Analysis
NATO’s 5% Target Explained: What It Means and Where Greece Stands
NATO Allies pledged at The Hague to invest 5% of GDP a year in defence by 2035. Here is what…
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Europe
News from the European Union, NATO and European capitals on security, defense and politics.
Europe
Zelensky: territory only at leaders’ level in the November trilateral talks, with a US-Ukraine-EU-NATO meeting planned in Brussels
In an interview on October 25 Zelensky said territorial questions are a red line to be discussed only at leaders’…
Europe
UK, Ukraine and Latvia sign deal to extend grain-tracing scheme against Russian theft of Ukrainian grain
The UK, Ukraine and Latvia signed a memorandum bringing Latvia into the Grain Verification Scheme, which traces Ukrainian grain stolen…
Balkans
Serbia election: Vučić concedes defeat as the Students’ List takes 52.6% with 97% of polling stations counted
Serbia’s snap parliamentary election on October 25 ended the era of dominance of former president Aleksandar Vučić: the Students’ List…
Asia-Pacific
Integrity Tech: UK’s NCSC and allies call out a Chinese company that helped hackers steal sensitive data
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre and nine partner agencies from seven countries said on October 8 that China-based Integrity…
Drones
Spain plugs its ARACNE counter-drone system into the national air defence network during the ATLAS 26 exercise
Indra and EM&E announced that the ARACNE counter-drone system, already in service with the Spanish armed forces, was integrated into…
Europe
Romania and Turkey: Neculăescu and Fidan agree to work more closely on Black Sea security after the Khoryv attack
Romania’s new foreign minister Dan Neculăescu held his first talks with Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on October 24, a day…
Europe
Strait of Hormuz: Britain and France lead planning of the multinational mission, with autonomous mine-hunting already in the region
A UK defence minister told the House of Commons on October 23 that London and Paris are leading planning for…
Air Force
Finland receives two more F-35As at Rovaniemi: four of the new fighters are now on Finnish soil
Two more F-35As, JF-509 and JF-511, landed at Lapland Air Wing in Rovaniemi on October 23, the second delivery of…
Air Force
Switzerland’s F-35A: government admits weaknesses in the “fixed price” negotiation and weighs changes to arms procurement
The Federal Council accepts six of the seven recommendations of the National Council’s oversight committee on the F-35A “fixed price”…
Economy & Energy
Jackdaw gas field gets UK green light: 6% more domestic gas at peak and a new £2 billion Energy Wealth Fund
The UK has cleared the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea to start production, with gas due from the…
Europe
UK and Oman reaffirm Omani sovereignty over its waters in the Strait of Hormuz in joint statement after the Sultan’s State Visit
The joint statement issued by Downing Street on 23 October cites UNCLOS and Oman’s sovereignty over its waters in Hormuz,…