NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited the Troll A offshore natural gas platform off the west coast of Norway on Friday (17 March 2023), together with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Equinor CEO Anders Opedal. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg withContinue Reading
Today, the battle for hearts and minds is unfolding on the devices in the palms of our hands. The media environment operates with unfamiliar rules and without systems of checks and balances, and information proliferates at an extraordinary pace. How do governments and international organisations get ahead in this newContinue Reading
In Helsinki on Tuesday (28 February 2023), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in the Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Labour Movement (SAMAK) Nordic Summit, together with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, and Magdalena Andersson, leader of the SwedishContinue Reading
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was awarded the Sønsteby prize on Monday (9 January 2023) at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway The award is named for Gunnar Sønsteby, Norway’s most decorated war hero, and is given to “brave defenders of fundamental democratic values”. In his acceptance speech, Mr Stoltenberg calledContinue Reading
On Monday 9 January 2023, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will be awarded the Sønsteby Prize 2023 in Oslo, Norway. The Sønsteby Prize, awarded annually by the Gunnar Sønsteby Memorial Fund to “people who are courageous defenders of fundamental democratic values”, is a recognition of the Secretary General’sContinue Reading
NATO Foreign Ministers will meet in Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday and Wednesday (29-30 November 2022) to address Russia’s illegal war, NATO’s support for Kyiv and other partners, ways to strengthen resilience, and the challenges posed by China. Previewing the meeting, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that “NATO will continue toContinue Reading
On 03-05 November 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to Türkiye for meetings with the President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the Minister of Defence, Mr. Hulusi Akar, and senior Turkish officials. On Thursday, 03 November 2022, the SecretaryContinue Reading
The NATO Secretary General, Mr Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to New York from Monday 19 September through Friday 23 September 2022 to attend the United Nations General Assembly. On Tuesday 20 September, the Secretary General will participate in the opening of the 77th Session of the United Nations General AssemblyContinue Reading
Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg following the extraordinary virtual summit of NATO Heads of State and Government: Allied leaders have just met to address the gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades. I invited NATO’s close partners Finland, Sweden and the European Union to our summit. BecauseContinue Reading
Statement by NATO Heads of State and Government on Russia’s attack on Ukraine: – We have met today to discuss the gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades. We condemn in the strongest possible terms Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, enabled by Belarus. We call on Russia to immediately ceaseContinue Reading