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Lithuanian President touts 5% of GDP on defence in ‘coming years’
EU leaders want to ramp up defence production and capacity but have so far been unable to agree on how…
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EU Parliament political groups strike deal on four new committees
The mandates of the committees – which will scrutinise and report on legislative proposals – will now have to be…
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NATO chief urges citizens to ‘make sacrifices’ to up defence spending
The 32 NATO allies are currently in discussion to increase the defence spending benchmark from the current 2% of GDP.…
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EU seeks to reduce defence dependency on US over longer term
The EU will vow a ‘strong transatlantic partnership’ on defence, a senior Commission official said on Monday, but dependence on…
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Polish EU presidency to focus on energy, defence and economic security
With Trump’s arrival in the US White House, a new EU Commission and the ongoing war in Ukraine, security in…
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Defence spending boost: Which EU countries are investing the most?
Largely fuelled by the war in Ukraine, EU member states’ military spending peaked at €279 billion in 2023, with 2024…
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EU ‘defence bonds’ cheaper if national budgets frontloaded: Kubilius
Andrius Kubilius is expected to draw up a White Paper on European Defence within his first three months in office,…
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Russian defence spending rises to record high – a third of the budget
This article was originally published in Russian Next year, Moscow’s spending on the military and security forces will exceed spending on…
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US intelligence warns defence companies of Russian sabotage threat
US intelligence officials warned American defence companies on Thursday to increase security precautions following several acts of sabotage in Europe…
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EU plans to boost air and missile defence with 18 member states
This article was originally published in French Nearly 20 EU member states have signed a letter of intent to step up…
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