News
| Date | Title | |
| 16 Mar. 2021 |  |
NATO Deputy Secretary General addresses COVID-19 response at Lessons Learned Conference Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană emphasized the importance of NATO drawing lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in remarks to a Lessons Learned Conference organised by the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre on Tuesday (16 March 2021). |
| 16 Mar. 2021 |  | NATO’s network of over 6,000 scientists and engineers continue to support efforts to tackle the effects of COVID-19. The network recently completed a study analysing the military impact of the pandemic over the next six years. The study looks at the impact of COVID-19 on a range of military functional areas, such as personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics, planning, communications, training and civil affairs. |
| 16 Mar. 2021 |  | Today (16 March 2021), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg held a virtual press conference to launch his Annual Report for 2020, which covers all aspects of the work of the Alliance over the past year. |
| 16 Mar. 2021 |  | On Tuesday 16 March 2021, Lieutenant General Hans-Werner Wiermann, Director General of the NATO International Military Staff, hosted a virtual meeting with his EU counterpart, Vice Admiral Hervé Bléjean to discuss the ongoing EU-NATO cooperation, including in exercises, training, military mobility and medical cooperation. The meeting concluded with the presentation of the COVID-19 lessons-learned programme spearheaded by NATO Allied Command Transformation, with the support of NATO Centres of Excellence. |
| 15 Mar. 2021 |  |
We can achieve more together than alone, NATO Secretary General tells European Parliament members The strong transatlantic bond in NATO remains the cornerstone of Europe’s security, and closer cooperation with the European Union is an important part of our work for the future, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in his address to the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and Sub-Committee on Security and Defence on Monday (15 March 2021). |
| 12 Mar. 2021 |  |
Secretary General sets out vision on NATO’s future with the Council on Foreign Relations Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg set out the NATO 2030 initiative to future-proof the Alliance as part of the Council on Foreign Relations’ “Morse Lecture” series on Thursday (11 March 2021). In a discussion moderated by former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis, the Secretary General underlined the importance of Europe and North America standing together “in strategic solidarity” to face shared challenges. |
| 12 Mar. 2021 |  |
NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană discusses transatlantic ties at Ottawa Conference Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană underscored the importance of the transatlantic bond in remarks to the CDA Institute’s Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence on Friday (12 March 2021). |
| 12 Mar. 2021 |  | NATO has started its second focused maritime patrol of 2021 in the Mediterranean. As part of Operation Sea Guardian, vessels and aircraft from Greece, Croatia, Italy and Turkey will patrol the central Mediterranean to enhance maritime situational awareness, deter terrorism and build the capacity of navies from the region. The ships will also hold a planned port visit in Tunis, Tunisia. Sea Guardian focused patrols are carried out six times a year in a designated geographic area of the Mediterranean. |
| 11 Mar. 2021 |  |
Iraq’s Foreign Minister addresses the North Atlantic Council on strengthening NATO-Iraq cooperation Today (11 March 2021), the Foreign Minister of Iraq Fuad Hussein briefed the North Atlantic Council virtually. The discussion focused on NATO-Iraq cooperation and on NATO’s advising and training mission in Iraq. NATO Ambassadors, as well as those of operational partners Australia, Finland and Sweden took part. |
| 11 Mar. 2021 |  |
NATO Secretary General discusses security in the Western Balkans with the Croatian Prime Minister NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenković to NATO Headquarters on Thursday (11 March 2021). |