The European Commission this week proposed rules for a new 150 billion euro ($162.4 billion) rearmament fund - part of a major drive to get the European Union ready to defend itself by 2030 amid fears ...

Also in Dresden, “Pahonia” occupies a place of honor among European coats of arms on the wall called “Procession of Kings” — the largest porcelain panel in the world, composed of 25 thousand tiles, ...

European arms imports rose 155% in 2020-24 and Ukraine has become the world's biggest arms importer following Russia's 2022 ...

with imports rising nearly 100 times as the country sought to fight off Russia’s forces. For the first time in two decades, the largest share of US arms went to Europe rather than the Middle ...

The US accounted for the majority of arms imports by European NATO states in the last four years, a Swedish research group ...

U.S. arms exports amounted to about the same share of the global market as the next eight countries combined. Europe as a whole accounted for 28 per cent of global arms imports from 2020-24 ...

PARIS — United States arms exports to Europe have more than tripled on aid for Ukraine and as European countries boosted weapons buying in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according ...

Almost two-thirds of arms imported by European members of NATO from 2020-2024 came from the US, a significant hike on the 52% the US accounted for from 2015-2019.

U.S. arms exports amounted to about the same share of the global market as the next eight countries combined. Europe as a whole accounted for 28% of global arms imports from 2020-24, up from 11% ...

The largest importer in Europe was Ukraine, which accounted for 8.8% of global arms imports. The country's imports increased nearly 100-fold during this period, as it was at war with Russia.

NATO countries in Europe more than doubled their arms imports in the past five years, more than 60% of which were purchases of U.S. weaponry, researchers on Monday (March 10, 2025). The findings ...