Nato to beef up defence of Europe’s eastern flank after Poland shot down drones
Nato announced plans to beef up the defence of Europe’s eastern flank on Friday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first ...
Nato military leaders expected to meet on Wednesday to discuss Ukraine, sources say
Nato military leaders are expected to meet on Wednesday to discuss Ukraine and the way forward, a US official and Nato official told Reuters on Tuesday.
The US official, who ...
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Russia eyes defense cuts as FM Lavrov predicts NATO may implode under budget strain
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow planned to cut its defence spending, but that he thought a decision by NATO members to increase their own defence ...
With defence spending set to rise, Trump reassures NATO allies
NATO leaders were set to sign up on Wednesday to a big increase in defence spending at a short summit tailor-made for U.S. President Donald Trump, who struck a ...
Mitsotakis says all NATO members should commit to defence spending target
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that all 32 members of the NATO alliance should do their part in defence spending and commit to the agreed target so that ...
Spain does not expect repercussions from not meeting NATO’s 5% spending target
Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said on Wednesday his country does not expect any repercussions from its refusal to meet the defence spending target of 5% of gross domestic product to ...
Russian missile attack kills 17 as Zelenskiy presses Nato allies for support
A Russian missile attack in southeastern Ukraine on Tuesday killed at least 17 people and caused sweeping damage, officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Kyiv’s allies at a Nato ...
Dutch launch operation Orange Shield to keep Nato summit safe
The Netherlands has launched operation Orange Shield to protect next week’s Nato summit, deploying combat helicopters, sea patrols, over 10,000 military and police personnel, bomb squads and air defence systems.
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NATO leader urges huge expansion of air and missile protection
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will use a speech in London on Monday to say the military alliance needs a 400% increase in air and missile defence, one of the priorities ...
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Rubio says NATO members ready to agree 5% defense spending by June summit
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that all NATO members will have agreed on a goal of spending the equivalent to 5% of GDP on defense over the ...
Dutch PM confirms Rutte’s call for higher NATO defence spend
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has proposed that alliance members meet higher targets for defence spending by 2032, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Friday.
Reuters reported last week that ...
Germany’s Merz says he is more hopeful about Nato’s future now
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday he was more optimistic about the future of the Nato alliance than he was three months ago, when he questioned its continued existence ...
White House national security adviser Waltz being forced out, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz is being forced out of his job, four people briefed on the matter said on Thursday, in the first ...
US admiral at Nato fired in expanding national security purge
US Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, who holds a senior position in Nato, has been fired as part of what appears to be an expanding national security purge of top ...
Three of four missing US Army soldiers found dead in Lithuania
Three of the four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in Lithuania last week when their vehicle sunk in a peat bog have been found dead at the site, ...
Vehicle of US soldiers missing in Lithuania found submerged in water, US Army says
A vehicle used by four US Army soldiers that went missing on Tuesday afternoon in Lithuania has been found submerged in water and the search for the missing soldiers is ...
Cyprus to call for ‘no different treatment of invaders’ on European armament
Cyprus is to push for “no different treatment of invaders” with regard to the European Union’s plans to boost its military defences, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday, ...
The end of the irrelevant discussion of Cyprus joining Nato
By Loukis Skaliotis
Worrying as world events have been in the last few days, at least they will prove useful in putting to rest the totally irrelevant, on and off ...
Europe can’t turn Uncle Sam into ‘Uncle Sucker,’ US defence secretary says
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth rejected criticism on Thursday of Washington’s negotiating strategy with Russia on the war in Ukraine and warned Europe against treating America like a “sucker” ...
Akel leader Stefanou sets out opposition to Nato
Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Sunday expressed his opposition to what he described as the government’s efforts to “integrate Cyprus into Nato”.
Speaking at his party’s youth wing ...
Nato chief Rutte says Europe will pay for US arms for Ukraine
Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday urged the United States to keep supplying Ukraine with weapons to fight Russia’s invasion and said he was sure Europe was ready ...
Rutte says NATO must spend smarter on defence or face bill of 3.7 per cent of GDP
NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Monday the alliance’s military capability targets may require members to spend as much as 3.7% of GDP on defence but this figure could be ...
US may offer financial assistance to upgrade Paphos air base
The United States may offer financial assistance to the Republic of Cyprus to upgrade the Andreas Papandreou air base in Paphos, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday.
Speaking to newspaper ...
Nato accession genie now out of the bottle
Cyprus acceding to Nato – easier said than done? If so, why did the government float the idea, with President Nikos Christodoulides sounding sanguine about the prospects? A trial balloon, intended ...