NATO chief Mark Rutte has proposed alliance members boost defence spending to 3.5% of GDP and commit a further 1.5% to ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is urging the 32 member nations to devote more funds, equipment and political energy to the ...

NATO, and its alliance of nations, is home to one of the largest stockpiles of artillery forces in the world This impressive ...

NATO’s strength doesn’t necessarily come from its aircraft or tanks, but from its sizable financial investments in these ...

Sánchez said the government will raise defense spending by 10.5 billion euros ($12 billion) to reach NATO’s target of 2% of ...

Rutte was in Washington on Thursday for meetings with senior US officials, two months before he's due to chair a summit of US ...

NATO’s current defence spending goal is at ... Italy, Portugal, Canada, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Belgium and Spain were near the bottom of the list, all at or under 1.5%. Leaders of some of those ...

NATO has been in disarray since February ... Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain did not. Spain does expect to reach the goal this year, but ...

Slovenia and Spain did not. The United States is now estimated to have spent 3.19% of GDP in 2024, down from 3.68% a decade ago when all NATO members vowed to increase defence spending after ...