NATO refused summit press accreditation to dozens of Turkish independent and opposition journalists in Ankara, saying it relied on the host government's assessments — prompting a 17-organisation press-freedom rebuke.
Luxembourg will host the European base of the Canada-led Defence, Security and Resilience Bank, a treaty-based lender backed by nine allies and unveiled at the 2026 NATO summit in Ankara.
Russia struck Kyiv with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones in the early hours of Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens — the second assault on the capital in a week and the last before NATO's 32 leaders meet in Ankara on 7-8 July. The attack sharpens a summit agenda dominated by air defence, a 5% spending pledge and the transatlantic dynamic with Washington — decisions that reach every European capital, Luxembourg included.
NATO chief Mark Rutte met Donald Trump at the White House on 24 June to ease transatlantic tensions before the 7-8 July Ankara summit, where the 5%-of-GDP spending pledge, Ukraine and US commitment to the alliance top the agenda.