At just 1.55 per cent of its 2024 GDP, Portugal's investment in defence places it close to the bottom of the list. Lisbon committed at last summer's NATO summit in Washington to reach the two-per ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states of the alliance on Monday to step up defence spending beyond their ...

We know that the goal of 2%, now set a decade ago, will not be enough to meet the challenges of tomorrow,' says Rutte - ...

LISBON - NATO Secretary General ... pledge to meet the 2% goal by 2029. In 2023, Portugal spent 1.5% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on its NATO commitments. "We know that the goal of 2% ...

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Lajes Field in the Azores in 2022. The base in the Portuguese island ...

NATO's Rutte ... Rutte spoke in Lisbon alongside Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, who reiterated his country's pledge to meet the 2% goal by 2029. In 2023, Portugal spent 1.5% of its ...

Portugal on Monday said it was ready to bring forward its planned increases on defence spending -- among the lowest in NATO - ...

On July 18, 1955, 158 members of parliament from the then-15 member countries of NATO gathered at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris to affirm their conviction that security is best assured when it ...