1.0European Western Balkanshttps://europeanwesternbalkans.comEWBhttps://europeanwesternbalkans.com/author/ewb/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="73WrEVkItD"><a href="https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/06/25/nato-leaders-agree-to-increase-defence-spending-to-5-of-gdp-at-the-hague-summit/">NATO leaders agree to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP at the Hague summit</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/06/25/nato-leaders-agree-to-increase-defence-spending-to-5-of-gdp-at-the-hague-summit/embed/#?secret=73WrEVkItD" width="600" height="338" title="“NATO leaders agree to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP at the Hague summit” — European Western Balkans" data-secret="73WrEVkItD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/natosummit.jpeg22001250THE HAGUE – NATO agreed to increase defence spending from 2 % to 5% of GDP annually by 2035, announced Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of the Alliance, who addressed the media at the end of the formal part of the summit, which took place on 24-25 June in the Hague. According to Rutte, the […]