Poland is signing its first 40 contracts under the European Union’s SAFE defence programme, with agreements worth PLN100bn (€23.66bn), Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on May 28. Under SAFE, Poland may ...

Poland on Thursday signed the first contracts financed under the European Union's SAFE defence programme, marking the start ...

The SAFE programme enables member states to obtain European loans on favourable terms for immediate investments in security and defence.

Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Finland on Monday had their national investment plans under the EU's new €150 billion loan for defence scheme approved by the European ...

Poland is expecting to receive an initial payment from the EU's SAFE defence lending programme within days, a senior defence official has said. Paweł Zalewski speaks to reporters in Brussels ahead of ...

The Portuguese Ministry of National Defence (MND) on 29 July formally expressed interest in joining SAFE (Security Action for Europe), the European Commission's (EC's) financial instrument intended to ...

Canada has become the first non-EU country to join the Security Action for Europe program. Credit: Designer491/Alamy Stock Image Canada has joined the €150 billion ($174 million) Security Action for ...

A UK-EU summit in May laid the groundwork for British entry to SAFE but talks have since broken down. Credit: Kin Cheung/WPA Pool/Getty Images LONDON—The UK and EU have failed to reach an agreement on ...

ROME, July 30 (Reuters) - Italy has asked to tap a new European Union arms-buying fund aimed at helping member states to fund their investments in defence, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on ...

By Angelo Amante ROME, May 20 (Reuters) - Italy needs to tap the European Union's SAFE fund to boost its military budget, the ...

The European Parliament formally welcomed Canada into the defence borrowing and procurement agreement known as SAFE on ...