NATO allies on Wednesday selected Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as NATO’s next boss, as the war in Ukraine rages on its doorstep and uncertainty hangs over the United States’ future attitude to the transatlantic alliance. Rutte’s appointment became a formality after his only rival for the post, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, announced last week … Read more
NATO said on Wednesday that its military budget for 2024 will be increased by 12% to 2.03 billion euros, while its civil budget would be increased by 18.2% to 438.1 million euros. NATO stated in a statement announcing the rise that increasing and extending the use of NATO common financing helps partners to handle shared … Read more
In a recent statement, the U.S. ambassador to Hungary expressed confidence that Sweden would soon join NATO, highlighting ongoing discussions between the countries involved. The envoy asserted that Budapest had provided assurances that Hungary would not be the final country to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership. The delay in Budapest’s ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership and … Read more
The admission of Ukraine to Nato could result in a third world war, said Alexander Venediktov, the deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on Thursday. In an interview with TASS news agency, Venediktov said, “Kyiv is well aware that such a step would mean a guaranteed escalation to a World War … Read more