NATO News

Top procurement officials from NATO’s 30 Allies met on Thursday (29 April 2021) to discuss ways to adopt new and emerging technologies, and speed up the development and delivery of capabilities during a one-day meeting.

Responding to the challenges of the pandemic, many NATO Allies and partners participated in a virtual meeting of the ‘COVID-19 Defence Education Distance Learning Best Practices and Lessons Learned – Strategy Development Conference’ from 12-14 April 2021. Organised by NATO’s Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP) and the War Studies University in Warsaw, the conference suports the adaptation and development of professional military education with online platforms.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met Kosovo’s Albin Kurti at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on Thursday (29 April 2021), for an exchange of views on the latest developments in the Western Balkans.

Today (28 April 2021), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski at NATO Headquarters. The Secretary General praised North Macedonia’s contributions to Euro-Atlantic security.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Prime Minister Eduard Heger of Slovakia to NATO Headquarters on Tuesday (27 April 2021). Mr Stoltenberg praised Slovakia’s contributions to the Alliance, including support to training missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Slovakia’s participation in NATO’s multinational battlegroup in Latvia.

On Thursday, 29 April 2021, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with Mr. Albin Kurti from Kosovo at NATO Headquarters.

On Wednesday, 28 April 2021, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet the President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Mr. Stevo Pendarovski, at NATO HQ.

On Tuesday, 27 April 2021, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will meet the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Mr. Eduard Heger, at NATO HQ.

On 23 April 2021, 12 June 2020 and 1 April 2020, NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre received requests for international assistance from the Government of the Republic of Moldova in its response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday (22 April 2021) set out how NATO is stepping up its efforts to deal with climate change. He was attending the Leaders Summit on climate, at the invitation of President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

I am pleased to announce that the next Summit of Allied leaders will take place on 14 June 2021 at NATO HQ in Brussels, Belgium.

The NATO Building Integrity (BI) toolkit has a new effective learning tool – ''Glossary of Human Resource Management in the Public Sector''. Developed by the Norwegian Centre for Integrity in the Defence Sector (CIDS), this new, quick and reliable reference material is designed for civil servants and public sector managers as well as individuals from civil society organisations and media.

NATO fighter jets from bases in Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland on Tuesday (20 April 2021) scrambled to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea.

Poland deployed a contingent of troops to Turkey on Tuesday (20 April 2021), in support of NATO measures to bolster security in the southeast of the Alliance. The long-planned deployment will involve up to 80 personnel, supporting Turkey with maritime patrols over the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea with a Polish M28 "Bryza" aircraft. The mission will also work alongside NATO's naval groups in the region.

On Wednesday, 21 April 2021, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the European Commissioner for Transport, Mrs. Adina-Ioana Vălean, at NATO Headquarters.

NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană stressed resilience and adaptability as key to countering emerging threats at the first Transatlantic Security Initiative meeting, hosted virtually by the International Republican Institute on Thursday (15 April 2021).

NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană outlined NATO’s adaptation to cyber threats in a keynote speech at the NATO Cyber Defence Pledge Conference 2021 on Thursday (15 April 2021). Noting that cyber threats are increasing and targeting democratic processes and institutions, the Deputy Secretary General stressed that NATO and Allies continue to adapt. “Since we adopted the Cyber Defence Pledge in 2016, we have come a long way,” he said, while highlighting that there remains more to be done.