[ad_1] Russia prepares its economy for a long war, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday. “Because Russia is gearing its entire economy towards war, we also have to do more for our security,” Stoltenberg said in an interview. Stressing that NATO is not looking for a war in Russia, he said: “But we…
[ad_1] Finns headed to the polls to pick a new president on Sunday to lead the country in its new role within Nato after it broke with decades of non-alignment to join the Western defence alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Nordic country’s admission to Nato last year drew threats of…
[ad_1] Turkey is expected to send the final instrument of ratification for Sweden’s NATO membership to Washington within days, now that President Tayyip Erdogan signed it off, in a move Ankara hopes will clear the way to its purchase of US F-16 fighter jets. A source familiar with the issue said the document could be…
[ad_1] NATO will launch its biggest military exercises in decades next week with around 90,000 personnel set to take part in months of drills aimed at showing the alliance can defend all of its territory up to its border with Russia, top officers said Thursday. The exercises come as Russia’s war on Ukraine bogs down….
[ad_1] Britain will send 20,000 armed forces personnel to one of Nato’s largest exercises since the Cold War, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Monday, warning of increasing threats to the Western-led alliance. The deployment, which Shapps characterised as the UK’s biggest to Nato in four decades, is aimed at “providing vital reassurance” over the…
[ad_1] Facing a Mideast region in crisis and several pressing bilateral issues, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan have met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with issues before them including Israel’s war on besieged Gaza, final steps to complete Türkiye’s ratification of Sweden’s NATO bid, and US Congress approval…
[ad_1] The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission has approved Sweden’s NATO membership bid. According to Turkish media, the decision, taken on Tuesday, is a key step towards enlarging the military alliance after 19 months of delays in which Ankara demanded security-related concessions from Stockholm. The commission, controlled by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and…
[ad_1] Russia has officially pulled out of an international security pact that restricts the use of conventional weapons, saying NATO’s expansion has made such cooperation impossible. After announcing its intention to exit the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) earlier this year, Russia formally withdrew from the landmark pact at midnight on Tuesday….
[ad_1] The populist party of former Prime Minister Robert Fico that wants to stop military aid to Ukraine and is critical of the European Union and NATO has won Slovakia’s election, results showed on Sunday. According to international media reports, SMER-SSD party scored 23.3 percent, beating the centrist Progressive Slovakia (PS) that garnered 17 percent…
[ad_1] NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday there was no sign Russia had launched a deliberate attack on alliance member Romania, after possible drone debris was found near its border with Ukraine. According to international media reports, Stoltenberg said Romania on Wednesday informed its NATO allies of the discovery and that it “demonstrates the risk…
