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Members of German army Bundeswehr exercise during a presentation to German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius during his visit to the airborne brigade of German army Bundeswehr in Saarlouis, Germany, 17 September 2024. Photo: Reuters
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Germany to boost military by up to 60,000 troops under new NATO targets

A serviceman of the 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun toward Russian positions, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, on a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine May 30, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov
Europe

Russia and Ukraine to talk about peace but are still far apart

FILE PHOTO: The logo of NATO is seen at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in the NATO defence ministers' session together with Sweden as the invitee, at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
Europe

America's next top general in Europe will also lead NATO forces: officials

Flags flutter as the NATO foreign ministers' meeting takes place at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
Europe

NATO to ask Berlin for seven more brigades under new targets: sources

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a press conference, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Europe

Putin's demands for peace include an end to NATO enlargement: sources

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Europe

Russia-backed group hacked into networks of police and NATO: Dutch authorities

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius speaks at the joint press conference on the day of the meeting of the European Group of Five Defence Ministers at the Italian Air Force Headquarters in Rome, Italy May 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Europe

German defence minister does not rule out return of military draft

A girl plays under a Romanian flag, at a rally in support of the European Union, ahead of the presidential election run-off, in Bucharest, Romania, May 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu
Europe

Romanians vote in presidential run-off that could widen EU rifts

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives to the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Musk calls on US to quit NATO, stop paying for defense of Europe

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski during their meeting, at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, February 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Europe

Rubio says he discussed with Poland the 'need' for NATO allies to raise spending

FILE PHOTO: European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
Europe

Fast-moving Ukraine diplomacy means Europeans must do more: official

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, British Defence Secretary John Healey, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov attend a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on the eve of a NATO defence ministers' meeting at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium 12 February 2025. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
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Hegseth says Ukraine cannot expect return to old borders, NATO membership

Robert Brieger, chairman of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), poses for a family photo with other attendees during the informal EU ministerial meeting on defence in Toledo, Spain August 30, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo
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EU military chief says it would make sense to put European troops in Greenland: Welt