Nato asks every member country to spend at least 2% of national income - also known as GDP - on defence. It is thought that ...

In April 1949, NATO - which stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed by several western powers. Plane crash kills at least 120 in South Korea as Jeju Air flight veers off ...

The U.S. president-elect has not ruled out trying to acquire the autonomous territory belonging to alliance member Denmark.

Bogdan Cristel/EPA, via Shutterstock What is NATO? The mutual-defense alliance was established in 1949, after World War II, by the U.S., Canada and 10 European countries. The treaty for which the ...

In 1949, the primary aim of the creation of NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was to have a pact of mutual assistance in response to the threat from the Soviet Union.

It was formed in 1949, after the Second World War ... Getty Images Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference at the Nato headquarters The current Secretary General is Jens Stoltenberg, former ...

On April 4, 1949, a total of 10 European and two North American states signed the North Atlantic Treaty. Members of the alliance promised to protect one another against Soviet expansionism.

NATO’s mission was to ensure the stability of Western European democracies during the early Cold War period, but also to ...

What is Nato and why was it set up? Nato - the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - was formed in Washington DC in 1949 by 12 countries: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy ...