NATO countries agree to hike defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 Member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have agreed to raise their defense spending to 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) annually by 2035, according to a declaration issued on Wednesday following the high-level summit in The Hague, reported Xinhua.

The five-paragraph statement outlined that the new spending target will be split between two key categories: 3.5 percent for core defense and 1.5 percent for related areas, including critical infrastructure, networks, and defense industrial capabilities.

The plan will undergo a review in 2029, taking into account the strategic environment and revised capability targets, the document added.

U.S. President Donald Trump hailed the agreement at a press conference after the summit, asserting that Washington had long carried more than its fair share of the alliance's defense burden.

However, he singled out Spain, criticising Madrid as the only country refusing to meet its full commitment.

Trump said the United States is negotiating a trade deal with Spain and warned that Madrid could be made to "pay twice as much" through trade measures.

Spain has agreed with NATO to limit its military spending to 2.1 percent of GDP, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Sunday, ahead of the NATO summit.

In his Sunday statement, Sanchez warned that "rushing toward 5 percent" would lead to rising prices and public spending, and reduce investment in key sectors such as education and digital development.

Calling the 5 percent target "disproportionate and unnecessary" for Spain, Sanchez emphasized that Spain is "one of the five NATO countries with the most troops deployed worldwide."

He also stressed that "asymmetry within NATO is normal and inevitable," citing the economic diversity among allies.
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Number of unemployed jobseekers rises in May The number of unemployed persons aged 15 to 74 was 9,000 higher in May 2025 compared to the previous year, according to Statistics Finland.

The number of employed people aged 15 to 74 was 19,000 lower in May 2025 than one year ago.

The trend of the employment rate among persons aged 20 to 64 was 76.4 per cent. The trend of the unemployment rate among persons aged 15 to 74 was 8.8 per cent.

In May 2025, the number of employed persons was 2,626,000 and that of unemployed persons 308,000.

There were 16,000 more employed men and 35,000 fewer employed women as in May 2024.

In May, the non-seasonally adjusted employment rate, that is, the proportion of the employed among persons aged 20 to 64, stood at 77.0 per cent, having been 77.8 per cent in this age group one year earlier.

The employment rate of men aged 20 to 64 grew by 0.4 percentage points to 77.5 per cent and the employment rate of women fell by 2.1 percentage points to 76.5 per cent from one year ago.

The employment rate of persons aged 20 to 69 fell by 0.7 percentage points from last year's May to 71.6 per cent.

In May, the non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of persons aged 15 to 74, or the proportion of the unemployed among the labour force stood at 10.5 per cent, having been 10.2 per cent one year earlier.

The unemployment rate of men stood at 10.7 per cent, which was 0.4 percentage points less than one year before. The unemployment rate of women stood at 10.2 per cent, which was 1.1 percentage points higher than previous year.

In May, the share of the unemployed aged 15 to 24 among the labour force stood at 28.1 per cent, which was 2.2 percentage points less than one year earlier.

The trend of the unemployment rate among young people was 19.3 per cent. The share of unemployed young people aged 15 to 24 among the population in the same age group was 17.4 per cent.
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Analyysi: Trumpista paljastui Haagissa paljon Yhdysvaltain presidentti Donald Trumpista paljastui Nato-huippukokouksessa jotain erityisen kiinnostavaa, Iltalehden politiikan toimittaja Lauri Nurmi kirjoittaa Haagista. Donald Trump on poliitikkona ennen kaikkea demagogi. Sana tarkoittaa kansankiihottajaa tai -villitsijää.
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Somessa kiertänyt kehotus johti neulapisto­hyökkäyksiin – 145 ihmistä pistetty neuloilla Ranskassa Ranskalaisella katumusiikkifestivaaleilla on pistetty yli sataa osallistujaa neuloilla. Ranskan poliisi pidätti sunnuntaina 12 henkilöä sen jälkeen, kun 145 ihmistä ilmoitti tulleensa pistetyiksi neuloilla Fête de la Musique -katumusiikkifestivaaleilla ympäri Ranskaa, kertoo CNN. Asiasta raportoi Ranskan sisäministeriö. Hyökkäykset tapahtuivat eri puolilla Ranskaa, ja Pariisin poliisi vahvisti pääkaupungissa ainakin 13 tapausta. Uhreista valtaosa on ollut naisia.
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