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Estonia

What Christmas looks like for this NATO base north of Estonia

In the NATO base in the north of Estonia, near the city of Tapa, everyone makes the most of what's available to create a Christmas atmosphere.

13/12/2023

Finland

Finland to temporarily reopen two border crossings with Russia

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's Cabinet temporarily closed the entire 1,340-kilometre border two weeks ago over concerns that Moscow was using migrants to destabilize Finland in an alleged act of “hybrid warfare.”

12/12/2023

USA

Future NATO member Sweden signs US security deal with US

Washington has said the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) will further strengthen the Alliance once its NATO accession is completed.

06/12/2023

Europe News

State of the Union: War fatigue, luggage sizes and anti-SLAPP deal

There was talk of Ukraine war fatigue this week in Brussels, as NATO's foreign affairs minister met to discuss the nearly two-year-long conflict.

01/12/2023

Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lashes out at NATO and the West

Lavrov told a meeting of OSCE ministers in North Macedonia that the organisation was an "appendage" of NATO and the EU, before walking out.

30/11/2023

Belgium

NATO reiterates support for Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, reiterated support for Ukraine and its hopes to join the military alliance.

29/11/2023

Europe News

Is fatigue over the war in Ukraine settling across the EU?

Support for Kyiv in both Europe and the US is starting to wane, in large part driven by hard-right populist forces in both regions.

28/11/2023

Sweden

'The time has come': Turkey urged to approve Sweden NATO entry

Pressure is growing on Ankara to drop its opposition to Sweden's membership of the US-led military alliance.

27/11/2023

World News

NATO chief commits to Bosnia's territorial integrity

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance will do whatever is necessary to preserve peace in the Western Balkans and even indicated that it might increase the alliance's deployment in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

20/11/2023

Germany

Germany gets serious about plans to make military 'fit for war'

The return of full-scale armed conflict to Europe has Germany dramatically reframing its security policy.

15/11/2023

Turkey

Erdogan submits Sweden's NATO bid to parliament for ratification

Turkey's parliament is set to vote on Sweden's bid to join NATO after President Erdogan submitted a protocol for Stockholm's admission into the military alliance.

23/10/2023

Hungary

Euroviews. In fact, this is why Sweden should ultimately join NATO

One does not need to be a master strategist to realise that due to the country’s geographic position, Sweden’s accession to NATO would significantly strengthen the alliance in the entire Baltic Sea region, Dr András Rácz writes.

13/10/2023

Europe News

Iran or Hezbollah may seek to capitalise on Israel-Hamas clash - NATO

Hostile nations, such as Iran, or groups like Hezbollah might attempt to take advantage of the armed conflict between Hamas and Israel, according to NATO's secretary-general.

12/10/2023

Belgium

US Secretary of Defence joins NATO security discussions

The escalating violence between Israel and Hamas has pushed the war to the top of the agenda as NATO allies meet in Brussels. The ministers will also discuss support for Ukraine's defence against Russian aggression and NATO's missions and operations in Kosovo and Iraq.

12/10/2023

Ukraine

Majority of Ukrainians expect to join EU and NATO next decade - poll

Ukrainians remain convinced their country will become part of the two Western blocs within 10 years.

12/10/2023

Europe News

Zelenskyy visits NATO to ask for more equipment ahead of winter

Ukraine's President unexpectedly visited the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday morning where defence ministers from the military alliance are gathering for a meeting.

11/10/2023

Ukraine

Euroviews. We can't let Russia demoralise Ukraine's Western backers

By stopping an aggressive, revisionist Russia dead in its tracks, the West would achieve continental security, showing the autocracies on the rise that vitality hasn’t been drained from the democratic world, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

10/10/2023

Europe News

NATO bomb disposal training crucial part of Ukraine military support

An annual exercise aimed at showing recruits how to get rid of explosive devices took part in Iceland.

09/10/2023

Hungary

Euroviews. This is why Sweden might not join NATO after all

Joining NATO is not like joining the Schengen Zone — it is a commitment to shed blood for one another in the event of any invasion, Dr Gladden Pappin writes.

06/10/2023

Ukraine

Russia beefs up army with 335,000 troops, West running out of ammo

All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.

04/10/2023