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Lithuanian firms plan to go ahead with data center project

AmberCore DC and Arcus Novus, the developers of a data center project suspected of links to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), have reached a deal with prosecutors to annul their transactions that had received a negative opinion from a government commission, the State Security Department and the Prosecutor General’s Office. […]

LIthuanian army action in Rukla
Defence

About 160 Lithuanian troops participate in military drills in Estonia

Around 160 Lithuanian troops will be taking part in the Spring Storm (Kevadtorm 2017) military exercise in Estonia for the next two weeks, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Friday. […]

United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis
Defence

US secretary of defense Mattis arrives in Lithuania

United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived in Lithuania on Tuesday evening on a visit, by which the US new administration aims to demonstrate its commitment to the security of the Baltic states amid concerns over Russia‘s foreign policies. […]

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Defence

Russian fake news seeks to generate Baltic opposition to NATO presence

Russian media outlets in Moscow and in the Baltic countries have stepped up their efforts to generate opposition among Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). These media sources have been putting out fake news stories suggesting that NATO was recruiting Russian speakers, especially in Latvia, to use “as guinea pigs” to test new “physical, biological and other techniques.” The goal of such “experimentation” is purportedly to prepare the Balts to help the Western alliance invade the Russian Federation. […]

Poland's F-16
Defence

Poland taking over NATO air-policing mission from Netherlands

The Polish Air Force is taking over NATO’s Baltic air-policing mission from the Royal Netherlands Air Force in a ceremony at the Šiauliai air base in Lithuania on Tuesday. […]