the wake of Brexit, the normalization of far-right rhetoric has increasingly embedded itself in Britain’s media and political landscape.

The Labour Party must not be blown off course by the recent riots. It should instead capitalize on this moment—using it to carve out a new, humane immigration policy.

Even though Starmer’s government has pledged to increase the number of deportations of those who do not have the right to stay in the country, there have been some important changes to Britain’s immigration policies since Labour came into power.

Most prominently, on the first day of his premiership, Starmer scrapped the controversial Rwanda bill that entailed sending asylum-seekers from the United Kingdom to the East African nation. Introduced by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2022, many considered the policy to be a cynical maneuver rather than a serious solution to address the country’s broken immigration system. New Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called it “a complete con,” which she told Parliament had cost the British taxpayers 700 million pounds (about $918.4 million)—a considerable sum of money given that no asylum-seeker ever set foot in Rwanda.

Perhaps the only enduring image of this failed Rwanda policy was a photo of the Conservative Party’s former Home Secretary Suella Braverman joyfully laughing in a center in Rwanda meant to house asylum-seekers. The daughter of immigrant parents who migrated to Britain from East Africa celebrating her “dream” of sending vulnerable asylum-seekers to one of the most repressive African countries was a stark symbol of the cruel and ineffective anti-migrant policies of the recent Tory era.

Last month, after Starmer spoke about “resetting” Britain’s approach to immigration in a way that respects international human rights standards, Labour also announced plans to permanently shut down the controversial Bibby Stockholm, a barge moored off the coast of Dorset that is used to hold asylum-seekers. In a surprise appointment, Starmer then chose Richard Hermer, a distinguished human rights lawyer who began his career at famed human rights firm Doughty Street Chambers, as his attorney general.

Another sign of change at the Home Office is that it now refers to migrants as “irregular” rather than “illegal,” a term routinely used under Tory governments that implied criminality and reinforced harmful stereotypes.

This is the sort of humane approach that Britain needs—only a much larger scale. Though these small changes were announced before the recent riots began, the question remains whether the Labour Party—even with its dark past—has the courage to transform Britain’s troubled relationship with immigration going forward. A lasting solution would address the spread of deceptive disinformation aimed at sowing hatred while also advocating for a truly compassionate and ethical immigration system.

For instance, Starmer could officially repeal the Illegal Migration Act, which was passed in July last year by the Tory-led government. The law allowed the government to deny the right of asylum to migrants who had arrived in the U.K. irregularly. It stated that the government could instead detain and deport refugees to their home countries or “safe” third countries (such as Rwanda). The controversial law was criticized by several human rights groups as well as the United Nations, which described it as an “asylum ban” that penalized vulnerable refugees by effectively closing off safe and legal pathways for those escaping persecution, violence, or conflict. Although the International Rescue Committee reports that the Labour Party has “effectively ended” enforcement of the law, it remains on the books.

In addition to scrapping the Tory-era act, the Labour government should also look to tackle the backlog of asylum cases. According to the latest Home Office data, there are more than 118,000 people waiting for an initial decision on their asylum applications. To truly bring down these figures, Starmer will need to do a lot more to reform a broken system that leaves thousands of vulnerable people trapped in destitution.

His government can seek real improvements in the asylum process by expanding safe routes, ensuring fair hearings, and demonstrating compassion and humanity. To focus on longer-term solutions, Starmer should prioritize Britain’s efforts to address the root causes of the global conflicts that drive many people to make perilous journeys in the first place.

Beyond repairing the asylum system, the Labour government could also uphold the rights of Britons of migrant background by revoking the Nationality and Borders Act that was passed in 2022, which creates a two-tiered system of citizenship, making naturalized British citizens—such as myself—second-class citizens.

The act grants the state the power to strip Britons of citizenship without giving them notice. This extreme measure makes Britain an outlier among liberal democracies—and unfairly targets its own citizens, especially British Muslims, even if their families have been in the country for generations.

Citizenship-stripping powers are not new in the United Kingdom, having been weaponized by both Labour and Tory administrations post-9/11. In the past two decades, hundreds of Britons have been stripped of their citizenships.

As the historian Hannah Arendt famously said, “citizenship is the right to have rights,” and the British state has weaponized citizenship in the name of security. Starmer has a rare opportunity to fix this.

Finally, Labour’s immigration policies ought to focus on the most vulnerable and impacted group: unaccompanied children. A recent data investigation conducted by Lost in Europe, a cross-border journalism collective, found that across 13 European countries, including Germany and Italy, more than 50,000 unaccompanied child migrants went missing between 2021 and 2023.

Though the British Home Office is yet to release specific numbers regarding the United Kingdom (despite a pending Freedom of Information Act request), we know that unaccompanied minors migrating to Britain remain at increased risk of gang recruitment, workplace exploitation, and modern slavery.

Another report conducted by a group of nongovernmental organizations earlier this year showed that hundreds of child refugees who had experienced abuse and violence were often placed in adult prisons after the Home Office wrongly assessed their ages. To make matters worse, British tabloids often disregard or question the ages of migrant children—making a mockery of the country’s laws intended to safeguard the identities of minors, especially those in search of safety.

These depictions of migrants in Britain have dangerous consequences, and they often act as a precursor to discrimination and violence. Britain has been here before.

More than 24 years after the infamous Oldham riots of 2001, which saw a brief period of racial rioting in a town near Manchester that spurred on the country’s far right, Britain has yet to learn from its mistakes.

The easy talk of race and civil war—most recently invoked by Elon Musk—plays into standard far-right tropes about the country, but the reality is that Britain has absorbed migrants much more effectively than many of its European neighbors, and its capital is largely a tolerant and multiethnic place. This is a story that is rarely told by irresponsible media figures and politicians who have whipped up far-right extremists for far too long.

As a member of Parliament, Starmer represents the Holborn and St Pancras seat, one of the most diverse areas in inner-city London. My family arrived in this constituency as refugees from Somalia almost 30 years ago. I grew up on a council estate in Camden next to pretty, tree-lined Edwardian terraced houses worth millions. It was a place of poverty and friendship—a place where Irish, Bangladeshi, Kosovar, and Somali kids mixed together, speaking multicultural London English, listening to garage music, playing soccer, and drinking in local pubs.

There were tensions when I was growing up—for example, in Somers Town, where I went to school in the mid-1990s. The fascist, far-right British National Party (BNP) tried to capitalize on the tragic killing of Richard Everitt, a white boy, in 1994 by a group of Bangladeshi boys. At one point, a far-right mob firebombed halal butchers on a street lined with Asian shops. But the incident had no real long-term impact, and the community moved on.

While these recent riots may hark back to those days, unlike the BNP of the 1990s, these disparate far-right groups have far more power today. They are bolstered by social media algorithms and support from online extremists, established media, and some of the billionaires who operate those very platforms. They systematically spread their hate.

It is these forces that seek to warp and destabilize British culture rather that the tiny minority of asylum-seekers and larger group of regular migrants who seek to make their lives in Britain. Labour must not fall into their trap and let British democracy be undermined.

[scotianostra]

The Bank of Scotland was founded by an Act of the Scottish Parliament on 17 July 1695.

This was Scotland's first and oldest bank and one of the first in the British Isles, in Scotland it is generally called The Bank, as opposed to the other on The Royal Bank of Scotland, which is The Royal Bank.

The original 172 shareholders came mainly from Scotland's political and merchant elite. They required a banking system which would offer long-term credit and security for merchants and landowners alike.The following year the Bank of Scotland became the first bank in Europe to successfully issue paper currency.

Although the concept of currency and bank notes wasn’t necessarily new to Scotland in the 17th century, the Bank of Scotland was the first to print its own paper currency.

The Bank's right to issue notes has been maintained to the present day. Now you may have heard that Sweden was the first country to issue banknotes but I did say "Successfully" as Johan Palmstruch, the man in charge of the Bank of Stockholm issued the first banknotes on Europe but he issued far too many and they did not have enough gold and silver tucked away to redeem them on demand and the bank collapsed. He was tried and sentenced to death or exile but was sent to prison instead and died soon after, in 1671.

The Bank of Scotland merged with Halifax Bank to become HBOS in 2001.

The first pic shows the ealiest surviving note, from 1716. Their simple design meant they were relatively easy to copy, and forgery was a persistent problem. The banknote is expressed in 'pounds Scots' rather than sterling. Although Scotland's separate currency was abolished by the Act of Union in 1707, it was still used as an expression of money for many years afterwards (£12 Scots = £1 sterling). Bank of Scotland still issues banknotes today, making it the longest continuous banknote issue in the world.

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Greta Thunberg by Allison Adams

“We can't save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change - and it has to start today.”

Greta Thunberg (born 2003) is a climate activist from Sweden. As a school girl with autism, standing at less than 5ft, she started the ‘School Strike for Climate’ protests. Over the past year, she has become a global superstar of the climate change movement, promoting #fridaysforfuture alongside millions of school children (and now adults) across the globe to demand politicians, governments, and corporations take action on climate change.On Friday, August 20th, 2018, Greta began to sit outside the Parliament building in Stockholm every day during school time with a sign that read “Skolstrejk för klimatet’ (School Strike for Climate) demanding the country reduce carbon emissions. She quickly gained media coverage and the support of students and activists all over the world, who joined her voice in their own school strikes, demanding adults and lawmakers to take climate crisis and the future of the planet seriously.

[duchessofvastergotland]

12th September 2023 // The King and Queen, Crown Princess couple, and Princely couple at the Concert Hall in Stockholm for a concert performance marking the Opening of Parliament.

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Could Turkey buy Gripens from Sweden if the Eurofighters are denied?

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 05/01/2024 - 19:32in Military

Turkey has repeatedly stated that it has other options for fighters if Germany does not raise its opposition to a proposed agreement for 40 newly built Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.

Is it conceivable that Turkey will consider resorting to Sweden for its capable Saab JAS39 Gripen after Ankara approves Stockholm's admission to NATO?

November reports revealed that Turkey has started negotiations with Great Britain and France for the more advanced version of the Eurofighter.

Since then, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared that his country has “many other doors to knock on” for the combat jets if Germany persists with its opposition.

As a member of the Eurofighter consortium, Berlin has the right of effective veto over which countries Great Britain, Spain and Italy can export the game. He blocked the British sale of 48 additional Eurofighter Typhoons to Saudi Arabia, which is probably the reason why Riyadh is now discussing the purchase of Dassault Rafales from France.

Turkey is also waiting for the approval of 40 new F-16s from the United States. He expects the U.S. Congress to approve the sale, proposed for the first time in October 2021, in exchange for Turkey raising its objections to Sweden's accession to NATO. At the end of December, the foreign affairs committee of the Turkish parliament voted for the ratification of Sweden's accession, awaiting final ratification and approval by the general assembly.

Sweden's admission to NATO would remove some obstacles to Turkey's acquisition of F-16, although it is not clear whether this would influence Germany. It is unlikely that Turkey will resort to France in search of Rafales for a number of reasons, and the purchase of Russian fighters increases the undesirable prospect of additional American sanctions. Turkey has already suffered sanctions for the purchase of Russian S-400 air defense missiles and has also been expelled from the F-35 program.

As described above, Turkey may still look for Eurofighters if the F-16 agreement is approved. However, if the Eurofighters were denied, then a comparable fighter would be needed, and the Gripen undoubtedly fits the profile as a suitable alternative to many of the functions that Ankara imagines the Eurofighter to fulfill.

The sale of Gripens to Ankara would also mark the first export of these jets to the Middle East. Even though it is a very reputable fighter, the export history of the Gripen is quite gloomy compared to the Eurofighter and the Rafale. A successful sale to Turkey could pave the way for more sales.

France fought for years to export the Rafale. The sale of Rafale in 2015 to Egypt gradually opened the way for multiple sales, the most profitable being undoubtedly the $19 billion agreement with the United Arab Emirates in December 2021 for 80 jets.

Suleyman Ozeren, a professor at the American University and a senior member of the Orion Policy Institute, believes that Turkey's prolonged blockade of Sweden's accession to NATO will make any potential agreement with Gripen unlikely.

“Although Ankara has guaranteed some concessions from Stockholm, such as the lifting of the ban on the export of military equipment to Turkey, the point is that Turkey has exaggerated Sweden's candidacy for NATO membership,” Ozeren told me.

“It took too long for Ankara to complete the process without presenting convincing arguments and practical excuses, other than trying to pressure Stockholm to give up more concessions,” he said. “This dragged approach frustrated Sweden so much that it seemed that Ankara hijacked the NATO membership candidacy.”

Ozeren believes that Turkey will probably continue to explore its options for other fighters, including the Gripens, if Congress continues to postpone the F-16 agreement.

"However, given the current situation, Ankara may have to do more than ask Stockholm for the Gripens to normalize their relationship," he said. "Therefore, Ankara's best bet is still the offer of the F-16, which also includes a modernization component for the existing F-16s."

Ozeren also believes that Turkey will still be able to "purse its interest" in the Eurofighters if the F-16 agreement is approved in order to diversify its air force. But neither the F-16 Block 70, the latest Tranche Eurofighter, nor the Gripen are long-term replacements for fifth-generation stealth aircraft.

“Even if the Eurofighter may have formidable capabilities, it will not replace what the F-35s can offer, which also means what Ankara lost when buying the S-400s from Russia,” Ozeren said.

"As for the Gripens, considering all the circumstances, the possibility of acquiring them is a distant enterprise for Ankara."

Source: Forbes

Tags: Military AviationEurofighter TyphoonJAS39 GripensaabTAF - Turkish Air Force / Turkish Air Force

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Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. He uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

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