Lithuania will support the NATO mission in Afghanistan as the war against the Taliban continues approaches its 17th year. The Baltic nation will send an additional 7 soldiers to complement the 21 already in country. “Twenty-one Lithuanian troops are currently serving in Afghanistan and they will be joined by another…
According to the White House The United States (US) Vice President Mike Pence will pay a visit to Estonia, Georgia, and Montenegro in July 30-August 2, 2017. In Georgia, the Vice President will meet with President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili. He will also visit U.S. and Georgian…
Image by Tomascastelazo Hundreds of skeletons have lain scattered around a crypt beneath a church in Vilnius, Lithuania, for centuries. But 23 of these remains are unlike the rest: Flesh wraps their bones, clothes cover their skin, and organs still fill their insides. They are mummies, and since they were…
The Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, while at a NATO summit in Brussels, declared she wanted a permanent U.S. troop presence in her country to counter perceived Russian aggression on Baltic borders. “We need the serious involvement of the US to not only deter but to defend…It is important to have…
Image by Alfredas Piladys Military sources said today the U.S. military may deploy the Patriot missile system in the Baltics as part of a temporary rotation of troops in Lithuania. The news would herald a serious commitment to continue to build capability to defend the Baltic nations against perceived Russian…
Baltic Defense Ministers To Meet With US Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Lithuania has been providing political support and practical assistance to the Euro-Atlantic integration of Georgia for a long time. On April 12 Georgian and Lithuanian Defense Ministers Levan Izoria and Raimundas Karoblis addressed the security situation in the Baltic and South Caucasian regions and the reform of the…
Moscow’s Transformation of Kaliningrad into ‘Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier’ a Threat to Europe, Lithuanian Analyst Says.
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry Refutes Attempts To Delegitimize Russia’s Claim To Kaliningrad.