And now, for the first time, Sweden's national flag was raised at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday, and also at the alliance's only North American headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia.

The flag-raising ceremony came as 20,000 troops from 13 countries conduct NATO drills in the high north of new member Sweden as well as its neighbors Finland and Norway. The Nordic drill is part ...

NATO held a flag-raising ceremony at its headquarters in Brussels on March 11 after Sweden officially joined the military alliance last week. (Video: Naomi Schanen/The Washington Post) Sweden ...

Sweden joined NATO in March, while Finland joined last year, having once argued that it was safer outside the military alliance. NATO held a flag-raising ceremony at its headquarters in Brussels ...

Under a heavy, rain-soaked Belgian sky, Sweden's flag was raised Monday at NATO headquarters in Brussels to formally mark its new status as a full member of the western military alliance.

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BRUSSELS (AP) — Sweden’s flag was raised at NATO headquarters on Monday, cementing the Nordic country’s place as ...

Sweden’s national flag was raised at NATO headquarters on March 11, cementing the Nordic country’s place as the 32nd member two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine persuaded its ...