Bloomberg Sweden’s top defense official said staying out of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) remains the best security option for the country, even with an increasingly assertive Russia. A Swedish application for Nato membership would “affect the entire security policy architecture in our part of Europe,” Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said in an interview in Stockholm. “Above all, it puts ...

Bloomberg Philippines House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco renewed a proposal to amend the country’s Constitution by lifting restrictive economic provisions to attract more foreign investments. A resolution from the Senate and the House of Representatives seeks to insert the phrase “unless otherwise provided by law” to several sections of the Constitution involving national patrimony and economy; education, science and technology; ...

Bloomberg Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev plan to meet in Moscow on Monday for first time since their countries fought a 44-day war. The talks, which will also include Russian President Vladimir Putin, will focus on aiding residents of the war zone and unblocking economic and transportation links between the countries, the Kremlin said on ...