News
| Date | Title | |
| 27 May. 2020 |  |
NATO provides state-of-the-art communication solutions to Allied Navies The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency is enabling Allies to tap into satellite communications for their maritime operations and update the cryptographic equipment on their ships. This is an example of how NATO membership gives access to state-of-the art defence technology and the expertise to use it. |
| 27 May. 2020 |  | Protecting our service members and civilians deployed with NATO-led missions remains paramount. In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, troops operating as part of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission continue to apply preventative measures in accordance with the World Health Organization guidelines, including hand-washing, social distancing, wearing facemasks and avoiding large gatherings. |
| 26 May. 2020 |  | Today (26 May 2020), as part of the broad Allied efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, representatives of the United States military and NATO Headquarters/Sarajevo have donated critical supplies and medical equipment to the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The donation was delivered to the Ministry of Health of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It included dozens of thermometers, hundreds of face shield visors, five thousands masks, hundreds of protective goggles and suits, hundreds of blankets, pillows and bed linen sets and hundreds of litres of disinfectant. A similar delivery was made this past Friday (22 May 2020) to the Ministry of Health of Republika Srpska. |
| 25 May. 2020 |  | Romanian military medical personnel and specialists in the field of CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) left today (25 May 2020) for Alabama, in the United States, to join forces with their American colleagues, as part of NATO Allies’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 22 May. 2020 |  | Romania, Lithuania, Slovakia and NATO’s partner Austria are the latest countries to assist the Republic of Moldova in order to deal with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 22 May. 2020 |  |
Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the Open Skies Treaty NATO Allies met today to discuss the Open Skies Treaty. We are firmly committed to the preservation of effective international arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation. We all agree that all states party to the Open Skies Treaty must fully implement their commitments and obligations. All NATO Allies are in full compliance with all provisions of the Treaty. |
| 22 May. 2020 |  | NATO’s Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) participated in the Swedish-led naval exercise SWENEX, which wrapped up on Thursday (21 May 2020). The exercise, which ran for two weeks, took place in the waters of Skagerrak and the Baltic Sea. |
| 22 May. 2020 |  | Today, the Polish military contingent operating with the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) has distributed sanitary and personal protection equipment to the Health Institutions in Kosovo, as part of NATO Allies’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This delivery represented a donation from the office of the President of the Republic of Poland. It included 50,000 face masks and 1000 liters of disinfectant fluid that were transported on the 18 May 2020, with a C-295M Casa transport plane of the Polish Air Force. |
| 20 May. 2020 |  |
Iraq requests international assistance in the fight against COVID-19 On 20 May 2020,EADRCC has received a request for international assistance from Iraq to control the spread of COVID-19 and deal with those affected. |
| 20 May. 2020 |  | NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the offers of the United Kingdom and the State of Qatar to provide airlift assets coordinated by NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) in support of the United Nations’ efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. |