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

Higher defense spending will not be financed by cutting the welfare state but by combining national and EU money, Dovilė ...

Lithuania is to increase its defense spending to between 5 percent and 6 percent of its GDP from 2026, matching Trump's target.

Lithuania plans to increase defense ... Trump has threatened to abandon NATO and demanded members of the military alliance more than double the current target for defense expenditure to the ...

“The possibility of Russian military aggression is still ... Reaching the 5% goal, up from the current 2% goal for members, would make Lithuania the NATO country spending the most on defense ...

Some politicians in Lithuania have objected to the country raising its military expenditures, already among the highest relative to GDP in the 32-member NATO alliance. But Nausėda said Lithuania ...

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys believes that NATO should be more decisive ... He emphasised that these operations were "planned and carried out by Russian military intelligence". Quote: ...

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the President's palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) ...

Raimundas Vaiksnoras, Lithuania's Chief of Defense Staff, had trained military specialists for Ukraine even before the current hostilities began VILNIUS, December 15. /TASS/. Lithuania will ...

Ukraine received a new military aid package from Lithuania at the end of last week. "We cannot slow down our support for Ukraine, because ensuring Ukraine's security means taking care of our own ...