News
| Date | Title | |
| 08 Dec. 2023 |  |
Bi-annual Familiarization Programme illustrates NATO’s desire for stronger cooperation with partners From 6 to 15 December 2023, NATO hosts 30 military personnel from 23 Partner Nations for its bi-annual Familiarization Programme. The 8-day event, jointly organised by NATO’s Cooperative Security Division and SHAPE’s Partnership Directorate Military Cooperation Division, provides Partner military representatives with an opportunity to explore the Alliance’s outreach programmes and activities. |
| 08 Dec. 2023 |  | From 5 to 8 December 2023, Lieutenant General Janusz Adamczak, Director General of the NATO International Military Staff (DGIMS), participated in Allied Command Transformation’s Allied Warfare Development Conference, hosted and led by General Philippe Lavigne, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) in Virginia, United States. This annual conference of Flag and General Officers, as well as Senior Civilian decision makers from NATO Nations, is designed to foster interaction and collaboration with NATO’s Allied Command Transformation and other senior NATO leaders involved with warfare development. |
| 08 Dec. 2023 |  |
Moldova hosts meeting on defence cooperation with NATO partners Representatives from Allied and partner countries met in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova from 5 to 7 December 2023 to exchange views on defence capacity building programmes to support several NATO's partners, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritania, Moldova, and Tunisia. |
| 07 Dec. 2023 |  |
Allied Surgeon Generals discuss the medical support required to strengthen NATO’s collective defence On 7th December 2023, the Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services (COMEDS) met in Brussels, at the NATO Headquarters. The agenda focussed on the medical implementation of the DDA Family of Plans and the Enablement of SACEUR’s AOR as well as updates on the 2022 Resilience Assessment, the NATO Defence Planning Process (NDPP) and Exercise Steadfast Jupiter 23. |
| 07 Dec. 2023 |  |
NATO hosts conference on countering Russia’s manipulation of history and false historical narratives On Thursday (7 December 2023), NATO Headquarters hosted a conference on “Countering the Russian Manipulation of History and False Historical Narratives”. A diverse group of speakers and participants gathered to analyse how Russia manipulates history and makes use of false historical narratives to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine. Participants included distinguished experts from academia, think tanks, civil society organisations, and official institutions from NATO Allies, Ukraine and other NATO partner countries, as well as the European Union. |
| 07 Dec. 2023 |  |
Secretary General welcomes Luxembourg’s NATO contributions, support to Ukraine NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Luc Frieden, in Brussels on Thursday (7 December 2023). Mr Stoltenberg congratulated Prime Minister Frieden on his recent appointment and thanked him for Luxembourg’s contributions to NATO, including its participation in NATO’s multinational battlegroup in Romania. |
| 07 Dec. 2023 |  | On Thursday (7 December 2023), the Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services (COMEDS) met with senior officials from national health authorities under the auspices of NATO’s Joint Health Group (JHG) to discuss the evolving requirements for medical support in the context of a changing strategic environment. |
| 06 Dec. 2023 |  |
NATO’s Deputy Secretary General meets with Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană welcomed Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, to the NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (6 December 2023). Mr Papuashvili attended a meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission to discuss Georgia’s domestic reforms and challenges to regional security. |
| 06 Dec. 2023 |  |
Allies discuss threat to critical undersea infrastructure at Seabed Warfare Symposium On Wednesday 6 December 2023 around one hundred experts from across the Alliance and partner countries gathered at NATO Headquarters in Brussels to discuss national and NATO perspectives on seabed warfare, including how current and future Allied maritime capabilities can effectively protect against the threats to critical undersea infrastructure. |
| 05 Dec. 2023 |  | From 4 to 5 December 2023, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Bauer was in Switzerland for an official visit at the invitation of its Chief of Defence, Lieutenant General Thomas Süssli. The Chair also met with Federal Councillor Viola Amherd, Head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS), and delivered a keynote address to senior military and civilian staff. The programme concluded with a visit of the Spiez Laboratory. |