Helsingborg, Sweden 19.05.2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Helsingborg, Sweden, May 22 to attend the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting where he will discuss the need for increased defence investment and greater burden sharing in the Alliance, the press release of the State Department reads. He will meet his counterparts from the Arctic…
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NATO: will Rubio attend?
Helsingborg, Sweden 19.05.2026 On May 21 and 22, Sweden will host the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting.The meeting takes place in Helsingborg and is the first at ministerial level in Sweden since joining the alliance. Ulf Kristersson is traveling to Helsingborg to receive Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Rutte will, among other meetings, have dinner on…
Trump criticises Italy and Spain
Brussels 01.05.2026 President Donald Trump said “probably” when asked whether he would consider pulling U.S. troops out of Italy and Spain, a day after announcing that Washington was looking at reducing the number of military personnel in Germany. BREAKING: President Trump says he'll consider pulling U.S. troops out of Italy and Spain after hinting he…
U.S. halts arms delivery to Estonia
Brussels 23.04.2026 The United States has suspended arms deliveries to NATO ally Estonia as its aggression on Iran has put a major strain on US weapons stockpiles. NEW: The U.S. paused ammunition deliveries to Estonia (especially HIMARS rockets) due to the war with Iran, likely for months, not weeks. Estonia says it has enough anti-tank…
Spain: Sanchez calls for European army
10.04.2026 Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez has called for the immediate establishment of an European army to bolster the continent’s security posture. Sánchez made the call on Friday, April 10, at the European Pulse Forum 2026 in Barcelona, where he advised allied nations to close ranks to deal with the current and emerging realities. 📺…
NATO: Rutte between rock and…
Brussels 09.04.2026 NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte declined to convey whether the President Donald Trump had repeated his threat to abandon the military organization, but he indicated that the leader was disappointed in some allies for being too slow to react with the Iran war. 🇺🇸🇮🇷 CNN's Jake Tapper: “When Trump threatened to kill the entire…
NATO: Rutte expects unity
Brussels 23.03.2026 NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte offered a full endorsement of President Donald Trump’s military efforts against Iran and also said he expects the nations of the Alliance to unite to support Trump. NATO Secretary Mark Rutte won't even condemn Trump calling his organization "cowards" pic.twitter.com/HONS7KJvpj — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 22, 2026 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js “What…
NATO: Arctic Sentry announcement
12.02.2026 Today at NATO meeting in Brussels, US Secretary of State Pete Hegseth was absent, highlighting concerns about America stepping back from the alliance. European allies announced Arctic Sentry, a new mission to strengthen Arctic security amid Russian and Chinese activity. While analysts see it largely as a rebranding of existing drills, NATO hopes it…
Kallas demands more funds for defence
Brussels 28.01.2026 The European Union must improve its defence and make Nato “more European to maintain its strength”, because the U.S. has changed the transatlantic relationship to its foundation, the EU’s top diplomat has said. We want strong trans-Atlantic ties.But Europe needs to adapt to new realities. It is no longer Washington’s primary centre of…
Mark Rutte “Trump whisperer”
Brussels 25.01.2026 This week in Davos Finnish President Alexander Stubb was asked at the World Economic Forum (WEF) who or what can release rising tensions between the U.S. and its NATO allies over President Trump’s intention to take over Greenland, the world’s largest island beloning to the Kingdom of Denmark. NATO chief cements "Trump whisperer"…