Vilnius: Securing an end to the fighting in Ukraine must take place with Kyiv's full involvement and come with more defense spending by regional countries to avoid any future Russian aggression, ...

He that even when a ceasefire is reached in Ukraine, ‘you cannot believe that the intentions of Russia will be just to stop ...

Lithuania established its 1st Division during a ceremony in Rukla on 28 January. The formation will consist of the Lithuanian ...

Lithuania will likely consider deploying military personnel to Ukraine for a potential peacekeeping mission, Lithuanian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Raimundas Vaiksnoras said on Jan. 30, according ...

Several undersea cables running under the surface of the Baltic Sea have been damaged in suspected sabotage incidents in ...

Incidents damaging Europe’s undersea networks have become more frequent since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, raising suspicions they are the result of sabotage.

Reaching the 5% goal, up from the current 2% goal for members, would make Lithuania the NATO country spending the most on defense as a percentage of its economic output. The current leader is ...

Reaching that goal would make Lithuania the NATO country spending the most on defense as a percentage of its economic output. The current leader is Poland, which already spends more than 4% and plans ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda, gives a statement ahead of a summit of the Baltic Sea NATO ...

Poland has promised to hit 4.7 percent of GDP this year — the highest in NATO — but today's decision by Lithuania's State Defense Council makes it the first country to promise to meet Trump's ...