News
| Date | Title | |
| 30 Mar. 2020 |  |
Coronavirus response: additional Czech medical aid arrives in Italy A truck from the Czech Republic carrying medical equipment to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic – including 10,000 pieces of protective suits and samples of newly developed hi-tech respirators printable on 3D printers - has arrived today (Monday 30 March 2020) to Milan, for further distribution of the supplies by the Italian authorities. |
| 30 Mar. 2020 |  |
North Macedonia’s flag raised at NATO Headquarters, following accession to NATO The flag of North Macedonia was raised at NATO Headquarters on Monday (30 March 2020), in a special ceremony to mark the country’s accession to NATO. |
| 29 Mar. 2020 |  |
Coronavirus response: Czech medical aid arrives in Spain, heads to Italy A C-130 cargo plane of the Spanish Air Force carrying 10,000 protective medical suits donated by the Czech Republic reached Spain on Sunday (29 March 2020) as part of allied efforts to combat the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The aircraft, which also carried 90 respirators, landed at Torrejón air base for further distribution of the supplies by the Spanish authorities. |
| 27 Mar. 2020 |  | Today (27 March 2020), North Macedonia became NATO’s newest member, upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the US State Department in Washington DC. NATO Allies signed North Macedonia’s Accession Protocol in February 2019, after which all 29 national parliaments voted to ratify the country’s membership. |
| 27 Mar. 2020 |  | Belgian Air Force jets which are part of NATO air policing in the Baltic Sea region intercepted a Russian military aircraft flying close to Allied airspace on Thursday (26 March 2020) after it failed to respect international safety norms. The scramble, the third in consecutive days, happened over the Baltic Sea and comes as armed forces across the Alliance are helping nations to address the coronavirus crisis. |
| 27 Mar. 2020 |  |
Coronavirus response: NATO boosts capacity of North Macedonia to deal with coronavirus crisis North Macedonia is using NATO’s Next-Generation Incident Command System (NICS) to coordinate its national response to the COVID-19 crisis and to provide its public with real-time information and advice. |
| 26 Mar. 2020 |  |
Ministry of Interior of Italy requests international assistance in their response to COVID-19 On 26 March, the EADRCC has received a request for international assistance from the Department of firefighters, public rescue and civil defense of the Italian Ministry of the Interior in its response to the global pandemic of the coronavirus COVID-19. |
| 26 Mar. 2020 | |
Montenegro requests international assistance in their response to COVID-19 On 26 March, the EADRCC has received a request for international assistance from the Government of Montenegro in its response to the global pandemic of the coronavirus COVID-19. |
| 26 Mar. 2020 |  |
Secretary General consults with foreign ministers about COVID-19 and upcoming meeting Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had a series of calls with foreign ministers from NATO and partner countries on 24-26 March 2020 as part of his regular political consultations. |
| 27 Mar. 2020 |  |
NATO Public Diplomacy partners with the Fulbright Commission to launch a new Fellowship Programme NATO and the Fulbright Commission in Brussels launched today the new Fulbright-NATO Fellowship Programme in the field of cultural diplomacy. |