Europe
Rubio in Lisbon: “Portugal should buy the F-35”, Rangel says no decision has been made
At a joint press conference in Lisbon on October 8, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio openly urged Portugal to…
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NATO
Latest NATO news and analysis covering alliance policy, military deployments, exercises, deterrence and transatlantic security.
Balkans
Montenegro detains founder of Russian channel Rybar; Medvedev threatens to “replenish the exchange pool”
Montenegrin police detained Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of the pro-Kremlin war blog Rybar, his wife and three associates in Risan on…
Europe
Telegraph: Greece and Spain “refuse” to hand over expiring Patriot missiles that could help Ukraine
The Telegraph reported on October 9 that Greece and Spain are sitting on Patriot interceptors nearing the end of their…
Europe
Netherlands: “Russia is our enemy,” says the defence minister; the Russian embassy threatens a “crushing response”
Dutch Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius said in parliament on October 8 that “Russia is our enemy”,…
Europe
Lithuania ready to pay for a permanent US base; Trump: “We will certainly look at it”
Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said on October 6 that Vilnius is ready to cover the cost of a permanent…
Europe
Sweden to deploy Patriot to Poland from December to protect NATO’s hub for Ukraine
Sweden will deploy a Patriot air defence unit to Poland from December to protect the NATO hub through which military…
Europe
Rubio in Athens: Greece is “an indispensable NATO Ally”, with defence and energy at the heart of US–Greece ties
At the opening of the sixth Greece–US Strategic Dialogue, Marco Rubio called Greece an indispensable NATO ally and a pillar…
Politics & Diplomacy
Lithuania backs lifting nuclear weapons and foreign bases ban in first vote; Kremlin warns of escalation
Lithuania’s Seimas passed the first vote to remove its ban on nuclear weapons and foreign bases. A second vote is…
Politics & Diplomacy
Hegseth says US forces in Europe will shift to America or the Western Hemisphere
Pete Hegseth linked a shift of US capabilities from Europe to greater allied burden sharing and an expanding American posture…
Drones
Vilnius airport briefly closed after suspected drone alert from Belarus
Vilnius airport closed for less than an hour on October 3 as NATO fighters investigated a possible drone approaching Lithuania…
Air Force
Finland presents first F-35As at Rovaniemi as Finnish pilot flies the jet at home
Finland presented its first two F-35As based at Rovaniemi on October 1, with a Finnish pilot flying the type in…
Politics & Diplomacy
Russia warns NATO over Kaliningrad with nuclear threat; Rutte responds
Russia warned NATO it could use nuclear weapons if allied states tried to isolate Kaliningrad. Mark Rutte rejected the rhetoric…