NATO maneuvers "Arctic Dolphin" have started in the North Atlantic with the participation of ships from Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway. Units from Denmark, the United Kingdom, and France will join them.

Germany met NATO's target to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defence in 2024, the government said on Monday, though well short of incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's call for as much as 5%.

NATO manoeuvres "Arctic Dolphin" have commenced in the North Atlantic, with participation from ships of Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway. Units from Denmark, the United Kingdom, and France will join them.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The leader of Germany's conservative CDU, the party's candidate to run for chancellor, said on Tuesday that the nation should focus on efforts to reach existing NATO defence spending targets before discussing any further increases.

Germany must continue supporting Ukraine to ensure it remains strong before lasting peace can be achieved. — Ukrinform.

NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with shores on Baltic waters

BERLIN: Germany met NATO’s target to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defence in 2024, the government

Several undersea cables running under the surface of the Baltic Sea have been damaged in suspected sabotage incidents in recent months.

NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with shores on Baltic waters.

Germany has met NATO's 2% GDP defense spending target for 2024. This comes despite budget constraints and aligns with Chancellor Scholz's strategy since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. However, long-term military funding remains uncertain,

Germany's defence minister said he was open to sending German soldiers to Ukraine to help secure a demilitarised zone there if a ceasefire were agreed with Russia, in remarks published Saturday.

France rejected criticism from new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that it lagged in defence, saying it met NATO's target to spend 2% of GDP on its military, was on course to double spending by 2030,