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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 6 July 2022
NATO nations sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland

By RAF CASERT dum specified people who
Associated Press would have to be extradit-
BRUSSELS (AP) — The 30 ed to Turkey. Both ministers
NATO allies signed off on said no such list was part of
the accession protocols the agreement.
for Sweden and Finland on “We will honor the memo-
Tuesday, sending the mem- randum fully. There is, of
bership bids of the two na- course, no lists or anything
tions to the alliance capi- like that in the memoran-
tals for legislative approv- dum, but what we will do is
als and possible political to have better cooperation
trouble in Turkey. when it comes to terrorists,”
The move further increases Swedish Foreign Minister
Russia’s strategic isolation Ann Linde said.
in the wake of its invasion of Finnish Foreign Minister Pe-
neighboring Ukraine in Feb- kka Haavisto was equally
ruary and military struggles adamant.
there since. “Everything that was
“This is truly a historic mo- agreed in Madrid is stated
ment for Finland, for Swe- in the document. There
den and for NATO,” the are no hidden docu-
head of the alliance, Sec- ments behind that or any
retary-General Jens Stol- agreements behind that,”
tenberg, said. Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde, right, and Haavisto said.
The 30 ambassadors and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a media conference after the signature of the Every alliance nation has
permanent representa- NATO Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden in the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, different legislative chal-
tives formally approved July 5, 2022. lenges and procedures to
decisions made at a NATO Associated Press deal with, and it could take
summit in Madrid last week, Turkish President Recep deal. It is a potent threat cess added urgency. It will several more months for
when the leaders of mem- Tayyip Erdogan warned since NATO accession must ensconce the two nations the two Nordic nations to
ber nations invited Rus- that Ankara could block be formally approved by in the Western military alli- take their place as official
sia’s neighbor Finland and the process if the two coun- all 30 member states, which ance and give NATO more NATO members.
Scandinavian partner Swe- tries failed to grant Turkey’s gives each a blocking right. clout, especially in the face Denmark and Canada
den to join the military club. demands for the extradi- Stoltenberg said he ex- of Moscow’s military threat. were quickest out of the
Securing parliamentary ap- tion of people it views as pected no change of “We will be even stronger blocks. They handed over
proval for the new mem- terror suspects. The people heart. “There were secu- and our people will be their ratification documents
bers in Turkey, however, wanted in Turkey have links rity concerns that needed even safer as we face the in Washington as the first
could still pose a problem to outlawed Kurdish groups to be addressed. And we biggest security crisis in de- NATO countries just hours
even though Sweden, Fin- or the network of an exiled did what we always do at cades,” Stoltenberg said. after the accession proto-
land and Turkey reached cleric accused of a failed NATO. We found common At a news conference, the cols were signed in Brus-
a memorandum of under- 2016 coup in Turkey. ground,” he said. foreign ministers of Sweden sels, Danish Foreign Minister
standing at the Madrid He said Turkey’s Parliament The Russian invasion of and Finland were asked Jeppe Kofod told The Asso-
summit. could refuse to ratify the Ukraine has given the pro- whether the memoran- ciated Press by phone. q

Activists protest over Spain’s San Fermin bull-run festival

By IRENE YAGÜE protest led by People for “They’re stabbed over and The festival highlight is the like mad to avoid six bulls as
Associated Press the Ethical Treatment of over again for 20 minutes early morning “encierro,” they charge along a wind-
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Animals, or PETA, and the until they’re dead,” said or run, which sees thou- ing, cobblestoned route to
Dozens of animal rights ac- Spanish NGO AnimalNatu- Monroe. sands of people running the city’s bullring.q
tivists dressed as dinosaurs ralis. The protests are nor- “We want the tourists to
were chased by fellow ac- mally held a day before know that their money is
tivists through the streets of the festival gets underway supporting this really cruel
the Spanish city of Pamplo- with the traditional “chu- industry.”
na on Tuesday to protest al- pinazo” firework blast at The protests do little to
leged animal cruelty in the midday in Pamplona’s dampen enthusiasm for
world famous San Fermin town hall square. The runs San Fermín, which normally
Running of the Bulls festival. begin Thursday. sees Pamplona’s popula-
In the protest Tuesday, the “Bullfighting is the long ritu- tion of 200,000 balloon to
dinosaurs were supposed alized execution of bulls some 1 milllion during peak
to represent bulls and the and many tourists who days of the nine-day festi-
mob behind the San Fer- come to the bull-runs don’t val.
mín revelers. The activists actually realize that the The festival was suspended
carried placards reading, same bulls they’re running for the past two years be-
“Bullfighting is Prehistoric.” down a couple of streets cause of the coronavirus
They said the point was to with are later killed in the pandemic. Authorities fear People dressing as dinosaurs protest against animal cruelty
show runs could be light- bullring that day,” said crowd activities at the fes- before the start of the San Fermin festival, which has been
hearted and held without Chelsea Monroe, PETA se- tival may lead to a major cancelled for the last two years due to coronavirus restrictions,
any cruelty to animals. nior digital campaign of- increase in infections this in Pamplona, northern Spain, Tuesday, July 5, 2022.
It was the 18th annual ficer. year as well. Associated Press