German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reaffirmed Germany's determination to take a leading role in European defence amid the threat from Russia. Speaking at a ceremony in Berlin to mark the 70th ...

Germany is understood to be considering purchasing up to 2,500 armored fighting vehicles and as many as 1,000 battle tanks as part of a joint European effort to create new NATO brigades to deter ...

Germany scrambled its fighter jets to intercept a Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea, in the latest incident involving Moscow's forces over the body of water dubbed a " NATO Lake." ...

Germany has said it supports a higher defense spending target even though this could leave Europe’s largest economy in fiscal hot water.

Germany's finance minister has vowed to lift the country's defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product in 2029.

Germany's 2025 and 2026 budget drafts include record investments NATO summit to discuss increasing defence spending to 5% of GDP Germany to borrow 378.1 billion euros for defence BERLIN, June 23 ...

What would Germany’s role in Europe be when there is no longer a coherent West united in NATO?

The head of Germany’s intelligence has even warned that sabotage could trigger Article 5, NATO’s mutual-defense clause. So could a Russian attempt to seize land in former Soviet republics ...

Bruno Kahl, President of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND), has said that Russia is preparing to test the credibility of NATO's Article 5, adding that German intelligence has concrete ...