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 braces for the unpredictability of a new Donald Trump presidency.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk advocated for increased defense spending across NATO on Jan. 15, arguing that if all European members matched Poland’s spending, NATO’s defense budget would be ten times that of Russia’s.

Hundreds of Swedish troops have arrived in Latvia to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO’s eastern flank

Slovakia’s pro-Russian prime minister has raised the prospect of his country leaving the European Union and Nato, arguing that world events could consign them to the “history books”.

The Ryanair flight from the UK was forced to abort its landing and divert to Poland following mysterious interference just as it was about to touch down in Lithuania

Nato warplanes were scrambled overnight because of a major Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.

War veterans and representatives of Warsaw city authorities gathered on Monday at the grave of Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, the legendary World War Two ‘Courier from Warsaw’. He died in Warsaw 20 years ago,

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region

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