Portugal is preparing a "credible" plan of gradual annual increases in defence spending to reach NATO's new target of 5% of ...

Portugal is among countries that haven’t met that existing NATO goal yet, with its defense spending reaching an estimated 1.55% of GDP in 2024.

Portugal is planning a gradual increase in defense spending to reach NATO's 5% GDP target by 2035 while ensuring financial ...

NATO members recently agreed to increase defense spending to 5% by 2035 — a "quantum leap," according to the military ...

NATO members agreed to a big increase in their defence spending target to 5% of gross domestic product, as demanded by ...

NATO members have agreed to a new defense spending goal of 5% of each country’s economic output by 2035, more than doubling the previous figure of 2%. It’s an ambitious timeline that ...

Now those countries have pledged to ramp up their spending amid fears of an American pullout. NATO leaders agreed to an "ambitious spending goal" at this week's summit, said The New York Times.

The two-day gathering is also intended to signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin that NATO is united, despite Trump's previous criticism of the alliance.

NATO’s biggest-spending member, Washington, since early this year has insisted alliance countries must up their defense dollars from the 2 percent goal set in 2014 to the ambitious 5 percent.

NATO meets for its annual summit this week, with allies being pushed and shoved to sharply increase their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product.

A look at where defense spending stands among NATO: Measured as a portion of GDP, Poland is NATO’s biggest military spender ...

NATO agrees to boost defence spending to 5% of GDP, but Spain opts out.