Lithuania bought RBS70 NG, a mobile short-range air defense system, from a Swedish company for 147 million euros (about 159 million U.S. dollars), Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defense said Monday. The ministry’s Defence Material Agency has signed final agreements with Sweden’s Saab Dynamics AB, and the delivery is scheduled for …
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US Responds After Russia Threatened Lithuania
After Russia threatened Lithuania on Tuesday, June 21, the United States has declared that it will stand firmly behind Lithuania with its NATO commitments to defend it. Lithuania, is one of the most outspoken nations that have been opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Lithuania who is a former Soviet republic …
Read More »Poland, Latvia, Lithuania And Estonia Closing Borders With Russia And Belarus
Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have decided to close their land borders with Russia and Belarus, Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure Mustafa Nayyem said, News.Az reports citing UNIAN. Nayyem noted that Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will completely close the roads for trucks belonging to Russia and Belarus in the next …
Read More »Novice wins Lithuania presidential race
Gitanas Nauseda, a centre-right independent and political novice, won Lithuania’s presidential election on Sunday in a race marked by low populist sentiment and concerns over inequality in the Baltic eurozone state. Although Lithuanian presidents do not directly craft economic policy, bread and butter issues have dominated the race. Experts also …
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