Rukla Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

WorldCoaches brings Winter, Blinker and Mendes da Silva to Lithuania

June 18, 2019 Lithuania Tribune 0

In a series of events, Dutch football legends, Aron Winter, Regi Blinker Sander Westerveld, David Mendes da Silva and others, will play eFP soldiers at the Iron Wolf Brigade soccer field on July 5 and […]

Braun takes over as commander of NATO battalion in Lithuania

August 3, 2018 BNS 0

Lieutenant Colonel Rene Braun of Germany took over as commander of NATO’s multinational battalion in Lithuania in a ceremony in Rukla on Thursday. […]

King Willem-Alexander and the President Grybauskaitė at the Presidential Palace. Photo @ Presidential Palace

King of the Netherlands to meet with Dutch soldiers deployed in Lithuania in Rukla

June 15, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

On June 15 His Majesty King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander while conducting a state visit in Lithuania will meet with Dutch soldiers serving in the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group in Rukla. His Majesty will be escorted by President of the Republic of Lithuania HE Dalia Grybauskaitė, Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis and Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lt Gen Jonas Vytautas Žukas during the visit to the Lithuanian Armed Forces Lithuanian Great Hetman Jonušas Radvila Training Regiment in Rukla, the Ministry of Defence of Lithuania announced. […]

Russia stationing Iskander for permanent presence in Kaliningrad – Lithuanian defmin (Updated)

February 5, 2018 BNS 0

Russia stationed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad region on Monday and intends to leave them there permanently, Lithuania’s defense minister and the president said. […]

Lithuania to build new barracks in Rukla

September 29, 2017 BNS 0

New barracks are planned to be built in Rukla, in central Lithuania, in 2019, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday. […]

Commander of Norwegian tank platoon knows what she would do if she saw Russian tanks in Lithuania

June 2, 2017 Vaidas Saldziunas 0

Reis opp, Tiden er inne! (Norwegian: “Get up, the time is now!”). Lt. Silje Johansen Willassen would use this slogan to motivate her 15 soldiers from the mechanized infantry company before battle, which is deployed […]

Leadership of NATO battalion under establishment in Lithuania arrives in Vilnius

January 25, 2017 BNS EN 0

Leadership of the international NATO battalion to be established in Lithuania arrived in Vilnius from Germany on Tuesday. […]

Belgian troops to come to Lithuania this week as part of NATO battalion

January 24, 2017 BNS EN 0

Troops from the Belgian Armed Forces are to arrive in Lithuania by ferry via the port of Klaipėda this week, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said. […]

Stationing NATO troops in Rukla, Lithuania to benefit businesses

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

As the town of Rukla, central Lithuania, awaits deployment of more than 1,000 NATO troops, the military town has already improved the infrastructure and plans to do more work for 5.8 million euros before the arrival of the entire battalion in mid-2017, Verslo Žinios business daily said. […]

First troops of intl battalion expected in Lithuania next week

January 18, 2017 BNS EN 0

The first troops of the international Allied battalion should arrive in Lithuania next week, army officials said in Rukla on Wednesday. […]

Astravyets on an electoral platter: why are the Conservatives so fierce and the “Farmers” so silent?

July 3, 2020 0

The nearing Seimas elections and launch date of Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant have linked these seemingly unrelated events. The opposition Conservatives are ever more fiercely critical of the ruling parties and the president for being […]

The Baltic Way Celebration in Paris Photo © Ludo Segers @ The Lithua

Baltic Private Equity and Venture Capital market is rapidly developing

July 3, 2020 0

The post-financial crisis period of 2010-2019 proved that the Baltic economies are able to cope and recover from large economic downturns successfully. During this period, the Baltics have seen growth in private capital manager’s activity, […]

Hijacking Ukraine’s green energy future

June 25, 2020 0

Several years ago, Ukraine became an attractive place for investors in the green energy sector after having established beneficial green tariffs – the payments for electricity produced from the renewable sources of energy. In addition […]

A. Ažubalis – I won’t give up my state

June 16, 2020 0

In the context of this pandemic, we tend to hear more active calls by Western politicians for urgent transformation of the European Union, i.e. achieving deeper political integration, which would supposedly meet the dynamics in […]

Can hardly wait for Nausėda to bang his fist on the table

June 11, 2020 0

President Gitanas Nausėda is increasingly often reproached for being too passive, and a “search for the president” is being announced ironically. Despite the fact that during the first presidential year, G. Nausėda spoke to the […]

Poll: due to uncertainty Lithuanians halt their plans to consume and borrow

June 2, 2020 0

A Spinter Tyrimai survey of Lithuanian residents performed in April on the current financial situation has revealed that within the coming three months, citizens are not planning any expenses. With the lockdown underway, the study […]