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RBS-70 and Giraffe MK-IV surveillance radar

Lithuania buying short-range missiles from Sweden’s Saab for EUR 70 mln

August 24, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania will spend almost 10 million euros on upgrading the RBS 70 short-range air defense capability the Lithuanian Armed Forces currently have, by purchasing missiles and equipment from Sweden’s Saab. […]

US defense budget law includes call for bolstering Baltic air policing mission

August 14, 2018 BNS 0

US President Donald Trump has signed a law on the country’s defense budget for the next year, adopted by the Congress. Among other things, it includes a call to change NATO‘s Baltic air policing mission’s mandate into that of an air defense mission. […]

President Trump meets the presidents of the Baltic States in the White House

Trump vows periodical dispatch of US troops to Baltic states, step up air defense

April 3, 2018 BNS 0

United States President Donald Trump pledged on Tuesday that the US would periodically station troops in the Baltic states in an effort to deter Russia. […]

Baltic presidents’ meeting with Trump: 3 topics

April 3, 2018 BNS 0

Ahead of the meeting of United States President Donald Trump with the leaders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, BNS Lithuania is presenting three key topics of the meeting. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]