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Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden announced today (13 November 2025) that they will fund a joint $500 million package of military equipment and munitions for Ukraine sourced from the United States, under NATO’s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative.

On Wednesday (13 November), experts from NATO, Allied countries, industry and the innovation community met at NATO’s first Arctic Space Forum in Helsinki, Finland, to explore how space-based capabilities can strengthen deterrence, resilience and situational awareness in the High North.

On Thursday 13 November, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will visit Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum and the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Headquarters in Geilenkirchen.

On Wednesday, 12 November, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ms Radmila Shekerinska, will travel to Helsinki, Finland to participate in the NORDEFCO ministerial meeting and the NATO Arctic Space Forum, where she will deliver a keynote address.

Ulm, 5-7 November 2025 – NATO Military Committee (MC) visited NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC) and high-tech service provider IABG (Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH), in Germany. The visit, which brought to Ulm NATO military representatives and members of the International Military Staff (IMS), was an important occasion to discuss several topics of paramount importance from an Alliance military point of view.

On 5 and 6 November 2025, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited Romania. He met the President of Romania, Nicuşor Dan, on Wednesday (5 November). In a joint press conference following their meeting, the Secretary General thanked Romania for its contributions to Alliance defence and security, including leadership in the context of Black Sea security.

On Tuesday 4 November 2025, the European Union’s Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius, addressed a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC).

On 5 and 6 November 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will visit Bucharest, Romania. He will meet the President, Mr Nicuşor Dan, the Prime Minister, Mr Ilie Bolojan, the President of the Senate, Mr Mircea Abrudean, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Mr Sorin Grindeanu, and other officials.

NATO’s Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood, Mr. Javier Colomina, visited Oman on 2 and 3 November 2025. This was his first visit to the country.

On Tuesday (4 November), NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska addressed the first NATO Civilian Planning Conference in Stockholm, Sweden.

On Friday (31 October), NATO held its first staff-to-staff dialogue on defence industrial cooperation and capabilities with Japan at NATO Headquarters.

The Regional Special Operations Component Command (R-SOCC), led by Hungary, has officially reached full operational capability, marking a major milestone in regional defence cooperation between Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia. With this achievement, the five nations now have a fully deployable multinational headquarters capable of commanding special operations forces missions together or supporting NATO and EU-led operations when needed.

The Commander of NATO Mission Iraq (NMI), ​Major General Christophe Hintzy​, from France, met with the NATO Secretary General and Ambassadors of all NATO Allies and partners contributing troops to NMI, today (29 October 2025), at NATO Headquarters.

On Tuesday (28 October), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte addressed NATO’s first Biotechnology Conference. The event, hosted by Belgium, brought together over 300 Allied participants from industry, academia, government and the innovation community. In his address, the Secretary General welcomed the conference as “a meaningful step” to enhance collaboration and harness the potential of biotechnology.

On Tuesday, 28 October 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will meet the Prime Minister of Belgium, Mr Bart de Wever.

On Friday (24 October 2025), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte took part in a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in London. The meeting was co-hosted by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Keir Starmer, and the President of France Emmanuel Macron.

On 23-24 October [2025], NATO’s Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Boris Ruge, travelled to Switzerland to conduct high-level talks. The trip was his first visit to the NATO Liaison Office (NLO) to the international organisations in Geneva since its opening in August 2024.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (Support Forces Command) have issued a request for international assistance via NATO’s emergency response mechanism, the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre.

On 24 October 2025, the NATO Secretary General, Mr Mark Rutte, will travel to London, United Kingdom, to participate in a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing co-hosted by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Keir Starmer and the President of France, Mr Emmanuel Macron.