Finland will join NATO on April 4, a step that will make Finland safer and the alliance stronger, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on April 3. "We will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at NATO headquarters. It will be a good day for Finland's security, for Nordic security, and for NATO as a whole," he told reporters in Brussels. "Sweden will also be safer as a result." Finland and Sweden asked to join NATO last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Hungary is holding up Sweden's admission to NATO because of grievances over its criticism of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's policies. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
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