An aerial view of the new NATO Headquarters, made available on the NATO website. Member nations will inaugurate the new NATO headquarters during a summit in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. BELGIAN AIR FORCE/Michael Moors/NATO/Handout via Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Almost two decades in the making, NATO's new billion-dollar headquarters was finally handed over to the Western alliance by its Belgian builders on Thursday, just in time for U.S. President Donald Trump on his maiden visit.
Agreed at a NATO summit in 1999, the claw-like glass and steel interlocking buildings with glazing equivalent to 10 football pitches are, officially, not over budget and not delayed, despite media and staff reports to the contrary. The new structure cost some 1.1 billion euros (£953.05 million).
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