News
| Date | Title | |
| 21 May. 2025 |  |
NATO Secretary General commends Czechia’s commitment to a stronger, fairer and more lethal Alliance NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed Czech President Petr Pavel to NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (21 May 2025) to discuss preparations for the upcoming NATO Summit in The Hague. |
| 21 May. 2025 |  | On Wednesday (21 May 2025), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof to NATO Headquarters. The leaders held productive discussions on boosting defence spending, support for Ukraine and the upcoming NATO Summit in The Hague. |
| 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 |  | On Friday (16 May), NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska travelled to Estonia. |
| 16 May. 2025 |  | In the margins of the annual meeting of the CNAB (Competent National Audit Bodies), held on 15 May 2025, the International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN) was honoured to welcome eight representatives from the Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) of the Republic of North Macedonia (State Audit Office) and Romania (Curtea de Conturi a României) to Brussels for a substantial and instructive strategic-level study visit. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 15 May. 2025 |  | Are you passionate about making a difference? Are you a citizen of a NATO country? Would you like to work for the world’s most successful political and military alliance, which protects the freedom and security of one billion people? |
| 15 May. 2025 |  |
2025 IBAN meeting: at the heart of issues of transparency, governance and international security On 15 May 2025, the International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN) gathered the Competent National Audit Bodies (CNAB) at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, as it does every year. This strategic meeting brought together representatives from 30 Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI), including those of 28 NATO member countries, illustrating the strong collective commitment to transparency, accountability and independent public auditing in a demanding geopolitical context. |
| 15 May. 2025 |  |
NATO Foreign Ministers meet to prepare the Summit in The Hague On Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 May, NATO Foreign Ministers met in Antalya, Türkiye to discuss strengthening Allied deterrence and defence, and to move forward preparations for the Summit in The Hague in June. |