NATO member Norway will not withdraw from the global convention banning anti-personnel landmines as all the other European countries bordering Russia have done, the country's foreign
April 02, 2025
U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the
April 02, 2025
The Senate has confirmed Matt Whitaker as President Donald Trump’s U.S. ambassador to NATO
April 02, 2025
Spain will increase its defence spending to 2% of gross domestic product well before an original target date of 2029, but it is not setting any specific new
April 01, 2025
NATO member Finland plans to quit a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defence spending to at least 3% of GDP by 2029 in
April 01, 2025
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin was open to the idea of restoring relations between Finland and Russia, which it accused Helsinki of reducing to "nearly
April 01, 2025
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday that the United States should not to be misled by any "stalling tactics" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
April 01, 2025
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen is set to meet U.S.
April 01, 2025
Poland and the United States will sign an agreement worth nearly $2 billion for the delivery of logistical support for the Patriot air defence system, Poland's defence minister said
March 31, 2025
Finland's President Alexander Stubb said on Monday that he had not yet heard from anyone serious in the United States administration that the U.S. would withdraw from NATO.
March 31, 2025
Finnish President Alexander Stubb made a surprise trip on Saturday to meet with U.S.
March 29, 2025
U.S.
March 30, 2025
‘PATHETIC’ Europe may finally be waking up from its military slumber
March 30, 2025
Finland-based satellite operator ICEYE is to start providing imaging data to the Situation Centre at NATO headquarters in Brussels, the company said on Friday.
March 28, 2025
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says that President Donald Trump’s push for control over Greenland wasn’t surprising given longtime U.S. interest in the mineral-rich territory
March 27, 2025
European efforts to create security arrangements for Ukraine are shifting from sending troops to other alternatives as they face
March 26, 2025
The Czech-led ammunition initiative to supply Ukraine can deliver at least as many shells in 2025 as it did last year, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Thursday following a Paris
March 27, 2025
NATO is clarifying comments that Secretary-General Mark Rutte made when he suggested that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania had died, even though the U.S. Army said their fate was not yet confirmed
March 26, 2025
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned the United States and Europe on Wednesday against any temptation to "go it alone" on security,
March 26, 2025
Bulgaria's parliament on Wednesday approved an $82.7 million purchase of Javelin anti-tank guided missiles from the United States to modernise the country's army and protect its
March 26, 2025
Sweden provisionally aims to raise defence spending to 3.5% of GDP by 2030, a bigger and faster ramp-up than previously planned as part of its
March 26, 2025
Spain, which has NATO's lowest defence spending as a share of its economy, will outline and start implementing a plan to boost the defence sector before the summer, Prime Minister
March 26, 2025
The commitment of NATO to defend Poland in any situation is crucial, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters in Warsaw after meeting the head of the pact Mark Rutte.
March 26, 2025
Norway's defence minister said he believes the United States remains committed to Europe's defence but the continent must take a bigger share of the costs of
March 25, 2025
Europe must acquire all means to defend itself against military aggression, European Council President Antonio Costa said on Tuesday, adding that peace without defence is an
March 25, 2025
Thousands gathered in Belgrade on Monday to remember a NATO bombing campaign in 1999 and protest against the development of a luxury compound by an investment company set up by
March 24, 2025
Germany is unlocking billions to supercharge its military at a seismic moment for Europe
March 23, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said U.S.
March 23, 2025
European Union leaders are now in agreement that the EU must be fully capable of defending itself against a Russian attack by 2030, despite earlier resistance
March 21, 2025
Prince William donned battle gear to visit British troops in Estonia on Friday on a trip aimed at underlining his country's support for NATO operations in Eastern Europe.
March 21, 2025
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni finds herself playing a political balancing act as Europe moves to bolster its defences.
March 21, 2025
The Netherlands wants to increase its army personnel from 74,000 to 200,000, with a special focus on enlarging the reservist capacity, Dutch public broadcaster NOS said, citing
March 21, 2025
Senior military officers from countries across Europe and beyond are meeting outside London to flesh out plans for an international peacekeeping force for Ukraine as details of a partial ceasefire are worked out
March 20, 2025
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday that he did not consider buying U.S. weapons a security risk, though he added that it might be good for Europe to become
March 20, 2025
The top two Republican lawmakers who lead the Pentagon's oversight committees in the U.S.
March 19, 2025
The European Union has announced a new drive to break its security dependency on the United States
March 19, 2025
Questions are mounting in Canada and in Europe over whether big-ticket purchases of high-end U.S. weaponry are still a wise strategic choice
March 19, 2025
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni cautioned European partners on Tuesday against escalating a trade dispute with the United States through
March 18, 2025
NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel landmines due to the
March 18, 2025
Colombia will decide within months from which NATO country it will purchase fighter jets, new Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said, acknowledging that illegal
March 17, 2025
Russia will seek "ironclad" guarantees in any peace deal on Ukraine that NATO nations will exclude Kyiv from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral, a Russian deputy
March 16, 2025
To many in Europe, Trump has punched holes in NATO’s nuclear umbrella
March 16, 2025
The stationing of peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, as proposed by Britain and France as part of a ceasefire agreement with Russia, is a question for Kyiv to decide and not Moscow,
March 16, 2025
All five parties in Greenland’s parliament have issued a joint statement on Friday rejecting President Donald Trump’s latest effort to take control of the strategic Arctic island
March 14, 2025
Portugal could replace its ageing American-made F-16 fighter jets with European jets rather than F-35s following U.S.
March 14, 2025
The Trump administration’s warning last month that Europe must now take care of security in its own backyard raises troubling questions
March 14, 2025
Greenland’s prime minister summons party leaders after Trump doubles down on annexation
March 13, 2025
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has relented rather than risk a government shutdown
March 13, 2025
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is praising President Donald Trump for motivating fellow transatlantic alliance members to step up defense spending and getting Russia to the negotiating table for talks about its grinding war against Ukraine
March 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his special envoy Steve Witkoff is in serious discussions with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine.
March 13, 2025
The European Commission will invite EU countries to swiftly agree on their most pressing defence needs with a view to launching "large-scale pan-European flagship
March 13, 2025
Poland's president has called on the U.S. to transfer nuclear weapons to its territory as a deterrent against future Russian aggression, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
March 13, 2025
Russia has presented the U.S. with a list of demands for a deal to end its war against Ukraine and reset relations with Washington,
March 12, 2025
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has again called on the United States to deploy nuclear weapons to Poland as a deterrent to Russia
March 13, 2025
Turkey has emerged as a key potential partner in restructuring European security, diplomats and analysts say, as Europe scrambles to bolster its defence and find
March 13, 2025
Europe needs a much more unified approach regarding the procurement of military equipment, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday, adding that
March 12, 2025
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he urged Turkey to play a key role in any peace process for Ukraine during talks with President Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Wednesday.
March 12, 2025
Prince William will travel to Estonia next week to visit British troops involved in NATO operations there as part of the UK's drive to show solidarity with its allies and highlight
March 12, 2025
More than 30 army chiefs among Washington's closest allies met in Paris on Tuesday without their U.S. counterparts, seeking to take on more
March 11, 2025
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday the alliance is committed to its peacemaking mission in Kosovo and urged political leaders in Belgrade and Pristina to speed up
March 11, 2025
U.S. and British commanders said on Tuesday joint military exercises were vital for providing Europe with a deterrent to Russia, a show of unity after
March 11, 2025
Germany's military is ageing and shrinking, the parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces warned on Tuesday, against the backdrop of a bid to overhaul borrowing rules to
March 11, 2025
After Jens Stoltenberg answered questions in a routine session in Norway's parliament, the buzz outside the chamber was anything but normal.
March 11, 2025
NATO will not let a security vacuum develop in Bosnia and Herzegovina at this time of crisis but political leaders should work together to resolve problems,
March 10, 2025
NATO’s secretary general on Monday pledged the military alliance’s “unwavering” support for Bosnia’s territorial integrity after a series of Bosnian Serb separatist moves raised tensions nearly 30 years after the end of a bloody war
March 10, 2025
America is the world’s biggest arms exporter. Europe should know
March 10, 2025
Higher European defence budgets and a ramp-up of production by military equipment industries are necessary to secure Europe, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in a German
March 08, 2025
Poland's President Andrzej Duda proposed enshrining defence spending of at least 4% of GDP in the constitution on Friday, while the government backed giving military training to all
March 07, 2025
Kyiv said on Friday it was asking Italy for more information about a proposal by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to extend NATO's mutual defence umbrella to Ukraine without offering it
March 07, 2025
European Union leaders on Friday downplayed skepticism from U.S. President Donald Trump about solidarity among NATO members
March 07, 2025
Europe scrambles to rearm as Trump threatens security guarantees and Russian threat looms. Here’s what to know
March 07, 2025
European leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by Donald Trump's
March 06, 2025
U.S.
March 07, 2025
President Donald Trump is expressing uncertainty that NATO would come to the United States' defense if the country were attacked
March 06, 2025
President Emmanuel Macron has said he will launch a strategic dialogue on extending the protection offered by France's nuclear arsenal to its European partners.
March 06, 2025
France to consider protecting European allies with its nuclear arsenal, Macron says
March 06, 2025
Turkey, with the second largest army in NATO after the United States, could contribute to a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, a Turkish defence ministry source said on
March 06, 2025
Russia said on Thursday that a French and British peace initiative on Ukraine was a bid to buy time for Kyiv and prevent its military collapse.
March 06, 2025
The Kremlin on Thursday condemned what it called a highly confrontational speech by French President Emmanuel Macron in which he called Russia a threat to Europe and said Paris
March 06, 2025
NATO's newest member Sweden plans to contribute up to eight Jas Gripen fighter jets to the defence alliance's air policing in Poland, Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said
March 06, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy plans to participate in the European Council meeting in Brussels on Thursday, his spokesman said.
March 06, 2025
The Czech government has decided to gradually raise its defence spending to 3% of gross domestic product by 2030, from around 2% now, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday.
March 05, 2025
NATO armed forces are not ready for a modern drone war, the military commander in charge of Ukraine's unmanned systems warned, three years into a conflict with Russia in
March 05, 2025
President Emmanuel Macron wants to build up French defence spending as Washington threatens to pull its European security guarantee, but funding those plans as his
March 05, 2025
Europe's rush to boost funding for military spending has sent defence stocks on a tear, though investors are now wondering how much more
March 04, 2025
Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, pledged on Tuesday to strengthen NATO and said the Republican
March 04, 2025
President Donald Trump’s pick as NATO ambassador is reassuring senators at his confirmation hearing that the Trump administration’s commitment to the military alliance is “ironclad.”
March 04, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron says he’s ready to start discussions on nuclear deterrence with European allies
March 04, 2025
Finland's security and intelligence service Supo is closely watching how U.S. intelligence positions itself towards Russia under the Trump administration, Supo's chief said on
March 04, 2025
The Belgian government aims to accelerate defence spending by 4 billion euros ($4.2 billion) in the coming months, the Belgian defence ministry said on Tuesday, confirming a report
March 04, 2025
U.S.
March 03, 2025
The leaders of Britain and France are spearheading a desperate diplomatic drive to shore up Europe’s security, bolster Ukraine’s defenses and ensure the Trump administration doesn’t seek a ceasefire on terms that reward Moscow for invading its neighbor
March 03, 2025
Even as they have rallied to Volodymyr Zelenskiy's side after his Oval Office clash with Donald Trump, European leaders' approach to the war in
March 03, 2025
5 key takeaways from a frenetic weekend of Ukraine diplomacy
March 03, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Europe must take responsibility for defending itself as world leaders met in London to discuss working together to stop Russia’s war in Ukraine
March 02, 2025
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that some European leaders had privately set out new plans on defence spending during a meeting in London, but he declined to give details,
March 02, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S.
March 01, 2025
NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Saturday he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that he needs to find a way to restore his relationship with U.S.
March 01, 2025
Western allies rally around Zelensky after Trump spat deepens rift with Europe
March 01, 2025
Romania's defence spending could reach 3% of GDP in stages in one to two years, interim President Ilie Bolojan said on Friday, signalling a further rise in its target as U.S.
February 28, 2025
Latvia’s foreign minister is warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to achieve in peace talks what he hasn’t been able to accomplish in his war against Ukraine — weaken the United States and restore control over his smaller neighbor
February 26, 2025
Pro-Russia Romanian presidential candidate questioned by prosecutors, his team says
February 26, 2025
The Kremlin, asked about an assertion by U.S.
February 25, 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday he would increase annual defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 and target a 3% level last seen
February 25, 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. will raise defense spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027
February 25, 2025
The United States will lose if Russia wins its war in Ukraine, Finland's president said on Monday, as fears mount in Europe about President Donald Trump's intentions
February 24, 2025
A dozen leaders from Europe and Canada are in Ukraine to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion and discuss support with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
February 24, 2025
The leaders of France and Britain are making tag-team visits to Washington this week
February 23, 2025
Germany's likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz questioned on Sunday whether NATO would remain in its "current form" by June in light of comments by U.S.
February 23, 2025
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he was willing to give up his position if it meant peace in Ukraine, adding
February 23, 2025
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country will decide whether Ukraine joins the European Union
February 22, 2025
NATO is planning to build a pipeline system from Germany to Poland and the Czech Republic to ensure a rapid supply of jet fuel for fighter aircraft in the event of a war with Russia
February 22, 2025
U.S.
February 22, 2025
Adapting civilian platforms for military use can speed up defence production while increasing standardization, the CEO of Norway's Kongsberg Gruppen said, as
February 21, 2025
Europe needs to spend around 250 billion euros ($261.6 billion) annually in defence investments to secure itself without U.S. support, a sum the bloc could bear given its economic
February 21, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron says he intends to tell U
February 21, 2025
Political and military leaders in Europe are fleshing out details of a plan for European forces to help ensure Moscow does not attack Ukraine again once the guns fall silent
February 21, 2025
Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz said on Thursday the U.S. was at risk of sliding into longer-term authoritarian instability, casting doubt on Washington's presence for
February 20, 2025
Why should a country want or need allies? President Donald Trump and his followers seem to disdain the idea. So did George Washington.
February 20, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine three years ago has turned into Europe’s largest conflict since World War II
February 20, 2025
The Kremlin said on Thursday that any plan to send European troops to Ukraine as part of a potential peacekeeping mission would be unacceptable for Russia and that it was monitoring
February 20, 2025
Europe should wake up and build its own defence policy following a dramatic shift by the United States over Ukraine and geopolitical developments in recent months, Greek Prime
February 20, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed the importance of security guarantees for Kyiv in any discussion of a
February 19, 2025
As Trump’s attacks on Zelensky turn personal, there’s only one winner: Russia
February 19, 2025Denmark will increase its military budget by a combined 50 billion crowns ($6.99 billion) this year and next to address acute
February 19, 2025
Polish call centre worker Katarzyna Paprota, 48, says the dramatic shift in United States policy towards Russia and Ukraine
February 19, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lauded U.S.
February 19, 2025
Faced with U.S. demands to provide the military muscle to enforce a future Ukraine peace deal, Europe finds itself in a bind.
February 18, 2025
Russia on Tuesday demanded NATO scrap its 2008 promise to one day give Ukraine membership of the U.S.-led NATO military alliance and
February 18, 2025
Poland's president said on Tuesday that U.S. officials had assured him that Washington did not intend to lower troop numbers in eastern Europe, as he gave a statement to reporters
February 18, 2025
France plans to a host a second meeting to discuss Ukraine and European security on Wednesday, but has this time invited European countries not present earlier this week and NATO ally
February 18, 2025The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was serious about negotiating a settlement to end the war in Ukraine as high-level talks began in Saudi Arabia, and
February 18, 2025
European leaders have insisted their governments must have a say in talks between the U.S. and Russia to end the war in Ukraine, as both Moscow and Washington said there was no role for Europe in the negotiations that could shape the future of the continent
February 17, 2025
European leaders meeting in Paris for emergency talks on Monday called for higher spending to ramp up the continent's defence
February 17, 2025
Barred from US-Russia talks on Ukraine, Europe scrambles for response with Paris summit
February 17, 2025
Keith Kellogg, U.S.
February 17, 2025
European and German fiscal rules would need to be reformed if higher defence spending was agreed among European partners, German Finance Minister Joerg Kukies said
February 17, 2025
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to see a strong and sovereign Europe, he said on Monday, ahead of hastily arranged talks in Paris following signals that the United
February 17, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron will host European leaders, including Britain's prime minister on Monday for an emergency summit on the Ukraine war after U.S.
February 16, 2025
Trump offers key concessions to Putin ahead of Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia
February 17, 2025British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday he was ready to send British troops to Ukraine as part of any postwar peacekeeping force as he tried to show
February 16, 2025
They should not have been surprised.
February 16, 2025
An isolated Europe worries the US will negotiate on Ukraine badly without it
February 16, 2025European countries will not create one unified army in response to threats from Russia, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview with state TV broadcast late
February 16, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his country would work to ensure the U.S. and Europe remained together and that they should not allow divisions to
February 15, 2025
This was a disorienting week for those anxious over how the new Trump administration will fulfill Donald Trump's vow to end the Ukraine war.
February 14, 2025
A Czech-led initiative to supply Ukraine with large-calibre ammunition has delivered 1.6 million shells and will continue, Czech President Petr Pavel said on Saturday, a year after
February 15, 2025
Germany's defence minister said it was a mistake for U.S.
February 14, 2025
Zelensky warns days of guaranteed US support for Europe are over, as Kellogg says Europeans won’t be at table for peace talks
February 15, 2025
U.S.
February 15, 2025
Russia is relishing a series of contradictory White House messages on Ukraine
February 15, 2025European countries need to invest now in defence because it is not possible to assume that the United States' presence on the continent will last forever, U.S.
February 14, 2025
The European Commission will propose exempting defence from EU limits on government spending, the head of the EU executive, Ursula von der Leyen, said on
February 14, 2025
The credit ratings of Europe's NATO members are likely to suffer if they ramp up defence spending in line with U.S.
February 14, 2025
U.S.
February 14, 2025
A senior U.S. official on Thursday said the United States had not ruled out potential NATO membership for Ukraine or a negotiated return to its pre-2014 borders,
February 13, 2025
Increasingly alarmed that U.S. security priorities lie elsewhere, a group of European countries has been working on a plan to send troops to Ukraine to help enforce any future peace settlement with Russia
February 14, 2025
There must be no peace in Ukraine over the heads of Ukrainians and Europeans, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Friday at the start of the Munich Security Conference
February 14, 2025
Britain remains committed to Ukraine being on "an irreversible path to NATO" membership, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, after the United
February 14, 2025
Ukrainians on Thursday worried that U.S.
February 13, 2025
Russian drone attacks damaged port infrastructure in southern Ukraine, officials said on Thursday, while neighbouring Moldova said two drones had blown up on its soil and NATO member
February 13, 2025U.S.
February 13, 2025
Russian officials and state media have taken a triumphant tone after President Donald Trump jettisoned three years of U.S. policy and announced he would likely meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a peace deal in the almost three-year-long war in Ukraine
February 13, 2025
Europe fears Trump-Putin ‘dirty deal’ as Ukraine scrambles for a seat at the table
February 13, 2025Estonia's navy is prepared to act against vessels that pose a danger to Baltic Sea infrastructure even if they are in international waters, a senior
February 13, 2025
U.S.
February 13, 2025
Ukraine could still become a NATO member in the future if it fulfils all conditions, Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson said on Thursday.
February 13, 2025
Ukraine and Europe should not be excluded from future peace talks on the Ukraine war, Kyiv's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha told Le Monde newspaper in an interview released on
February 13, 2025
The German army's battle-readiness is less than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, military officials, lawmakers and defence experts told Reuters.
February 13, 2025
Germany holds elections on February 23, with its army's battle-readiness less than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 - a precarious position as Europe faces a new geopolitical era
February 13, 2025
European leaders warned the United States on Thursday against sealing a Ukraine peace deal with Russia behind their backs as they
February 13, 2025
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Thursday that any peace deal in Ukraine must be enduring and that any discussions must include Kyiv.
February 13, 2025
U.S.
February 13, 2025
By saying Ukraine’s NATO membership is “impractical” and the return of Russian-occupied territories to Kyiv is “unrealistic,” the Trump administration is giving its blessing to key items on President Vladimir Putin’s wish list — even before a potential settlement of the conflict
February 13, 2025
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