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

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

Modernising the armed forces and making sure Portugal asserts itself as a “credible security actor” on the world stage are among the priorities of defence minister Helena Carreiras, the ...

ICEYE supports Portugal’s space-based defence capabilities. ... the Portuguese Ministry of National Defense finalised a deal with Embraer to procure 12 A-29N Super Tucano aircraft for the Air Force.

LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal expects to increase its defence spending to 2% of gross domestic product this year, four years ahead of schedule, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said on Thursday.

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's prime minister has carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet following the resignation of the defense minister and completion of next year's budget, making changes at ...

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro reiterated his country will reach a target for investment in defense to represent 2% of gross domestic product in 2025, while sticking to fiscal discipline.

Minister Cravinho will also discuss the future of US-EU security and defense cooperation in a post-Brexit environment as Lisbon plays a more proactive role in the selection of new EU leaders. Minister ...

Portugal's Defence Minister Jose Alberto de Azeredo Lopes talks to the media during a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 4, 2018.

LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese Defence Minister Jose Azeredo Lopes resigned on Friday amid an investigation into a suspected army cover-up of a weapons theft last year, a ministry spokesman said ...