Raimundas Karoblis
Defence

Minister of Defense, other NATO ministers to discuss counter-terror efforts, defense funding

Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis is taking part in a meeting of NATO defense ministries held in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the Alliance’s counter-terrorism efforts and defense funding. […]

Zapad 2013 Russian military 'lands' on the shores of Kaliningrad
Defence

Baltic PMs say their countries ready, feel safe ahead of Zapad war games

The Baltic prime ministers say that their countries are ready for Zapad, a major military exercise to be held jointly by Russia and Belarus in September, and feel safe after NATO partners have deployed additional capabilities in the region. […]

Andrius Kubilius
Opinion

W. Europe needed a Marshall plan in 1947. In 2017 Marshall plan is needed for Ukraine

In 1947, following his return to Washington after the negotiations with Stalin and Molotov in Moscow, George Marshall, the famous US military leader and post-war Secretary of State, saw the need to promote economic recovery in Western Europe destroyed by war. This was seen as a stabilising factor and the only way to halt Stalin’s ambitions of expanding his political dominance to Western Europe. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Defence

President Grybauskaitė attends NATO summit in Brussels

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday is attending NATO‘s summit in Brussels that is expected to focus on defense funding and the Alliance’s role in the fight against terrorism. […]

Raimundas Karoblis
Defence

Zapad exercise alarming due to simulated attacks against NATO

The Russian-Belarusian exercise Zapad to take place close to the Lithuanian border in September is alarming due to the simulated attacks against the NATO Alliance, says Lithuania’s Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis. […]