Australia will increase defense spending by A$50,3 billion (US$32 billion) over the next decade and modernize weapons, notably missiles, drones and warships. Most of the new expenditure, which will total 330 billion Australian dollars over the next 10 years, will be realized in the last five...
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stressed that it is necessary to urgently increase defense spending across Europe in order to be ready to resist Russian "aggression". The European security and defense sector, as Sanchez pointed out, has been neglected, resulting in an investment shortfall of 56 billion euros, Euroweekly News reported. "We have fewer opportunities, we suffer...
On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of NATO, two important dates from recent Macedonian history were marked in the Ministry of Defense with a solemn ceremony - the fourth anniversary of the country's admission to the Alliance and 32 years since the establishment of the General Staff of the Army. On that occasion with the signature of the Minister of Defense Slavjanka Petrovska and...
According to the recently published Balkan Defense Monitor 2024, Serbia is the leading country in the region in terms of defense spending, which amounted to 2% of its GDP in 2023, followed by North Macedonia with 1,7% and Albania with 1,6%. The latter two countries, both of which are NATO members, are projected to reach the …
Who spends the most on defense in the Balkans: Serbia is the leader, Macedonia second Read More »
The prime minister of Estonia, Kaja Kalas, said that there is an urgent need for the development of the European defense industry and that she supports the idea of appointing a European commissioner in charge of it. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, previously fueled the debate when she promised that if she gets a second mandate, the EC Commission will have a defense commissioner. Some…
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