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Norway

Jens Stoltenberg to become next governor of Norway's central bank

The NATO Secretary-General is set to take over the role in December.

Europe News

US urges Russia to make 'smart choice' to reduce Ukraine tensions

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman tells Euronews that it's up to President Putin to choose "diplomacy as opposed to deterrence".

Europe News

NATO and Russia agree to hold further meetings amid Ukraine tensions

The first meeting between both sides in over two years was held in Brussels on Wednesday.

Europe News

'Significant' Russian military build-up near Ukraine stoke tensions

“We call on Russia to be transparent about its military activities,” NATO's chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday.

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World News

NATO statement on China goes 'further' than prior language - expert

NATO has warned that China represents a global security threat and presents challenges to the "rules-based international order."

Europe News

NATO must confront China, but Russia remains top threat - US official

US Chargé d’Affaires Douglas Jones tells Euronews that strengthening NATO is "all the more important" in a world of "increasing autocratic regimes".

Europe News

US tells NATO allies it wants to 'revitalise the alliance'

Europeans allies welcomed the change of tone from the new US administration. “There will be no European defence without NATO and there will be no efficient and relevant NATO without Europeans," said French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Europe News

NATO to discuss deadline for full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

NATO's defence ministers will meet on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a range of issues, but forces in Afghanistan will top the agenda.

Belgium

NATO Foreign Ministers look to broaden scope for next decade

Speaking to Euronews, German Marshall Fund Vice President Ian Lesser, said NATO's original mission hasn't changed. "That's about countering Russia's very significant force posture and that's very meaningful for the alliance - that hasn't gone away.

World

China's rise makes transatlantic bond 'more important': NATO chief

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to Euronews about the on-going coronavirus crisis, President Trump's plan to pull troops out of Germany, the rise of China, and whether Europe needs an army.

Europe News

'No final decision' on US troop withdrawal says NATO chief Stoltenberg

The move by Donald Trump to threaten the removal of American soldiers in Germany had caught the military alliance off guard. The first reports in the press date 5 June, and Stoltenberg confirmed to Euronews that he had spoken to Trump only last week about the plans.

World News

Coronavirus: NATO is helping fight invisible enemy, says Stoltenberg

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance is helping fight an 'invisible enemy' by organising medical supplies and other operations.

France

Turkey lashes out at Macron over NATO comments

French President Emmanuel Macron has stood by the damning comments he made to The Economist last month in which said allies were experiencing the 'brain death' of NATO. During a press conference, he defended the comments and criticised Turkey's incursion into Syria.

France

France and Germany vie for leadership of 'brain dead' NATO

French President Emmanuel Macron branded NATO "brain dead". Now the defence alliance has met for the first time since those controversial remarks.

Europe News

A tense meeting for NATO after 'brain death' comments

Internal battles in the military alliance hang over the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Brussels this Wednesday.

Belgium

NATO remembers September 11 terrorist attacks, 18 years on

NATO remembers the September 11 attacks on the 18th anniversary of the horrific terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

World News

Watch: 'Time running out to save INF treaty,' says NATO's Stoltenberg

NATO and Russia did not make significant progress on saving the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) in a meeting at the alliance headquarters on Friday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.

Belgium

Watch again: NATO Secretary General says EU is delivering on spending

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gave a news conference after a defence meeting on Thursday and addressed issues such as Iran, Russia, and EU contributions to NATO.

Ukraine

Ukraine's President Zelensky meets senior EU, NATO officials in Brussels

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met senior European Union and NATO officials in Brussels in the first foreign visit since his election in April

World News

Theresa May 'will be there' to welcome Trump on 3 June: Jeremy Hunt

UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that he expects Prime Minister Theresa May to still be Prime Minister during US President Trump's visit in June.