NATO's Mark Rutte announces a new mission to protect …
5 hours ago · Nato’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte addresses the media during a press conference as part of a summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries in Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.
Rethink welfare to finance military splurge, NATO boss tells …
23 hours ago · Rutte didn't bring good news to politicians hoping for a reprieve. The final NATO spending target, he told lawmakers, might be around 3.6 or 3.7 percent of GDP unless they do a better job of joint buying of weapons and equipment, as well as innovation. Even if that happens, defense budgets "will be impressively more than the 2 percent," Rutte ...
Mark Rutte takes over as new NATO chief, dismisses Trump …
Oct 1, 2024 · One of NATO’s longest serving top officials, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, stepped down on Tuesday, handing over the reins to former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the military...
Mark Rutte | AP News
Dec 4, 2024 · NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants long-term confrontation with Europe, as he urged Europeans to press their governments to ramp up defense spending.
NATO's new chief makes Ukraine support a top ... - Associated Press News
Oct 3, 2024 · “There can be no lasting security in Europe without a strong, independent Ukraine,” new NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in his first speech on taking office, and he affirmed a commitment made by the organization’s leaders in 2008 that …
Dutch PM Mark Rutte to leave politics after government collapses
Jul 10, 2023 · Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he would step down as leader of the country’s ruling party and leave politics, after his government collapsed over immigration policy, Dutch...
Mark Rutte Moves From Leading Netherlands to Heading NATO
Jun 26, 2024 · Mark Rutte, the long-serving Dutch prime minister, was formally named the new secretary general of NATO on Wednesday, putting an experienced, strongly pro-Ukraine leader with a reputation...
Nato must switch to 'wartime mindset', warns secretary general
Dec 12, 2024 · Mark Rutte called the current security situation the "worst in my lifetime" Nato members have pledged to spend at least 2% of the value of their economies - measured by GDP - on defence per year ...
NATO boss calls for much higher defence spending to counter …
Dec 12, 2024 · NATO head Mark Rutte warned the U.S.-led transatlantic alliance on Thursday that it was not ready for the threats it would face from Russia in the coming years and called for a shift to a...
New NATO Chief Mark Rutte Visits Ukraine in His First Trip Since …
Oct 3, 2024 · New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visited Ukraine in his first official trip since taking office and pledging the alliance's continued support for Kyiv in its war with Russia.