Sweden's NATO Accession Clears Final Hurdle After Hungary Inks Jet Deal

Sweden is now set to formally enter the NATO military alliance, after Hungary's parliament voted to approve its bid on Monday afternoon, following many months of delays and Prime Minister Viktor Orban's earlier stance of blocking Sweden's accession. European leaders are now hailing the "historic day". 

The belated ratification by Hungary marks overcoming the final hurdle for Sweden's NATO accession - thus now it's a done deal only with Brussels set to formalize it, as this marks reaching the required goal of all 31 NATO members needing to approve.