Jens Stoltenberg

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday called on NATO to increase its naval patrols in the Aegean after the recent threat by Turkey to allow millions  of additional migrants to cross into Greece. "I asked the Secretary General and...

NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday a Skopje audience ''NATO is ready to welcome you,'' referring to North Macedonia and its bid to join the powerful military alliance. Delegations from NATO and North Macedonia met on Monday in...

Top political officials from around the world hailed the Greek Parliament's ratification of the Prespa Agreement on Friday. The ratification in effect settles the "Macedonia" name dispute between FYROM and Greece and paves the way for the Balkan country to...

Skopje's path to NATO membership is dependent upon FYROM ratifying the name deal with Greece, the alliance's secretary-general said on Monday. Speaking in Luxembourg, Jens Stoltenberg said the former Yugoslav republic would only get an invitation to join the military alliance...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called on Greece and Turkey to show "restraint and calm", after Ankara responded to the release from custody of the eight Turkish ex-soldiers accused of coup plotting by suspending a bilateral migrant readmission deal with...

NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said the Alliance cannot solve problems and disputes between Greece and Turkey. Speaking at an event at Leiden University College, The Hague, Stoltenberg said he spoke many times to the leaderships on either side...

NATO has taken a step back from the brewing crisis between Athens and Ankara over the fate of two Greek soldiers being held in a Turkish prison. "This is an issue that must be resolved between Greece and Turkey," said...

NATO's secretary-general, wrapping up a two-day visit to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Thursday, said the country needed to be “realistic” about its NATO membership ambitions. FYROM is currently locked in a dispute with Greece over its...

    Media in FYROM are reporting claims the country will be offered NATO membership if a "mutually acceptable solution" is reached on the name dispute with Greece. Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's secretary-general, is currently on a two-day official visit to Skopje and...

Since NATO started patrolling the Aegean Sea in an attempt to reduce the number of refugees attempting to cross from Turkey to the Greek islands, various obstacles have arisen. While having to deal with the task of trying to keep...