43 h. ago Putin is building military facilities on Finland's border and 'testing to see if NATO will go to war', army chief warns

Lieutenant General Vesa Virtanen, Finland's Deputy Chief of Defence, stated the Kremlin is 'deliberately testing NATO's unity' to see if it will trigger Article 5 - the alliance's collective defence clause.

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8 d. ago Albania receives naval ship from Italy to boost military and NATO missions

Italy has donated a naval ship to Albania to help the country increase patrolling of its coastline and intensify its participation in NATO missions

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8 d. ago China's military expansion is 'staggering' and the world cannot afford to be 'naive' about Beijing's intentions, NATO chief warns

Mark Rutte said China's substantial investments in its defence capabilities must act as a wake-up call for Western nations who have not taken the threat seriously so far.

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9 d. ago Trump administration fires senior Navy female officer at NATO. She appeared on a 'woke' list

U.S. officials say Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the only woman on NATO’s military committee, was fired over the weekend by the Trump administration

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2 w. ago WW3 fears as Germany sends 5,000 troops to Lithuania to 'protect' NATO's eastern flank

Tensions in Europe and fears of a third World War are growing as Germany starts sending troops to Lithuania to 'protect' a NATO flank, according to senior military officials

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2 w. ago Head of German military says 'NATO should be braced for Putin attack within four years'

Germany's Chief of Defence Carsten Breuer said that Europe is threatened by Russia and Putin and thinks that NATO should be bracing for an attack from the country within four years

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3 w. ago In defiance of Donald Trump, is a European ‘security council’ emerging? | Paul Taylor

With the US threatening unilateral withdrawal, even from the top Nato military post, five European nations must fill the vacuumIn the face of Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine and Donald Trump’s destabilisation of the Atlantic alliance, an embryonic European security council is taking shape on the hoof. Whether it will prove strong enough to protect Europe’s liberal democracies and deter Russia without US military support may be tested all too soon.Nato was created under US leadership to keep the Soviet Union at bay while suppressing centuries-old rivalries among European powers. The alliance stayed united through the cold war and attracted new central European members after communist rule collapsed. But the spectre of US disengagement now threatens to leave Europe without its nuclear-armed protector.Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Red tape warriors versus the red army: The EU's attempt to be an alternativer to NATO is as stupid as it is dangerous, writes NILE GARDINER

NILE GARDINER: For all his show of contempt for the West, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has one great fear.

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