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Address by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, followed by a moderated conversation26 May. 2025 must strengthen the Ukraine's and Europe's defence, ramp up our defence industry and train more troops. We must spend more on defence and take greater responsibility for our own security. We must also correct the past mistakes. That's why Finland | Opinion |
Joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre22 May. 2025 to Ukraine in the best possible way. But also when it came to the accession of Finland and Sweden. And you have seen that because the Swedish succession was not easy. There is even now a beautiful documentary which is largely focusing on that part of his work | Opinion |
Setting the scene: conversation with NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska at the 2025 NATO Youth Summit25 Apr. 2025 , like Sweden and Finland, they have decided to join in. We have increased our strength. We have increased our deterrence and defence because of this decision. And we have shown that the Alliance is there to guarantee peace on European continent | Opinion |
Meet Lieutenant Colonel Annukka Ylivaara, who commanded Finland’s Jaeger urban combat battalion08 Mar. 2025 for the accession of Finland to NATO in Brussels, Belgium on 4 April 2023. Standing together for defence and security On 18 May 2022, in the same month that Lt Col Annukka took up her assignment, Finland and Sweden simultaneously submitted | News |
Pre-ministerial press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels12 Feb. 2025 , NATO Allies have provided Ukraine with unprecedented support, including 99% of all military aid. And we have seen recent additions to this, from Sweden, Finland, Canada, but of also of course from France, the Mirages, and the F-16s from | Opinion |
NATO Allies celebrate Alliance’s 75th anniversary year17 Dec. 2024 this milestone, Sweden flew the NATO flag alongside its own national colours across the country – including in front of the Arvfurstens palats, the seat of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm. In the lead-up to Sweden’s accession to NATO, Swedish | News |
“To Prevent War, NATO Must Spend More” - Speech by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Concert Noble, Brussels12 Dec. 2024 readiness. Larger and more frequent military exercises. More troops and hardware on our eastern flank. And, with Finland and Sweden, more NATO Allies. With all this, our deterrence is good – for now. But it’s tomorrow I’m worried about. We | Opinion |
A history of NATO stamps. NATO’s first stamps were issued by Portugal and the United States in 1952, to celebrate the third anniversary of NATO’s founding. More recently, Allies have created special stamps to welcome Finland and Sweden as new NATO member countries | |
NATO Through Time podcast – NATO’s newest members with former President of Finland Sauli Niinistö05 Dec. 2024 . What is the difference between NATO members and partners? Why did Finland and Sweden set aside decades of neutrality and apply for NATO membership in 2022? What can Finland’s experience living next-door to Russia, and its 900,000-strong reserve | News |
Address by NATO Acting Deputy Secretary General Boris Ruge at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly followed by Q&A25 Nov. 2024 and debates, at the national level, that is a conversation that is already ongoing. To the question from the Estonian delegation, for which also many thanks, of course we have the recent experience of the accession of Finland and Sweden, so we | Opinion |
