News
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| 15 May. 2025 |  | Brussels, NATO Headquarters, 7 to 11 May 2025 – 29 representatives from 19 partner nations participated in the 26th iteration of the NATO Partner Staff Officers' Familiarization Programme. The eight-day event, jointly organized by IMS Cooperative Security (CS) Division and SHAPE’s Partnership Directorate, introduced participants to NATO’s structure and opportunities for cooperation. |
| 14 May. 2025 |  | Brussels, 14 May 2025 – The 193rd NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session took place at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, today. Thirty two Allied Chiefs of Defence discussed NATO’s vigilance & deterrence, continued support to Ukraine, and preparations for the NATO Summit in The Hague in June. The final meeting of the day saw the Ukrainian Chief of Defence, General Sikyrsky, join the NATO-Ukraine Council virtually from Kyiv. |
| 12 May. 2025 |  |
Chair of the NATO Military Committee visits the United States of America Washington D.C., 5 to 8 May 2025 – The Chair of the NATO Military Committee (CMC), Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, participated in a series of high-level strategic meetings in the US, exchanging ideas with military leadership from US and across the Alliance, as well as political and civil society leaders from around the world. During the visit, he also paid homage to the American service members who lay at rest in Arlington National Cemetery. |
| 09 May. 2025 |  |
NATO Secretary General welcomes Germany’s new Chancellor to NATO headquarters NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz to NATO headquarters on Friday (9 May 2025) for bilateral talks, and to discuss preparation of the NATO Summit in The Hague. |
| 07 May. 2025 |  |
Ahead of the NATO Summit, Allies meet to discuss logistics for collective defence In order to ensure NATO’s collective defence, it is necessary to have not only military plans, forces, and capabilities but also food, fuel, and other essentials in order to project and sustain combat power. Logistics includes the supply, movement and maintenance of equipment, personnel and services. It is crucial for any military undertaking, from early planning to execution and drawdown. |
| 05 May. 2025 |  |
NATO releases strategy to use data for enhancing collective defence On Wednesday 30 April 2025, NATO published a public version of its first Data Strategy. Agreed by Allies in February 2025, the strategy aims to accelerate how the Alliance uses data to help achieve interoperability and integration across all operational domains. |
| 29 Apr. 2025 |  |
NATO experts discuss nuclear deterrence challenges in Helsinki NATO’s annual Nuclear Policy Symposium kicked off in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday (29 April 2025). Held annually since 1992, it is the Alliance’s main nuclear policy event. The symposium brings together outside experts as well as NATO and Allied senior officials to discuss pressing nuclear challenges facing the Alliance. |
| 28 Apr. 2025 |  | On Monday (28 April 2025), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier to NATO to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany's accession to NATO. Mr Steinmeier was accompanied by the Acting Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius. |
| 02 Apr. 2025 |  |
NATO Foreign Ministers to discuss building a ‘stronger, fairer, more lethal NATO’ NATO Foreign Ministers will meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday (3 and 4 April) to continue planning for the forthcoming Summit in The Hague and discuss urgent security issues. |
| 28 Mar. 2025 |  | From 26 to 28 March, the NATO Military Committee visited the Island of Gotland and Luleå in Sweden, on an invitation by the Swedish Chief of Defence, General Michael Claesson. This was the first visit of the Military Committee to Sweden, since the country became the 32nd member of the NATO Alliance, in March 2024. |