Sweden to boost defence spending $30 bn over a decade

Stockholm (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 Sweden will increase defence spending by about 300 billion kronor ($30 billion) over the next decade, the prime minister said Wednesday, calling it the nation's biggest rearmament push since the Cold War. The Nordic country drastically slashed defence spending after the Cold War ended and in the early 2000s, but reversed course following Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea. The aim was to

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Sweden to boost defence spending $30 bn over a decade
Stockholm (AFP) Mar 26, 2025
Sweden will increase defence spending by about 300 billion kronor ($30 billion) over the next decade, the prime minister said Wednesday, calling it the nation's biggest rearmament push since the Cold War. The Nordic country drastically slashed defence spending after the Cold War ended and in the early 2000s, but reversed course following Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea. The aim was to