Securing an end to the fighting in Ukraine must take place with Kyiv's full involvement and come with more defense spending ...

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has declared that any effort to end Russia's war in Ukraine must fully involve Kyiv.

Lithuania’s president says his country has made the decision to raise its spending on defense to between 5% and 6% of overall national economic output starting in 2026 ...

Lithuania established its 1st Division during a ceremony in Rukla on 28 January. The formation will consist of the Lithuanian ...

The new policy will make Lithuania the highest spender on defense in NATO in percentage terms, surpassing Poland, which ...

Kęstutis Budrys, Lithuania’s foreign minister, told the Financial Times that Europe was facing a “new era” after the Baltic ...

Lithuania and Estonia have become the first NATO members to pledge an increase in defense spending to five percent of GDP, according to a report by the Financial Times. Lithuanian Foreign Minister ...

Higher defense spending will not be financed by cutting the welfare state but by combining national and EU money, Dovilė ...

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys believes that NATO should be more decisive in countering Russian sabotage attacks. Source: Budrys in an interview with the German newspaper Spiegel, as ...

TASS/. Two of the three Baltic states, Lithuania and Estonia, became the first NATO countries to commit to increasing defense spending to 5% of GDP amid US pressure, the Financial Times (FT ...

Lithuania's president says his country has made the decision to raise its spending on defense to between 5 and 6% of overall national economic output starting in 2026 ...

The President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda, gives a statement ahead of a summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries in Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP) ...