Warsaw and Vilnius
Defence

Lithuania to Poland: Vilnius ready to defend Warsaw

Vilnius is ready to defend Warsaw, Lithuanian diplomats said in a message in the Polish media on Tuesday after a Polish official stated it would be difficult to persuade Poland‘s troops into caring for safety of the Baltic states due to national minority problems. […]

Artūras Paulauskas
Defence
Soldiers in Rukla
Defence

About 200 Lithuanian troops attending reconnaissance exercise

The Lithuanian Armed Forces are starting an exercise of reconnaissance units on Monday involving about 200 troops. […]

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen
Defence

German defence minister thanks Lithuania for ‘brilliant’ preparations to host German troops

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, who is on a visit in Vilnius, has thanked Lithuania for its preparations to host German troops who are to be deployed to the country next year as part of NATO‘s multinational battalion. […]