• NATO steps up Baltic Sea patrols after subsea infrastructure damage

20 October 2023

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NATO steps up Baltic Sea patrols after subsea infrastructure damage

NATO steps up Baltic Sea patrols after subsea infrastructure damage

NATO and Allies are stepping up patrols in the Baltic Sea following recent damage to undersea infrastructure in the region. The increased measures include additional surveillance and reconnaissance flights, including with maritime patrol aircraft, NATO AWACS planes and drones. A fleet of four NATO minehunters is also being dispatched to the area.

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Secretary General at the Conference of National Armaments Directors: Ukraine needs our sustained support

Secretary General at the Conference of National Armaments Directors: Ukraine needs our sustained support

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed the importance of continued support to Ukraine in a Conference of National Armaments Directors meeting at NATO Headquarters on 19 October 2023. 

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Secretary General welcomes newly appointed experts to address NATO’s southern neighbourhood

Secretary General welcomes newly appointed experts to address NATO’s southern neighbourhood

On 19 October 2023, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with a group of independent Allied experts to discuss NATO’s approach to its southern neighbourhood – particularly the Middle East, North Africa and Sahel regions.

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NATO holds long-planned annual nuclear exercise

NATO holds long-planned annual nuclear exercise

NATO launched its long-planned annual nuclear exercise “Steadfast Noon” on 16 October 2023 with up to 60 aircraft taking part in training flights over southern Europe.

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Additional NATO reinforcements arrive in Kosovo

Additional NATO reinforcements arrive in Kosovo

More than 130 additional troops from Romania arrived in Kosovo on 13 October 2023 to further reinforce NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping mission, in addition to two hundred British soldiers deployed earlier this month.

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NATO Military Committee visits SHAPE, NATO’s strategic warfighting headquarters

NATO Military Committee visits SHAPE, NATO’s strategic warfighting headquarters

On 16 October 2023, the NATO and Invitee Military Representatives headed down to SHAPE for a series of briefings, including an update on the headquarters transition from strategic command to warfighting command and the ongoing implementation of the regional plans as well as ongoing and upcoming exercises.

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Meet Martina Ptáčková, who is training NATO troops in hand-to-hand combat

Meet Martina Ptáčková, who is training NATO troops in hand-to-hand combat

"A complex, aggressive, attack-oriented army sport without rules, practised by militaries worldwide, but also an activity that teaches the values of respect, reverence and perseverance." That is how hand-to-hand combat is described by Martina Ptáčková, an eight-time world champion in martial arts who has trained Allied soldiers at a military training centre and in the NATO multinational battlegroup in Slovakia. How did her story begin and what does working with NATO mean to her?

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