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Pedro Sánchez announces €10.5bn more in defence spending, to reach 2% of GDP

News Desk22nd April 202529th April 2025

22nd April 202529th April 2025743

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Tuesday that Spain will achieve NATO’s defence spending benchmark this year, responding to increasing calls for the country

Spain’s promise to EU allies to spend more on defence faces resistance at home

News Desk16th March 202521st March 2025

16th March 202521st March 20251474

Spain, NATO’s lowest defence spender relative to its economy, is facing both political and public resistance as it attempts to meet European calls for increased

Spain investigates the drowning of two soldiers during training in Andalusia

News Desk18th January 202425th January 2024

18th January 202425th January 20241376

A military court in Spain is currently investigating the drowning of two soldiers who were instructed to cross a lake while carrying a substantial load,

Sánchez visits Spanish troops in Iraq, supporting country’s ‘sovereignty & stability’

News Desk29th December 20234th January 2024

29th December 20234th January 20241478

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Thursday that he supported Iraq’s ‘sovereignty and stability’, during a visit to Baghdad where he also met with

Several letter bombs now detected, including one sent to Pedro Sánchez

News Desk4th December 20226th December 2022

4th December 20226th December 20222086

#UPDATED on 4 December at 18h. The booby-trapped letters and explosive parcels that were sent to high-profile figures and key locations in Spain during the

Spain celebrates its ‘National Day’

News Desk12th October 202217th October 2022

12th October 202217th October 20223178

Spain celebrated its ‘National Day’ on Wednesday, with a massive military parade of 4,000 from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Guardia Civil and the Spanish Legionnaires

Spain to send more troops to reinforce NATO in Latvia, and take in Ukrainian refugees

News Desk2nd March 20226th March 2022

2nd March 20226th March 20222101

Click here for all our reports related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Spain will be sending 150 additional troops to Latvia as part of a

Spain’s defence chief resigns after allegations of vaccine ‘queue-jumping’

News Desk24th January 20219th February 2021

24th January 20219th February 20213897

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (9 Feb) Spain’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Miguel Ángel Villarroya, resigned on Saturday, following allegations that he had received a jab

Ex-military WhatsApp group’s talk of ‘executing 26 million’ reported by Defence Ministry

News Desk4th December 202012th April 2022

4th December 202012th April 20223903

Spain’s Ministry of Defence has made a formal complaint to the Public Prosecutor’s Office about a WhatsApp chat group involving retired members of the Spanish Armed

Over 2,000 servicemen from Spain’s armed forces now helping the health authorities

News Desk10th November 202030th November 2020

10th November 202030th November 20201876

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (30 Nov) Also read: Details of curfews & restrictions for all regions of Spain during ‘State of Alarm’ More than

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