MADRID - Madrid is not bowing to pressure from US President Donald Trump to raise the Iberian country's defence spending to 5 ...

NATO's own figures, quoted by broadcaster Al Jazeera, show that in 2024, by percentage of GDP, the biggest spending members ...

In the case of Spain, which spent just 1.28 percent on defence in 2024, its capital Madrid lies 3,450 kilometres from Moscow.

SPAIN has refused to increase its military spending – the lowest in NATO – to maintain a defence budget of just 1.32% of GDP ...

NATO is testing its ability to rapidly deploy across eastern Europe — without direct U.S. assistance — as Washington shifts its approach toward European defense and the war in Ukraine. The six ...

While NATO countries living near the Russian border pay well over two percent of their GDP on defense, those further away pay ...