Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Friday her country is totally committed to NATO, a day after Madrid asked ...

BRUSSELS -- The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the ...

Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s expected to be announced ...

Spain has asked to opt out of NATO's plan to increase members' defence spending to 5% of their gross domestic product, a move ...

Leaders in Madrid urged NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to exempt them from a proposed defense spending goal set at 5 ...

Spain was the lowest spender in the trans-Atlantic alliance last year, directing less than 2% of its GDP on defence ...

The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the billions of dollars needed to meet a new defense investment pledge demanded by U.S.

With Germany and Poland already backing the new benchmark, Spain could find itself isolated among its allies at the June 24-25 NATO summit in The Hague. "Many countries want five (percent), we ...

and Spain (1.28%). Last month Germany accepted in principle, the demand from the US that NATO members raise defense budgets to 5% of GDP. Germany currently spends just under 2% of its GDP on defense.

Yuriy Chopyk, president of the Ukrainian Community in Spain, thanked NATO members and allied countries for their help but said the aid supplied so far is insufficient to defeat Russian troops.