NATO
Friday, November 4, 2016 - 07:00
Montenegro's bid to join NATO is progressing smoothly despite strong opposition from Russia, the Western military alliance's No. 2 official said Thursday.
Monday, October 31, 2016 - 07:33
NATO has agreed to come up with a "coordination body" to manage activity in the Black Sea, a step toward formalizing a NATO presence in the region that Russia considers to be its sphere of influence.
Friday, October 28, 2016 - 07:17
The 150 Swedish soldiers dispatched to this Baltic Sea island for short, routine training last month received an unexpected order: Stay put. The decision made them the country’s first permanent force here in more than a decade.
Friday, October 28, 2016 - 07:14
President Vladimir Putin's high-profile military deployments aim to showcase Russian power in any global confrontation with the West, NATO officials say, but the alliance will not seek to match Moscow's actions.
Friday, October 28, 2016 - 07:13
Nato’s signatory countries have “a problem” with not spending enough of their budgets on defence, the alliance’s secretary general has said. Jens Stoltenberg said member countries had to “stop the cuts” and continue to raise spending on their militaries.
Friday, October 28, 2016 - 07:11
Allied defence ministers have firmed up NATO's 2016 Warsaw summit declaration in July to send four combat-ready battalions to its north eastern flank. Numerous national commitments to cluster troops and capabilities around the four nations leading the battalions were made during a two day meeting in Brussels on 26-27 October.
Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 08:05
The UK is deploying hundreds of troops, as well as aircraft and armour to eastern Europe as part of the biggest build-up of Nato forces in the region since the cold war. The deployment is taking place during growing tensions over a series of high-profile Russian military manoeuvres.
Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 06:58
NATO on Wednesday solidified plans for deploying combat-ready units to the alliance’s eastern edge, with several member states pledging troop contributions to round out a force of 4,000 soldiers to be spread across three Baltic nations and Poland.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 07:04
NATO on Wednesday will seek to solidify plans for deploying combat-ready units to the alliance’s eastern edge, where more troop contributions from member states are still needed to round out a force of 4,000 soldiers to be spread across three Baltic nations and Poland.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 - 07:01
The UK said it would deploy tanks and drones alongside 800 troops in Eastern Europe, the first of several expected moves by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to help counter growing fears about Russia in the region.