Argentina applies for status of NATO’s global partner

 

Apr 18, 2024. Posted by  Periscope - Hellas

Buenos Aires.

Russian FM Lavrov Cautions Armenia Against NATO Engagements

 

Dec 28, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

In an interview with TASS published on December 28, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia expects Armenia to realize the threat of losing the sovereignty of the state in the sphere of national defense and security as a result of deepening dialogue with NATO.

NATO should be ready for ‘bad news’ from Ukraine, Stoltenberg warns

 

‘We have to support Ukraine in both good and bad times,’ NATO chief says in ARD interview.

Dec 4, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned that the Western military alliance should be ready for bad news from the Ukrainian front as Kyiv continues to defend against Russia's all-out invasion.

Ukraine and the Western Balkans top Blinken agenda for NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels

 

Nov 27, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves on the day of his departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S. November 27, 2023, as he travels to Brussels for a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting.

Turkey Holds NATO to Ransom

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made Turkey’s intentions plain

Nov 22, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

by Robert Ellis*

In the Middle Ages, holding a knight to ransom was standard practice on the battlefield; it is still routine in international relations today. 

Stoltenberg, Vucic discuss possibility of joint NATO-Serbia exercises

 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic

Nov 21, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that he had discussed the possibility of holding joint military exercises with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

Vučić to Stoltenberg: We don't take orders, it is up to us...

Nov 21, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Belgrade.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said at the press conference with Jens Stoltenberg that the Serbian Armed Forces carried out their tasks professionally.

Stoltenberg kicks off Western Balkan tour – to visit Skopje on Tuesday

 

Nov 20, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to Sarajevo on Sunday – the first destination in his visit to four Western Balkan countries, as part of which he will arrive in Skopje on Tuesday.

Protesters in Athens go "crazy" and burn the NATO and US flags

 

Nov 17, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

A protest is being held in Athens in memory of the 50th anniversary of the student uprising of the Greek capital's polytechnic, as those present have burned the NATO and US flags.

Turkey moves closer to ratification of Swedish Nato application

Swedish defence minister Pål Jonson speaking to reporters in Brussels

Nov 15, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

Turkey' foreign policy committee will vote on Thursday on whether to approve Sweden’s Nato application, it said in an update posted on its website, moving Sweden's membership one step closer to ratification.

Ex-Nato chief proposes Ukraine joins without Russian-occupied territories

 

Anders Fogh Rasmussen 

Nov 11, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 A former Nato secretary general has put forward a proposal for Ukraine to join the military alliance but stripped of the territories occupied by Russia.

NATO Deputy Secretary General hails Bulgaria’s contributions to stability in the Black Sea

 

Nov 10, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană travelled to Bulgaria on Friday (10 November 2023) for the annual exercise “Iron Strike” conducted by the NATO multinational battle group stationed in the country. 

Erdogan introduces protocol on Sweden’s accession to NATO to Turkish parliament

 

Oct 23, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced the protocol on Sweden’s accession to NATO to the Turkish Parliament, the presidential administration announced.

Defence Minister Tagarev and US Ambassador opened a Bulgarian-American training on strategic communications

 

Oct 16, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Bulgaria’s Minister of Defence Todor Tagarev and US Ambassador Kenneth Merten opened the Strategic Communications training, organised by the Public Relations and Protocol Directorate of the Ministry of Defence in cooperation with the US Defense Information School.

Secretary General statement on the situation in Kosovo

 

Sept 29, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

The North Atlantic Council met today (29 September 2023) to discuss the situation in Kosovo. Allies expressed their deep concern about the increasing tensions in northern Kosovo.

President Erdoğan: Türkiye, US will strengthen cooperation

 

Sept 19, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

New York.

  "We are one of the oldest member countries of NATO. We are not new. We are among the top 5 countries. We have not compromised on this so far. Our power is also appreciated among NATO countries. We are a country that fulfills the duties we undertake. From now on, we will continue to

Η Ουκρανία σχεδιάζει να αγοράσει πολεμικά πλοία του ΝΑΤΟ

Μάρτιος 3, 2017. 18:03

Το Υπουργείο Άμυνας της Ουκρανίας σχεδιάζει να αγοράσει πολεμικά πλοία από χώρες μέλη του ΝΑΤΟ, τα οποία δεν θεωρούνται απαραίτητα σε αυτές.

NATO: Τα Βαλκάνια απειλούνται- από τρομοκρατία και Ρωσική επιρροή…

«Όπου το ΝΑΤΟ πάει ως ειρηνοποιός, δημιουργείται ανάφλεξη», γράφει το σερβικό δημοσίευμα.

Σεπτέμβριος 18, 2016.

Ο πρόεδρος της Στρατιωτικής Επιτροπής του ΝΑΤΟ, στρατηγός Πέτρ Πάβελ, δήλωσε ότι τα Βαλκάνια εξακολουθούν να αποτελούν πιθανή πηγή συγκρούσεων και τόνισε ότι η βορειοατλαντική συμμαχία πρέπει να έχει τη δυνατότητα αποτροπής των αντιπάλων και να αμυνθεί για τα μέλη της, καθώς να έχει έναν μεγαλύτερο ρόλο στην καταπολέμηση της τρομοκρατίας.

Το ΝΑΤΟ ενισχύει την παρουσία του στην Ανατολική Ευρώπη

Φεβρουάριος 10, 2016.

Οι νατοϊκές δυνάμεις αποφάσισαν να ενισχύσουν την στρατιωτική παρουσία τους στην Ανατολική Ευρώπη, για να αντιμετωπίσουν την «ρωσική επιθετικότητα», όπως ανέφερε ο υπουργός Άμυνας της Βρετανίας Μάικλ Φάλλον (Michael Fallon) στην εφημερίδα «The Independent».

Δραστηριότητες ναυτικής ομάδας του ΝΑΤΟ στην Τουρκία

Το ισπανικό ναρκαλιευτικό ‘Tambre’ αριστερά και το βουλγαρικό ναρκαλιευτικό ‘Shkval’ δεξιά

Φεβρουάριος 2, 2016.

Η ναυτική ομάδα ναρκαλιευτικών του ΝΑΤΟ, SNMCMG-2,  έχει ξεκινήσει πρόσφατα δραστηριότητες στην τουρκική βάση της Αρτάκης (Erdek), στην επαρχία Μπαλίκεσιρμ,  από τις αρχές Ιανουαρίου.