by | Apr 3, 2025 | Security
ATHENS, Greece — Greece will spend 25 billion euros ($27 billion) over the next decade to adapt its military to evolving high-tech warfare technologies, officials announced Wednesday. Defense Minister Nikos Dendias told parliament the overhaul will be built around a...
by | Apr 2, 2025 | Security
Pete Hegseth will not attend a gathering of 50 countries to coordinate military support for Ukraine, multiple European officials and a U.S. official said — the first time the coalition will gather without America’s secretary of defense participating. The group will...
by | Apr 2, 2025 | Security
MANILA, Philippines — The U.S. State Department has approved a prospective sale of 20 F-16 aircraft to the Philippines, part of a larger package that includes hundreds of medium-range, air-to-air missiles, bombs, anti-aircraft guns and ammunition, worth $5.58 billion....
by | Apr 2, 2025 | Security
PARIS — France is calling for a new European plan to ramp up ammunition production, including of complex ordnance such as missiles, and wants to move forward at a meeting of European Union defense ministers in Warsaw this week, French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien...
by | Apr 1, 2025 | Security
MILAN — Finland, which shares NATO’s longest border with Russia, will withdraw from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines, according to President Alexander Stubb. The decision comes shortly after Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland said they were...
