NATO News

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte participated in the B9 and Nordic Summit in Vilnius on Monday (2 June 2025), hosted by President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda, at which Allied leaders were joined by President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. Discussions focused on preparing the NATO Summit in The Hague and strengthening support for Ukraine.

On Wednesday, 4 June 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will brief the press ahead of the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence, which will take place on 5 June 2025, at NATO Headquarters, in Brussels.

On Monday (2 June 2025), NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) launched ten new challenges aimed at finding the next generation of dual-use deep technologies to help better protect the Alliance’s one billion citizens. Innovators will be able to submit proposals to DIANA’s challenges until 12:00 UTC on Friday 11 July 2025. Selected innovators will join Phase 1 of DIANA’s programme, participating in a six-month accelerator programme starting in January 2026 – becoming part of DIANA’s 2026 cohort of innovators.

On Monday, 2 June 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will visit Vilnius, Lithuania. He will participate in the Vilnius Summit with B9 and Nordic countries, hosted by the President of Lithuania, Mr Gitanas Nausėda.

On Wednesday, 4 June 2025, the United Kingdom and Germany will convene the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at NATO HQ.

The Chair of the NATO Military Committee (CMC), attended the 18th Balkan Countries CHODs Conference in İstanbul. Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone’s first appearance at this forum marks also his first visit to Türkiye.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir in Brussels on Wednesday (28 May 2025) to discuss Iceland’s contributions to the Alliance, support to Ukraine, and preparations for the NATO Summit in The Hague.

On Wednesday 28 May [2025], at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska, together with the Chair of the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, Delphine Pronk, led an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council and the Political and Security Committee, focusing on Ukraine. Senior political and military figures, and representatives of every Allied nation and EU member state also took part.

NATO’s Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood, Javier Colomina, convened NATO’s first Southern Neighbourhood Security Dialogue of Senior Officials, which was held yesterday (27 May 2025), at the NATO Joint Force Command in Naples (Italy).

NATO’s Critical Undersea Infrastructure Network met in Karlskrona, Sweden, on Monday and Tuesday (26-27 May 2025), bringing together civilian and military authorities, industry partners, and experts from across the Alliance to deepen cooperation in protecting cables and pipelines that underpin global connectivity and energy security.

On Monday (26 May 2025), Secretary General Mark Rutte visited Dayton, Ohio to participate in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NPA) Spring Session. The Secretary General highlighted the NPA’s role in transatlantic cooperation and previewed the priorities for the Summit in The Hague in June.

On Wednesday, 28 May 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will receive the Prime Minister of Iceland, Ms Kristrún Frostadóttir, at NATO Headquarters, in Brussels.

Dayton, Ohio, 22 May 2025 - The Deputy Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Lieutenant General Andrew M. Rohling, participated in the Public Forum of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session, on Thursday, 22nd May. LTG Rohling intervened in a panel discussion on how to bolster the defence industrial base across Europe and North America.

Brussels, NATO HQ, 23 May - The Director General of the NATO International Military Staff (DGIMS), Lieutenant General Janusz Adamczak, welcomed the Director General of the European Union Military Staff (DGEUMS), Lieutenant General Michiel van der Laan, to NATO HQ, for the biannual IMS-EUMS Directors General Conference.

The NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme promotes dialogue and practical cooperation between Allies and NATO partners based on scientific research, technological innovation and knowledge exchange. The Programme aims to strengthen the Alliance to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, and it is pleased to announce a new call for research proposals.

NATO’s Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood, Mr. Javier Colomina, conducted a high-level visit to Geneva on 22-23 May 2025 – the first by a NATO Senior official since the opening of the NATO Liaison Office to the International Organisations in Geneva in August 2024. His visit underscored NATO’s commitment to dialogue, multilateralism and cooperative security with its partners in the Southern Neighbourhood, ahead of the NATO Summit in The Hague, this June.

On 25 and 26 May 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will take part in the 2025 Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NPA) in Dayton, United States.

On 20-21 May 2025, NATO Allies and several Partner nations met in Poland for NATO’s annual Cyber Defence Pledge Conference.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited northern Norway on Thursday (22 May 2025), where he met Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide, and Minister of Defence Tore Sandvik. The Secretary General also observed a demonstration of NATO’s multidomain capabilities in the High North.