News
| Date | Title | |
| 11 Feb. 2025 |  |
Saving lives together – NATO supports women leaders in science NATO’s Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme supports a wide range of activities, including research projects run by high-performing women scientists in leadership positions. NATO SPS helps these leading scientists contribute to the development of scientific research and technologies, partnerships and innovative solutions, with a direct positive impact on security. On 11 February, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the NATO SPS Programme is proud to present two remarkable scientists, devoted to enhancing societal security and resilience in times of crisis. |
| 10 Feb. 2025 |  |
The NATO International Military Staff Celebrates its 58th Anniversary Brussels, NATO HQ, 10 February 2025 – The Director General of the NATO International Military Staff (IMS), Lieutenant General Janusz Adamczak and the Deputy Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Lieutenant General Andrew M. Rohling opened the annual IMS Day with keynote speeches. Following their addresses to the staff, the IMS Day Exhibition, which showcased the history of NATO IMS, was unveiled. |
| 10 Feb. 2025 |  | Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska travelled to Székesfehérvár, Hungary on Monday (10 February) where she participated in a ceremony declaring the Headquarters Multinational Division Centre (HQ MND-C) fully operational. |
| 10 Feb. 2025 |  | On 07 and 08 February 2025, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Cavo Dragone paid a visit to Ukraine. This is the first official foreign visit undertaken in the Chair’s new position. This visit underscores the NATO Military Authorities’ unfettered support to Ukraine. |
| 06 Feb. 2025 |  |
Finnish Air Force leads NATO Air Policing in Iceland for the first time Four F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets and some 50 personnel from the Finnish Air Force are currently deployed to Iceland to support NATO’s Air Policing mission and strengthen airborne surveillance and interception capabilities, under Iceland's Peacetime Preparedness Needs (ASIC IPPN). |
| 05 Feb. 2025 |  | NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, visited Iraq on 4-5 February 2025, together with Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), U.S. Army General Christopher G. Cavoli. During his trip, he met with the President, Dr. Abdul Latif Rashid, the Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani, and other high level officials of the Iraqi government, with whom he exchanged views on a range of topics, including the role of NATO Mission Iraq (NMI), the NATO-Iraq partnership, and the security situation in the region. He also met with the NMI Commander, Lieutenant General Lucas Schreurs, other NMI personnel and the NATO diplomatic community in Baghdad. |
| 05 Feb. 2025 |  |
NATO Allies discuss security and cooperation with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Valtonen On Wednesday (5 February 2025), NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska welcomed the new Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Foreign Minister of Finland, Elina Valtonen, for a meeting with the North Atlantic Council. |
| 03 Feb. 2025 |  | On Monday (3 February) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, to discuss defence spending and ongoing support for Ukraine. |
| 03 Feb. 2025 |  |
NATO Secretary General calls for a strong NATO-EU partnership at EU leaders’ informal retreat On Monday (3 February 2025), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte participated in an informal meeting of EU leaders in Brussels to discuss European defence. |
| 31 Jan. 2025 |  | NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte participated in a gathering of the EU College of Commissioners today (31 January 2025) hosted by the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at La Grande Abbaye de La Ramée in Belgium. The Secretary General welcomed the opportunity to join the conversation, highlighting the value of increased cooperation between NATO and the EU. |