BBC World Questions: Lithuania will be first broadcast on BBC World Service English on 8 February. It will also be available to watch online on YouTube on 14 February, and on radio at ...

President Donald Trump said NATO countries must sharply increase their defense spending, demanding member states push beyond current benchmarks that many of them already struggle to hit.

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Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys believes that NATO should be more decisive in countering Russian sabotage attacks ...

NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) has confirmed to TWZ that four Dutch F-35A stealth fighters are now also participating in Baltic Sentry, a mission intended to ensure the ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte addressed the European Parliament last week with a clear message: Europe isn’t spending enough on defense and the new US president will not like it.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb stressed that such incidents are "not in the interest of Russia or anyone else" ...

Lithuania plans to dramatically increase defense spending to 5-6 percent of its GDP by 2026, citing the persistent threat of ...