The new Belgium government had said last month it would reach this threshold by 2029. Defence spending is currently around 1.3% of Belgian GDP, and has never reached the 2% level before. De Wever ...

BRUSSELS, March 4 (Reuters) - The Belgian government aims to accelerate defence spending by 4 billion euros ($4.2 billion) in the coming months, the Belgian defence ministry said on Tuesday ...

And now, during the game, they're changing those conditions," David, who is employed by the military, told Euronews. While unemployment benefits currently do not have a time limit in Belgium ...

Bruges, Belgium - February 17, 2025 The Belgian frigate Louise-Marie left the Zeebrugge naval base on Monday for a two-month NATO mission in the strategic Far North. Thus, after an initial ...

The statues are among several depicting Africans as primitive and the Belgian colonisers as white saviours. They serve as a reminder of both the museum’s and Belgium’s colonial past.

US President Donald Trump has gone all in with his effort to strongarm Kyiv into peace negotiations with Russia, suspending US military aid to Ukraine with immediate effect. Trump didn’t explain ...

Belgium Aims to Increase Defence Spending to 2% of GDP This Year BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The Belgian government aims to accelerate defence spending by 4 billion euros ($4.2 billion) in the coming ...

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs Hamed Aleaziz and Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington The Trump administration is ramping up plans to detain undocumented immigrants at military sites across the United ...

Global military spending hit $2.44 trillion in 2023, or $306 per person, marking a 6.8 percent increase from the previous year, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ...

But the Trump administration has dealt further blows to Ukraine this week, pausing military shipments to the country and cutting off intelligence sharing. The White House also has suspended ...

The strike was also expected to disrupt public transport and postal services, with firefighters and military personnel joining the protests as well. The planned pension reform rewards those who ...

President Donald Trump recently halted all future shipments of military aid to Ukraine after a heated meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office last week ...