LISBON (Reuters) - The 23 EU members who also belong to NATO are likely to agree to raise the defence spending target above the current 2% of national output at a June summit of the alliance that will set a new level, European Council President Antonio Costa said.

As tensions rise, NATO has launched Baltic Sentry 2025 to enhance security and resilience. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has emphasized the need for greater coordination in protecting critical infrastructure from sabotage.

The EU and Nato have taken a vow of silence over Greenland after Denmark requested its key allies refrain from reacting to Donald Trump’s threats to seize the Arctic island. Copenhagen’s strategy of avoiding public confrontation with Trump,

NATO has started a process to share some of its highly classified capability targets — which determine what kind of weapons and equipment member countries need to produce — with the defense industry,

Half of Poles believe Ukraine should not join NATO or the European Union until the issue of exhuming victims of the Volhynia massacre is resolved, according to a new IBRiS survey published by Rzeczpospolita.

Sir Keir Starmer is facing pressure from European leaders to join a €500 billion defence scheme, amid threats to Nato by Donald Trump.

President also plans to ask for "financial contribution" for maintenance of remaining troops, European diplomatic source said.

The European Union is set to accelerate Ukraine’s EU membership talks, with plans to open two clusters of negotiations by mid-2025, according to EU

In an address to EU lawmakers, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk urged the 27-nation bloc to 'take control' of its own security.

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the Ukraine war, Iran and China on Tuesday in their first phone call since the Trump administration took office on Jan.

Slovakia’s pro-Russian prime minister has raised the prospect of his country leaving the European Union and Nato, arguing that world events could consign them to the “history books”.

The EU and its member states are committed to spending more and better together on defence in response to the unprecedented threats and security challenges that Europe is currently facing. Between 2021 and 2024,