News
| Date | Title | |
| 25 Mar. 2025 |  |
NATO Youth Advisory Board programme kicks off following selection of members On Tuesday, 25 March, NATO announced the members of its inaugural Youth Advisory Board, who officially began their work with a visit to the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. |
| 20 Mar. 2025 |  |
NATO Aviation Committee meets in New Zealand to discuss future cooperation on air activities The NATO Aviation Committee was hosted by the Royal New Zealand Air Force in Christchurch, on 18-20 March 2025. This was the first time a NATO senior policy level committee met in the Indo-Pacific region, and a demonstration of NATO's commitment to boosting cooperation with its four Indo-Pacific partners (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea). |
| 12 Mar. 2025 |  | On 10 and 11 March 2025, NATO’s Secretary General, Mark Rutte, visited Sarajevo and Pristina. In Sarajevo, he met high-level officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the Chair and members of the Presidency, the Chair of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Defence, and the Acting Minister of Security, as well as with the Commander of NATO Headquarters Sarajevo, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Commander of the EUFOR mission. The Secretary General also engaged with students at the University of Sarajevo. |
| 10 Mar. 2025 |  | NATO is pleased to announce the launch of the fifth edition of the NATO Youth Summit, in partnership with the Atlantic Council of Montenegro, in Budva, Montenegro on 25-26 April. In this context, NATO is also launching the Youth Summit challenge, inviting young leaders aged 18-35 from NATO Allies and partner countries to compete for a seat in the audience and the chance to present their ideas on stage at the Youth Summit. |
| 07 Mar. 2025 |  |
Fostering security-related scientific collaboration with Greece through NATO’s SPS Programme On Thursday (6 March 2025), members of NATO’s Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme were in Athens to foster collaboration with the Greek academic and scientific community. The information day aimed to promote opportunities for practical cooperation between NATO Allies and partners. |
| 27 Feb. 2025 |  |
Annual meeting of NATO’s Partnership Training and Education Centres The annual Partnership Training and Education Centres (PTEC) Marketplace took place on 19 February 2025 at the Van der Valk Congress Center in Mons, Belgium. Representatives from 28 PTECs gathered to exchange expertise, forge new connections, and discuss further synergies in the key domain of military education and training. For the first time, the PTEC Marketplace was organized in close coordination with the 4th Annual Disciplines Forum, which is conducted as part of the NATO Education, Training, Exercise and Evaluation (ETEE) system. |
| 21 Feb. 2025 |  | At a meeting of its Resilience Committee on 14 February 2025, NATO introduced its first Resilience Reference Curriculum (RRC) to support efforts by NATO Allies and partners to strengthen their resilience against military and non-military threats and challenges to the Alliance’s security and to their own national security. These can include natural disasters, disruption of critical infrastructure, or hybrid or armed attacks. |
| 18 Feb. 2025 |  |
North Atlantic Council meets members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly On Tuesday (18 February 2025) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NPA) to NATO Headquarters in Brussels. |
| 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. |
| 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. |