Oslo: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden agreed Thursday to begin drafting a common defense agreement to improve their armed forces' cross-border coordination and strengthen NATO's collective defense. They announced the decision in a joint statement at the end of a two-day ministerial mee»»»

Wes Streeting, the Defence Secretary, has said more defence spending will come at next year’s spending review on top of the biggest sustained rise since the Cold War, but that it must be spent more wisely, according to remarks made on board HMS Prince of Wales in Oslo. Introducing Mark Rutte, NATO’»»»