Tag: Mark Rutte
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Madrid has proposed deploying fighters, a transport aircraft and a radar to a new NATO mission on the Alliance’s eastern flank.
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The Czech Republic will deploy a helicopter unit and up to 150 personnel to Poland to help counter drones after Russian aircraft entered Polish airspace this week. The Czech Republic is sending a unit of helicopters to Poland to reinforce air defences after Russian drones violated Polish airspace. The Czech defence ministry said the aircraft…
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NATO announced Operation Eastern Sentry to reinforce its eastern flank, focusing on drone interception after Russian drones entered Polish airspace. NATO will strengthen its eastern flank on the ground and in the air through an operation named Eastern Sentry, which prioritises intercepting drones. The plan was unveiled by NATO secretary general Rutte and United States…
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NATO’s Mark Rutte confirmed Luxembourg’s defence target uses gross national income rather than gross domestic product under a previously agreed deal. Speaking on Tuesday at a press conference with Luxembourg’s prime minister and defence minister, the NATO secretary-general said the country’s 3.5% core defence share of the alliance’s 5% target is measured against GNI, not…
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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky will hold talks in Paris on Thursday with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, NATO secretary general Mark Rutte, and the leaders of Germany, France and the United Kingdom. The Ukrainian presidency announced this on Tuesday. The line-up mirors the group that accompanied him to the White House, minus the…
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Rheinmetall has inaugurated a new munitions factory in Unterlüss, Germany, 18 months after laying the first stone, with NATO chief Mark Rutte in attendance. The Lower Saxony government expedited permits, and nearby allotment gardens were cleared to make way for the site. The plant is designed to produce hundreds of thousands of artillery shells annually,…
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in Germany on 27 August that Europe can now produce six times more artillery shells annually than two years ago, with output expected to reach 2 million rounds by the end of this year. Rutte spoke at the opening of Rheinmetall’s artillery plant in Unterluess, described as Europe’s largest…