NATO Response Force exercises peace enforcement in the Adriatic Sea
NATO and Partner nations will hold a maritime exercise called Noble Midas 07, from 27 September until 12 October in the waters adjacent to Split, Croatia.
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27 Sep. - 12 Oct. 2007
27 Sep. 2007
ACT Industry Day focuses on "Fostering Cooperation"
Members of NATO, nations and industry gathered for the fourth annual Allied Command Transformation Industry Day event held on 27 September.
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French Mirages arrive at Kandahar Airfield
The first of six Mirage aircraft from 2/3 Champagne Squadron, French Expeditionary Air Group, landed at Kandahar Airfield on 26 September. The squadron, which is relocating from its former detachment base at Dushanbe Airport, Tajikistan, will now have greater capability to support ISAF and Coalition operations in southern Afghanistan.
More...26 Sep. 2007
NATO providing assistance for the education of Afghan women
The brief video highlights how NATO continues to provide support for the education sector in Afghanistan.
More...26 Sep. 2007
NATO sets standards for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
A NATO working group has now established common standards on the technical integrity of design and construction for fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, known as UAVs.
More...25 Sep. 2007
NATO Secretary General meets with United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon
UN Photo/Mark Garten
On 24 September, the Secretary General met with a number of international leaders, beginning with a bilateral meeting with United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
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NATO hands over target data on cluster munitions to the Serb authorities
NATO handed over today to Serbia's Special Envoy to NATO, in response to a request by Serbia, a consolidated list with target coordinates and numbers of units of cluster munitions used during the 1999 air campaign in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The request for these data was made by the Serb authorities, supported by Norway, through a letter dated 13 February 2007.
More...24 Sep. 2007
NATO envoy visits Caucasus
The NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucaus and Central Asia, Robert Simmons, visited Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia from 24 to 28 September for political consultations with senior government officials and parliamentarians. He also introduced NATO's newly appointed Liaison Officer to the region, Zbigniew Rybacki, to the authorities in the three countries.
More...22 Sep. 2007
New commander takes charge of the Kosovo Tactical Reserve
Lieutenant Colonel Joao Carlos Cabral de Almeida Loureiro Magalhaes accepted command of the Kosovo Tactical Reserve Maneuver Battalion in a transfer of authority ceremony on 22 September.
More...21-25 Sep. 2007
Tajik officials seek to deepen cooperation with NATO
A group of government officials from Tajikistan visited NATO Headquarters and the Allied Operational Command from 21 to 25 September. The aim of the visit was to explore possibilities to deepen cooperation with NATO in different areas of particular interest to their country.
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NATO-Russia experts discuss proliferation threats
Some 60 experts and officials from Russia and NATO member countries gathered in Florence, Italy for a seminar on "Proliferation Threats and Challenges", which was organised under the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) on 20 and 21 September 2007.
More...20 Sep. 2007
ISAF Soldiers help Afghan orphans
Soldiers from ISAF Province Reconstruction Team in Farah, Afghanistan helped 200 orphans move into a new home.
More...19 Sep. 2007
NATO launches user-friendly E-Bookshop
NATO's Public Diplomacy Division has released its E-Bookshop, a free service designed to ease access to NATO publications and multimedia products and to facilitate downloading of its electronic publications for users around the world.
More...18 Sep. 2007
Academics from Morocco visit NATO Headquarters
On 18 September, the NATO Public Diplomacy Division organised, in the context of the public diplomacy activities for the Mediterranean Dialogue, a visit to NATO Headquarters of senior academics from Morocco, including the deans of the faculties of law and social science from major Moroccan universities.
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NATO-Russia Military Representatives meet in Naples
A special meeting of the NATO-Russia Council Military Representatives was held in Naples, Italy, on 18 September. The event, hosted by the Italian Chief of Defence, was organised to mark the 5th anniversary of the NATO-Russia Council and the 10th anniversary of the NATO-Russia Founding Act.
More...17 Sep. 2007
NATO-led forces complete major health facilities in southern Afghanistan
The Australian Reconstruction Task Force, part of the NATO-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Uruzgan, has completed this week two of its major construction projects - a hospital and a health clinic.
More...17 Sep. 2007
NATO emergency planning board holds meeting in Georgia
At the invitation of the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia, a NATO civil emergency working group conducted a meeting with Partnership for Peace countries from17 to 19 September in Tbilisi in Georgia.
More...17-20 Sep. 2007
Youth addresses Afghanistan’s future at the second NATO-Afghan Student Forum
The Second NATO-Afghan Student Forum took place at the Sant’Anna School of Pisa from 17 to 20 September. This initiative, which was co-organised by the School Sant’Anna and NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, involved a wide range of university students coming from Afghanistan, Central Asia and NATO countries, including Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania and Slovakia.
More...17 Sep. 2007
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland visits NATO
On 17 September 2007, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, visited NATO Headquarters and met with the NATO Secretary General.
More...15 Sep. 2007
Seventh edition of NATO Day in the Czech Republic draws a record crowd
On 15 September, approximately 60 000 people attended the seventh annual NATO Day in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The programme featured an air show, live demonstrations by Alliance soldiers and military technology exhibits.
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NATO naval force enters Indian Ocean
Following joint operations with the South African navy and prior to exercises off the coast of Somalia, a NATO naval force arrived in the Seychelles for a port visit.
More...13 Sep. 2007
NATO Secretary General visits Berlin
The NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, visited Berlin on 13 September to discuss with German officials NATO's operations, as well as the upcoming Alliance Summit in Bucharest.
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Sep. 2007
NATO Afghanistan commander, senior representative brief press
General Dan McNeill, Commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, and Ambassador Daan Everts, NATO Senior Civilian Representative, visited NATO Headquarters on 12 September to discuss NATO’s mission in Afghanistan.
More...11 Sep. 2007
Ukraine hosts NATO exercise
A ten-day NATO command post exercise involving 45 participants from Allied and Partner countries has been taking place in Sevastopol, Ukraine. The aim was to practise tactical planning for a crisis-response operation.
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NATO honours victims of terrorism
To honour victims of terrorist attacks, flags at NATO Headquarters flew at half-mast on 11 September 2007.
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Appointment of new Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
NATO today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General James N. Mattis as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. Lieutenant General Mattis is currently serving as Commander, US Marine Corps Forces Central Command and Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
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Sep. 2007
NATO Deputy Secretary General meets the Crown Prince of Qatar
On 10 September 2007 the Deputy Secretary General of NATO met in
Doha with H.H. Sheikh Tameem Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Crown Prince and
Heir Apparent of Qatar and with Maj. Gen. Hamad Bin Ali Al-Atiya,
Chief of Staff of the Qatar Armed Forces.
10 Sep. 2007
NATO Secretary General meets Stanford University students
On 10 September, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met students from Stanford University (United States) visiting the NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
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NATO Chiefs of Defence conclude their conference in Canada
Victoria, British Columbia - Chiefs of Defence from the 26 NATO member nations early this evening wrapped up two days of discussions and a seminar focused on planning, preparing and conducting NATO operations.
More...7 Sep. 2007
NATO tests technologies for eliminating friendly fire
Australia and Sweden joined seven NATO countries in testing technologies for eliminating friendly fire incidents in multinational operations during exercise Bold Quest, 7-14 September.
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Sep. 2007
Deputy Secretary General meets Crown Prince of Bahrain
The Deputy Secretary General H.E. Amb. Alessandro Minuto Rizzo visited Bahrain on 6 September 2007 and met with the Crown Prince of Bahrain, H.H. Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
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Sep. 2007
Serbia presents NATO partnership plan
The Foreign Minister of Serbia, Vuk Jeremic, visited NATO Headquarters on 5 September 2007 and had a meeting with the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
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2007
Deputy Secretary General meets Prime Minister of Kuwait
The Deputy Secretary General H.E. Amb. Alessandro Minuto Rizzo visited Kuwait on 5 September 2007 and met with the Prime Minister of Kuwait H.H. Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah.
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Sep. 2007
UN representative briefs NATO on Afghan drugs issue
Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime visited NATO HQ on 5 September to discuss with NATO decision-makers the issue of opium production in Afghanistan.
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2007
Armenian Foreign minister meets with NATO Secretary General
The Foreign Minister of Armenia, Vartan Oskanian, visited NATO Headquarters on 4 September, to review progress in the implementation of Armenia’s Individual Partnership Action Plan with NATO.
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2007
Visit to NATO of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Mr. Gela Bezhuashvili, visited NATO Headquarters on Tuesday 4 September 2007 and met with the Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
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2007
NATO tests multinational air operations in Norway exercise
Some 100 aircraft and 1 450 personnel from 13 air forces will participate in a live-flying NATO exercise in Norway, from 3 to 14 September, to practice joint multinational air operations.
More...3-24 Sep. 2007
Russian frigate deployed in Operation Active Endeavour
The Russian frigate RFS Ladniy started actively supporting Operation Active Endeavour on 3 September. Its deployment as part of NATO's maritime counter-terrorist operation in the Mediterranean will continue through to 24 September.
More...1 Sep. 2007
Testing new technologies for identifying friendly forces
New technologies for identifying and tracking friendly forces during multinational expeditionary operations will be tested in exercises Bold Quest in early September 2007.
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