Labour peer Lord Robertson of Port Ellen told the House of Lords that experts are questioning the Government’s £75 billion figure.
Turkey will likely announce support for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s bid to take over as the next NATO secretary-general. Rutte is expected to visit Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, although the trip is not on Rutte’s public agenda.Erdogan is expected to make the decision over the course of the meeting or soon after, sources close to the Turkish leader told Bloomberg. It could be announced within a few weeks, the news agency reported.
Finland applied to join the Nato alliance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Tuesday that the United Kingdom will increase defense spending to at least 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2030. It will mean approximately $90 billion in additional spending by 2030. Sunak has also announced an additional $622 million U.K. aid allotment for Ukraine. Sunak’s statement appears precipitated, at […]
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said providing Ukraine with the firepower to beat back Russian invaders should be the priority for the alliance.
Turkey is backing outgoing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte as new Nato chief, Dutch media reported on Monday, citing both Turkish and Nato sources. Rutte was in Turkey on Friday to meet prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and said the talks had been “extremely positive”. Hungary, Slovakia and Romania have not yet made their preferences clear and Rutte will need the support of all 32 Nato members to get the top job. Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has put himself forward
The manufacturer is shifting attention to alliance requirements in the aftermath of the US Army cancelling its next-generation Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) effort.
Donald Trump has warned Nato members they will be on their “own” unless they increase their defence spending if he wins a second term.]]>
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Turkey has told its NATO allies that Ankara will back the Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s candidacy for the military alliance’s secretary general position, a senior Turkish official said Monday. The official said Turkey notified NATO allies' diplomats in Brussels on Monday. The decision comes three days after Rutte
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