Ignacio Molina, senior fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute, a think tank in Madrid, said Spain's geographic distance from ...

In the Trump-brokered agreement for NATO to increase its defense spending, 'defense-related' projects take on a new ...

Like many Western democracies, Spain needs more people. Last year the national birthrate was 1.4, the second lowest in the ...

Spain is not the only sceptic among NATO’s ranks. Slovakia, while less vocal, has also expressed ambiguity towards the 5% threshold. President Peter Pellegrini formally backed the target in The Hague, ...

In Spain, “digital sovereignty” now means putting up barriers to restrict American tech companies while outsourcing the ...

Spain is no longer considering the option of buying U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets and is choosing between European-made ...

Spain has considered adopting the F-35B, the STOVL variant that is employed by the Royal Navy, the Italian Navy (Marina Militare), and which is now being acquired by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense ...

Spain, for example, has flat-out refused to spend 5 percent on defense. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told NATO ...

By all accounts, the 2025 NATO Summit, held from June 24–26 in The Hague and hosted by the Netherlands, was a huge success. President Donald Trump’s pressure on NATO allies to spend more on defense, ...

NATO is absolutely convinced that Spain will have to spend 3.5% to get there,” Rutte added. Sanchez’s antics threatened to derail the summit.

Spain is climbing the global military ladder, well ahead of its southern neighbour, Morocco, according to the latest Global ...

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference after the plenary session at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Markus Schreiber/Associated ...