Hungary opts out of Ukraine but promises not to block support, as NATO chief visits Budapest
Hungary will not be obliged to participate in military actions outside its territory or send money or troops to Ukraine, Hungarian...
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CEE members mark accession anniversaries as NATO vows to back Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg agreed to progress with planning a greater role in coordinating aid to Ukraine on the first...
Hungary oks Swedish NATO bid after PM visit
Hungarian MPs approved a proposal on ratifying Sweden’s accession to NATO with 188 in favour and 6 dissenting votes, on Monday,...
CEE hopefuls for NATO chief emerge, but Rutte in pole position
Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte is reportedly likely to succeed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in October, as the...
Hungary becomes only hold-out on Swedish NATO accession
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has asked his MPs to proceed with Sweden's ratification as NATO member “at the first possible...
Slovenia ups defence spending
Slovenia will increase its defence budget to reach 2% of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030, a significant increase from...
Flood-hit CEE countries ask EU, NATO for aid
Slovenia and Austria were the worst hit countries by the severe floods that swept over Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) over...
US, Germany, cautious at NATO summit, as Lithuania backs Ukraine membership path
The leaders of Ukraine and Lithuania were left frustrated at the alliance’s summit in Vilnius on July 11-12, despite NATO Secretary...
NATO chief announces 8.3% hike in defence spending, ahead of major Vilnius summit
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda held a joint press conference on Monday, 10 July, the day...
Duda lays out priorities ahead of NATO summit
Polish President Andrzej Duda outlined five key areas for action for NATO on Tuesday, after international consultations in The Hague, The...
New Romania PM underlines support for NATO, vows to cut inflation to single digits
Incoming Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu stressed the importance of the EU and NATO, on Thursday, 15 June, in his first...
Bulgaria election ends in stalemate, but gains for pro-Russian party
Bulgaria's conservatives and liberals were practically neck and neck with votes still being counted after the country's fifth election in two...
Pavel not hopeful on Ukraine victory this year
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the Western world to send more help when he opened the Munich Security Conference (MSC) from...
Moldova closes airspace, accuses Russia of coup plot
Moldova shut down its airspace for three hours on Tuesday, 14 February, one day after the country’s head of state accused...
US moves into CEE arms market – CET analysis
Geopolitics is leaving its mark on the arms race in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Countries are drifting further away from...
Poland grants Ukraine access to disaster site, after two citizens killed by missile
The death of two men at the hands of a missile on farmland in the Polish village of Przewodow sparked fears...
Poland deal with South Korea represents new era of European defence
Poland will sign executive agreements with The Republic of Korea on Friday to equip the Polish Army with its first shipments...
NATO ups air presence in CEE airspace
NATO has around 30 surveillance and fighter jets in airspace outside of Ukraine and Belarus at any moment according the defence...
NATO chief vows to up Baltic sea presence during Swedish application process
NATO will increase its number of forces in the Baltic sea if Sweden applies to join the defence alliance, NATO Secretary-General...
NATO plans to bolster defences in east, says Sec-Gen Stoltenberg
NATO leaders will formulate plans to bolster its eastern flank across Central and Eastern Europe at a summit in Madrid in...