NATO is strengthening the Swedish island of Gotland as a strategic fortress in the Baltic Sea amid growing concerns over potential Russian military threats.

The clause in NATO’s founding treaty is an “instrument” Romania can use, the foreign minister said after a drone, alleged to be Russian, wounded two civilians.

Defense analysts explain why NATO's spending gap persisted for decades and what finally pushed European allies to increase military investments.

The "Northern Star" exercise incorporates the need for NATO to modernise its deterrence as Russian strikes aimed at Ukraine violate NATO territory in Romania and elsewhere. View on euronews

RUSSIA has issued a chilling warning to Europe that nobody “will sleep peacefully” following a Romanian block of flats being hit by a drone. The warning has come as Vladimir Putin

Several people have been hurt after a Russian drone smashed into an apartment block in Romania. The explosive hit the building in Galati, a city in the east of the country, which is a member of Nato.

Romania says a Russian drone hit a block of flats in the country, which it calls a "grave escalation". Vladimir Putin has responded - and explained why he said the Ukraine war is coming to an end. Follow the latest on the conflict and the NATO response to events in Romania.

Residents of Narva, NATO’s easternmost city, gathered along a promenade beneath a medieval Estonian castle May 9. But with their backs turned toward the European Union — Ukrainian and Estonian flags hanging from the fortress walls — the crowd’s attention was fixed across the river border on a bright display of Russian spectacle.