⢠Secretary General's end of year message to NATO troops
⢠Video - NATO's presence in Lithuania
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Secretary General Mark Rutte sent holiday greetings to NATO troops on 19 December 2025, thanking them for their service. âOur men and women in uniform are really the best in the worldâ.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte travelled to Poland on 18 December 2025, where he met President Karol Nawrocki, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence WÅadysÅaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. The Secretary General visited the Bemowo Piskie training area, where he had the opportunity to meet and thank personnel serving as part of NATOâs Forward Land Forces.
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On 18 December 2025, NATOâs Deputy Secretary General, Radmila Shekerinska, visited Armenia, where she met Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Defence Minister Suren Papikyan, and Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan.
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On 17 November 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 military mobility.
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On 16 December 2025, at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council, Allies agreed NATOâs common-funded budgets for 2026. Allied defence spending is on an upward trajectory with Allies increasingly investing in their national forces as well as collective capabilities.
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The Director General of the NATO âInternational Military Staff (DGIMS), Lieutenant General Remigijus BaltrÄnas, visited Kyiv, Ukraine, 16-17 December 2025. During meetings with Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine Anatolii Kutsevol, the leadership of Ukrainian General Staff, Air Force Command and Defence Intelligence âof Ukraine, DGIMS received the latest situational updates and expressed NATO âInternational Military Staff (IMS) views on how to further strengthen cooperation with Ukraine.
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Brussels, 15 December 2025. National Defence Personnel Directors held their second annual meeting today in Brussels to discuss how Allies can build, sustain, and regenerate their defence workforce, both in numbers and key skillsets, to underpin NATOâs warfighting readiness.
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On 15 December 2025, NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska attended the European Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council.
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In 2025, photographers from across the Alliance took thousands of pictures, capturing landmark political events like the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, the grit and cooperation of Allied troops conducting NATO exercises, and other moments of beauty, unity and humanity. We chose four of our favourite photos and put them to a vote on social media, asking the public to choose NATOâs photo of the year for 2025. Scroll to the end to see the winner!
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NATOâs multinational forces in Lithuania stand ready to defend the Allianceâs northeastern territory.
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