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NATO meetings with Romania and Bulgaria sharpen focus on Black Sea and eastern flank
Meetings at NATO headquarters on Thursday placed Romania and Bulgaria at the centre of the Alliance’s eastern flank posture, underlining the Black Sea’s continued strategic importance and the pressure to sustain investment, readiness and support for Ukraine. NATO used a…
NATO weighs eastward fuel pipeline expansion as alliance focuses on logistics shortfalls
A senior NATO official has called for the alliance’s Cold War-era fuel pipeline network to be extended further east, underlining growing concern over whether NATO can sustain large-scale operations on its eastern flank in a future conflict with Russia. NATO…
Macron and Merz to discuss FCAS as pressure grows on Europe’s flagship fighter project
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are expected to discuss the troubled Future Combat Air System on the margins of the EU summit, as industrial conflict between Dassault and Airbus raises fresh doubts over one of Europe’s…
EU weighs stronger Aspides role as Hormuz crisis tests Europe’s maritime reach
Foreign ministers are discussing whether to reinforce the EU’s Aspides naval mission as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz exposes the limits of Europe’s ability to protect key shipping routes. The European Union is once again confronting the gap…
From FPVs to ground robots: Ukrainian firms at BEDEX show how battlefield technology is evolving
From bomber drones and interceptors to ground robots and autonomous control, Ukrainian companies at BEDEX showed how wartime innovation is reshaping the future of combat At this week’s BEDEX exhibition in Brussels, Ukraine’s defence technology sector did not merely display…
‘From Bucha to Brussels’: Baltic and Nordic states seek entry ban on Russian combatants
Eight EU member states have called on the bloc’s leadership to prepare a Schengen entry ban for people who have served in the Russian armed forces, marking the clearest coordinated push yet for an EU-wide response to a growing long-term…
Belgium to launch drone and interception system production with Ukraine
Belgium is to begin domestic production of drones and anti-drone systems in cooperation with Ukraine’s defence industry, in a move that reflects the growing influence of Ukrainian battlefield technology on European defence planning, according to BX1’s report on Theo Francken’s…
European defence build-up gathers pace as missile shields and spending targets move centre stage
Europe’s defence debate is no longer centred on whether to spend more, but on how quickly governments can convert political commitments into deployable capability. Across the continent, missile defence, drone interception, ammunition output and cross-border procurement have moved to the…
Poland seeks greater autonomy in nuclear deterrence as Europe revisits defence integration
Poland has moved the question of nuclear deterrence closer to the centre of the European security debate after Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Warsaw wants “as much autonomy as possible” in this field and is holding talks with France and…
HMS Dragon: Royal Navy Destroyer Heads to Cyprus Amid Rising Tensions
In the early hours of a warm Mediterranean morning, the familiar calm of the Akrotiri peninsula was punctured by the buzz of an approaching drone. Within moments, it exploded on the perimeter of RAF Akrotiri, sending a plume of smoke…