Category: Defence and Security
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Greece Draws the First Loan From Europe’s Vast New Defence Fund
Athens: Greece has become the first country to draw cash from Europe’s vast new defence…
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Europe and Japan Take Their Defence Pact Out to Sea
Tokyo: The security partnership that Europe and Japan signed in late 2024 was billed at…
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Brussels Lines Up Five Cross-Border Defence Projects
Brussels: The European Commission has put five joint defence projects on the table, unveiling on…
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New Zealand and Europe Open a Security Track in Wellington
Wellington: The European Union and New Zealand have started to turn a trade relationship into…
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Rapid Defence Innovation Fund Wins 115 Million Euro in Backing
Turin: In a city where aerospace and defence engineering still anchor the local economy, a…
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SAFE Loans Reach Poland and Cyprus as Europe Rearms
Brussels: The European Commission confirmed this week that its SAFE loans are now reaching national…
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Australia Becomes Europe’s Fourth Indo-Pacific Security Partner
Canberra: Australia has signed a Security and Defence Partnership with the European Union, joining a…
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Europe’s Five Defence Projects Face a Funding Test
Brussels: Europe has spent three years talking about defending itself together. Now it has a…
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Japan and Europe Move From Trade Partners to Defence Allies
Madrid: A partnership that began with cars and semiconductors is turning, quietly, into one about…
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Can a European Drone Wall Actually Stop the Next Incursion
Helsinki: Europe has decided it needs a drone wall, and the harder question is whether…
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Seoul and Brussels Widen a Defence Pact Beyond Korea
Seoul: European and South Korean officials spent the middle of May turning a signed page…
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Why North Korea’s War Role Now Lands on Europe’s Sanctions Desk
Strasbourg: A country most Europeans rarely think about has forced its way onto the continent’s…
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Five Flagship Defence Projects Enter Europe’s Rearmament Plan
Brussels: The European Commission put five joint defence projects at the centre of the bloc’s…
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Defence Spending Rises Fast Yet the 5 Percent Goal Stays Distant
Warsaw: In the capital that now devotes a larger share of its economy to soldiers…
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Korean Arms Makers Dig Deeper Into Europe’s Rearmament Drive
Seoul: Europe spent three years learning that it could not rearm on its own production…
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Ukraine Drone Deal Ties Kyiv’s Skills to EU Factories
A new pact signed this week binds Ukraine’s battlefield-tested engineers to the bloc’s factories, on…
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Commission Unveils Five Joint Defence Projects for a Shared Shield
Brussels: The European Commission unveiled five joint defence projects on 3 July 2026, launching the…
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A Year On, the EU-Japan Defence Pact Faces Its First Trials
Tokyo: More than a year after Brussels and Tokyo signed their first security pact outside…
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Why Europe’s Drone Wall Rides on Joint Defence Projects
Brussels: Europe’s much-discussed drone wall has moved from slogan to procurement, and the shift reveals…
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Europe and South Korea Steer Their Defence Pact Seaward
Busan: Europe and South Korea are giving their young security and defence partnership a distinctly…
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Croatia Draws Its First SAFE Loans as EU Defence Fund Pays Out
Brussels: The European Commission has started paying out its SAFE loans, sending Croatia a first…
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Drones and Seabed Sensors Anchor Europe’s Joint Defence Projects
Helsinki: Finnish officers who watch the border with Russia have long argued that Europe buys…
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Defence Readiness Deal Slashes EU Permit Delays to 100 Days
European negotiators have moved to tear up the red tape that slows the continent’s arms…
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Why Europe Signed Its First Defence Pact in Africa
Accra: Europe has redrawn its security map of West Africa, and the Ghana partnership sits…