NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force Archives

Lithuanian troops during the flag raising ceremony in Vilnius 2017

400 Lithuanian troops begin standby duty in NATO Response Force

January 3, 2017 BNS EN 0

Around 400 Lithuanian troops this month are starting their standby duty in the NATO Response Force (NRF) and the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF), the Defence Ministry said on Monday. […]

Renewing EU sanctions against Russia may be difficult – German Foreign Minister

May 26, 2016 BNS 0

Germany‘s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said that the European Union will find it more difficult to renew sanctions against Russia in the coming months amid “increased resistance” within the 28-member bloc. […]

Lithuania's flag with NATO's flag showing through it

700 Lithuanian troops will serve in NATO and EU rapid response forces in 2016

December 30, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On 1 January 2016, about 700 Lithuanian soldiers with infantry equipment and vehicles will begin to stand by for the NATO and EU rapid response forces. […]

Is Nausėda already forming the ruling majority? Only three parties were invited to meet

October 7, 2024 0

While the heads of the opposition parliamentary parties are ironing their suits and preparing for their meeting with President Gitanas Nausėda, the ruling parties shrug their shoulders. Counting down the days until the parliamentary elections, […]

Complicated Sino-Lithuanian relationship

October 1, 2024 0

As the Seimas elections approach, more parties, especially opposition parties, promise to change their foreign policy. The most significant change, in their view, is in relations with China. The opposition believes that seeing China as […]

Economist speaks out about the unstoppable rise in prices: ‘It’s getting a bit scary’

September 24, 2024 0

Prices in Lithuania decreased by 0.5% over the month, but annual inflation is again approaching the 1% mark. The most significant price increases over the year were in cafes and restaurants – nearly 9%. Some […]

Who could have thought? Germans give us a brigade, we give them electricity

September 20, 2024 0

Rokas Masiulis, the Head of the electricity transmission operator Litgrid, was one of the energy experts who, at the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, calmly and even optimistically looked to the future: Lithuania would […]

The EU must stop funding the brutal Cuba regime

September 16, 2024 0

Russia has always been Europe’s enemy. This is something that many of our Western and Central European friends seemed to forget since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Not so in Eastern Europe and the […]

Grybauskaitė effect? Among the candidates for Prime Minister, there is also an option that has not yet been named out loud

September 13, 2024 0

With the parliamentary elections just a month away, party leaders are already working out, in public and behind closed doors, the scenarios for the foundations of the future governing coalition and who will lead the […]