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NATO in 2025 . The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Of the 32 member countries, 30 are in Europe and two are in North America.
NATO's members signed North Macedonia's accession protocol on 6 February 2019. [83] Most countries ratified the accession treaty in 2019, with Spain ratifying its accession protocol in March 2020. [84] The Sobranie also ratified the treaty unanimously on 11 February 2020, [85] before North Macedonia became a NATO member state on 27 March 2020 ...
Greece and Turkey have been NATO members since 1952. In March 2004, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia have become members of NATO. As of April 2009, [93] Albania and Croatia are members of NATO. Montenegro joined in June 2017. [94] The most recent member state to be added to NATO was North Macedonia on 27 March 2020.
Sweden and Finland have been formally invited to join the alliance.
Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte has urged member countries to adopt a new "wartime mindset", and ramp up military spending. His comments echo previous demands made by incoming US President ...
Romania, Bulgaria and Greece signed a deal on Thursday to enable swift cross-border movement of troops and weapons to NATO’s eastern flank, Romania's defence ministry said. Russia's 2022 ...
NATO member states agreed to establish four additional battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia, [47] and elements of the NATO Response Force were activated for the first time in NATO's history. [52] As of June 2022, NATO had deployed 40,000 troops along its 2,500-kilometre-long (1,550 mi) Eastern flank to deter Russian aggression.
Security organisation founded in 1949 now has 31 members who are set to spend $1.26trn on defence this year. The alliance has a collective military might of 3.5m army personnel to call upon