Denmark will boost its defense spending to more than 3% of economic output as the nation seeks to counter an escalation in security threats from Russia.

European Council President Antonio Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attend a press confere

The country’s defence budget would increase to over 3.2 per cent of GDP, as Nato nations face pressure from Trump to increase spending.

Denmark announced its biggest military investment in half a century, speeding up arms purchases by dropping the usual tender processes and enabling the head of the armed forces to decide how the money is spent.

Denmark's Clara Tauson reacts during the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship final match against Russia's Mirra Andreeva in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qad

The Danish police have formally charged a 38-year-old Russian citizen who detonated explosives near Billund Airport, forcing the airport to shut down for nine hours. Source: European Pravda with reference to DR Details: The incident occurred in April 2024.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced Denmark will raise the defence spending to 3% of the GDP with a hike of $7 billion over the next two years

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks as she ... if the war in Ukraine ends or is frozen, Russia would be able to pose a credible threat to one or more NATO countries in the Baltic Sea region within about two years if NATO doesn’t rearm ...

In an exclusive interview, Mette Frederiksen discusses the incident and new transatlantic tensions over NATO and Ukraine.

Brussels, dreaming of "sitting down at the negotiating table," really should find such a table and sit down at it to discuss the terms of assistance, diplomatic settlement and "territorial concessions" to Denmark.

Denmark will increase its military budget by a combined 50 billion crowns ($6.99 billion) this year and next to address acute shortcomings, most notably in surface-to-air missile defence systems, the prime minister said on Wednesday.

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