News
| Date | Title | |
| 20 May. 2025 |  |
Secretary General calls for stronger NATO-EU cooperation to strengthen deterrence and defence On Tuesday (20 May 2025), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attended the Foreign Affairs Council with EU Defence Ministers. He highlighted the importance of closer NATO-EU relations, in light of the threats from Russia, China’s military build-up, and terrorism. |
| 16 May. 2025 |  |
NATO Secretary General attends meeting of the European Political Community On Friday 16 May (2025), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte joined European leaders at a meeting of the European Political Community in Tirana, Albania to discuss shared security concerns. |
| 10 Apr. 2025 |  |
NATO Allies discuss military mobility with EU Transport Commissioner Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska welcomed the EU Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas to the NATO Headquarters on Thursday (10 April 2025) for a meeting with Allies in the North Atlantic Council. |
| 03 Apr. 2025 |  | On Thursday (3 April 2025), NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska attended an informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Warsaw, hosted by EU High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas and Polish Minister of Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, together with Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov. |
| 26 Mar. 2025 |  | On Wednesday (26 March 2025), NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska welcomed the European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius, to NATO Headquarters for a meeting with Allies in the North Atlantic Council. |
| 20 Mar. 2025 |  |
NATO Deputy Secretary General welcomes renewed European defence efforts at the European Parliament On Thursday (20 March), NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska addressed the European Parliament’s Security and Defence Committee (SEDE). She commended Europeans for stepping up investment in defence to deliver security, praised cooperation with the European Union (EU) and answered questions from Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). |
| 12 Feb. 2025 |  |
NATO Defence Ministers to address defence spending, industrial capacity, support to Ukraine Defence Ministers will meet in Brussels tomorrow (13 February 2025) to begin preparations for the NATO Summit in The Hague in June. |
| 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 |  |
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. |