Defence

NATO to improve ability to send in forces, but plans no additional units in Baltics

NATO‘s chief says that the Alliance will improve its ability to facilitate the movement of forces in Europe, but does not plan to deploy additional units to the Baltic countries and Poland. […]

Jensas Stoltenbergas
Defence

NATO to closely follow Russia, China, Belarus drills near Lithuania

NATO will closely follow Russia’s military exercises near the Baltic countries’ borders, including its joint drills with Belarus and China, the Alliance’s secretary general said in Lithuania on Tuesday. […]

Jens Stoltenberg
Defence

Deterrence is key – Stoltenberg tells Baltic states

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday assured the Baltic states that the most important thing for the Alliance was to deter, not to copy Russian actions amid the rising tensions between the West and Moscow over its increased military activity in the Baltic Sea region. […]

Jens Stoltenberg
Defence

NATO’s new chief visiting Lithuania

NATO’s new Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will Friday meet with top officials of Lithuania in Vilnius to discuss regional security. Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on the eve of the meeting that the visit indicates NATO‘s understanding the Baltic states are faced with. […]