A new NATO-led air defense mission in Poland sprang into action this week by scrambling F-35 jets in response to a potential ...

President also plans to ask for "financial contribution" for maintenance of remaining troops, European diplomatic source said ...

NATO’s new role as the command hub for air defense in Poland is the latest push to have the alliance shoulder more responsibility, U.S. Army Col. Martin O’Donnell, spokesman for Supreme Headquarters ...

Germany, Poland, Britain, France and Italy will implement as swiftly as possible new NATO targets for weapons and troop numbers which the alliance is about to agree upon, German Defence Minister ...

Europe should welcome rather than rebuff U.S. President Donald Trump's call for other NATO members to ramp up their military ...

The meeting of the defence ministers from the EU's largest countries together with the deputy defence minister of Great Britain comes as Poland begins its rotating presidency of the EU and as Europe ...

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday said that he would seek the "closest possible" cooperation with the United States despite "objective difficulties", speaking days before US president-elect ...

The defence ministers of Germany, France, Britain, Italy, and Poland — Europe’s five largest military spenders — said they plan to keep investing more in defence but that meeting US President-elect ...

Andrzej Duda is the president of Poland, an increasingly important economic and geopolitical force in Europe. On Tuesday, Jan ...

A Polish soldier holds a Nato flag at a ceremony last year. Warsaw doubled its defence spending after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 ...

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Poland is spending at least €2.5bn (£2.1bn) on its border ...

Trump’s demand that the Nato allies spend significantly more on defence is the opening salvo in a new era of transatlantic tensions.