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NATO’s multinational battlegroup in Romania practises rapid reinforcement of the Alliance’s eastern flank During excercise Dacian Fall 25, NATO forces in Romania demonstrated their ability to expand from a multinational battlegroup to an armoured brigade. This exercise included troops from Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and the United States that worked together to tackle battlefield scenarios and strengthen communications. Footage includes tanks manoeuvring across the battlefield, various NATO troops in action and soundbites from representatives of Romanian Army and French Army.  Click here to download the b-roll.

21 November 2025 Update “Finland can count on your NATO Allies” – NATO Secretary General On Monday 17 November 2025, the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb visited NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, for a bilateral meeting with Secretary General Mark Rutte. Read more NATO Secretary General meets intelligence leaders in Brussels NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met the heads of civilian intelligence services and military intelligence members from all 32 Allies in Brussels on 19 November 2025. The NATO Civilian Intelligence Committee (CIC), Military Intelligence Committee (MIC), and Joint CIC-MIC Plenary meetings were held at NATO Headquarters. Read more Allied experts meet in Oslo to strengthen NATO responses to hybrid threats Allied and NATO experts met in Oslo, Norway, on 13 and14 November 2025, for the annual NATO Hybrid Symposium to address the evolving hybrid threat landscape, and to enhance cooperation on countering hybrid threats. The two-day event focused on national approaches to protecting critical infrastructure and lessons learned from recent malign hybrid activities. Allies also worked together on further advancing implementation of NATO’s Revised Counter Hybrid Strategy. Read more NATO expands its engagement on critical undersea infrastructure in the Mediterranean NATO’s Critical Undersea Infrastructure (CUI)-Network met on 20 and 21 November 2025 in Rome, Italy, to further integrate perspectives across civilian and military actors for enhancing the security of critical undersea infrastructure. Experts from NATO HQ and Allied countries were joined by industry stakeholders, European Union representatives and, for the first time, NATO partner nations. Read more NATO Allies wrap up major air exercise “Falcon Strike 2025” in Italy Over 1000 personnel and 50 aircraft from Italy, France, Greece, the United Kingdom and the United States trained together from 3 to 14 November 2025 within the framework of exercise “Falcon Strike 2025” in the Mediterranean Sea. They operated from the Italian Air Force base of Amendola, near Foggia, and across other Italian air bases, with approximately 460 sorties and more than 1,000 flight hours logged. Read more NATO launches the fourth iteration of Neptune Strike 2025 The fourth iteration of NATO’s premier enhanced Vigilance Activity, Neptune Strike 25-4, takes place from 19 to 26 November 2025, combining the maritime-strike capabilities of both the United Kingdom and Italian Carrier Strike Groups operating out of the Mediterranean Sea. (Story courtesy of Joint Force Command Naples & Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO) Read more The European Union Military Staff hosts the NATO International Military Staff for the 24th EUMS–IMS Directors’ General Conference The Deputy Director General of the European Union Military Staff, Major General Gábor Horváth welcomed the Director General of the NATO International Military Staff, Lieutenant General Remigijus Baltrėnas to the EUMS for the biannual EUMS-IMS Directors’ General Conference on 21 November 2025. Read more Allied Joint Force Command Naples welcomes new Commander Allied Joint Force Command Naples conducted its 33rd Change of Command in a ceremony on 19 November 2025 at its Headquarters in Lago Patria, Italy. (Story courtesy of Allied Joint Force Command Naples) Read more Chair of the NATO Military Committee visits Latvia and Lithuania Between 11-14th November 2025, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, visited Latvia and Lithuania, upon the invitations of the Chief of Defence of Latvia, Major General Kaspars Pudāns and the Chief of Defence of Lithuania, General Raimundas Vaiksnoras. Read more NATO's presence in Bulgaria NATO’s multinational forces in Bulgaria anchor the Alliance’s military presence in southeastern Europe. Watch Video

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