UK Defence Secretary unexpectedly resigns in major blow to Starmer over ‘inadequate’ defence spending plan
Healey announced his departure in a resignation letter, submitted to Starmer amid a deadlock between the defence and finance ministries.
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Latvian defence minister resigns after Ukrainian drones hit oil depot
"I have resigned because our armed forces and the country's defence capabilities are more important than the post of any minister and the interests of any party.
British defence: Fraudulent, weak and strikes terror into no one
Jonathan Carley, 64, is the latest addition to the UK’s impressive national armoury, doubtless intended to inspire terror amongst Putin’s myrmidons.
Lithuanian defence minister dismissed after clash over spending
Dovilė Šakalienė, Lithuania's Minister of National Defence, has been dismissed amid ongoing tensions over budget priorities and internal government dynamics.
‘EU must spend more on defence or risk war with Russia,’ says Lithuanian minister
Europe must remove borrowing limits for defence spending or face the prospect of war with Russia, according to Lithuanian defence minister Dovile Sakaliene.
Armies that do real fighting do not employ women as infantry or submariners
The recent inquest into the suicide of a young female soldier in the British Army nearly four years ago has generated vast amounts of adverse-publicity for the army.
UK development minister quits over PM Starmer’s cut to aid budget
British international development minister Anneliese Dodds resigned on Friday, February 28, over Prime Minister Keir Starmer's decision to slash the foreign aid…
The essential unseriousness of Britain’s, indeed the whole of Europe’s, politicians is proven by the fact that they don’t take our defence seriously in these serious times
Never let it be said that modern UK governments are unaware of the world around them and their place in it.
Italian defence minister Crosetto hospitalised
Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto has gone to hospital with heart problems.
Germany needs to ‘be ready for war’, defence minister argues
Germany needed "to become ready for war", defence minister Boris Pistorius said.
Declassified documents show Tusk’s government sacrificing East of Poland in event of war
Poland’s defence minister Mariusz has declassified documents that describe how the government led by Donald Tusk (2007-1015) in the event of an invasion from the…
Ireland has ‘secret defence’ agreement with UK, former Irish minister states
There is a long-standing “secret defence agreement” in place between the UK and its European Union neighbour Ireland, according to a former Irish Government…