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NATO's Stoltenberg expects new 2% defence investment pledge at Vilnius summit

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said he expected members to agree on a new investment pledge to spend 2% of their gross domestic product on defence at the alliance's summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, in July.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

NATO reaches back to Cold War past with first major defence plans in decades

NATO will step back to the future at its Vilnius summit in July, with leaders set to approve thousands of pages of secret military plans that will detail for the first time since the Cold War how the alliance would respond to a Russian attack.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

NATO chief: Expect deal on helping Ukraine reach alliance standards

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday he expects allies to agree on a multi-year programme to help Ukraine advance towards NATO military standards at a July summit in Vilnius.

Reuters · May 15, 2023

French foreign minister hopes Sweden, Finland join NATO soon

France’s top diplomat says that she hopes that the NATO applications of Sweden and Finland will be “ratified quickly."

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

Ukraine is begging the west for more military support, and the people of Lithuania are answering the call

From trolling Putin to crowdfunding hi-tech anti-missile radars, for the people of Lithuania, Russia’s attempts to claw back former Soviet land are personal — and they're doing everything they can to help Ukraine win.

ABC News · Mar 24, 2023

How Lithuania is spearheading EU and NATO efforts facing Russia

In 2008, as part of a “nation branding” exercise – an attempt to give a country an easily recognisable identity – the Lithuanian communication specialists came up with the slogan “Lithuania – a brave country”. At the time, the country’s political elite were sceptical, but today, they identify with the…

The Conversation · Mar 1, 2023

Ukraine's Zelenska says: Commemorate resistance to aggression, not war anniversary

On Friday Ukraine will be commemorating not the first anniversary of the Russian invasion but a year of successful resistance, said Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2023

Man takes eight-hour bus after airline stops him bringing £4million violin on plane

Janusz Wawrowski from Konin, Poland was stopped from bringing his incredibly valuable Stradivarius violin onto a LOT Polish Airlines flight at Vilnius International Airport

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023

Zelenskiy plans to attend July NATO summit in Vilnius - Ukraine ambassador

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy plans to attend in person a NATO summit taking place in Vilnius in July, Ukraine's ambassador to Lithuania told local newswire BNS.

Reuters · Feb 22, 2023

NATO's Stoltenberg expects allies to lift defence spending target

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expects the alliance's member states to raise their current spending target on defence of 2% of national output when they meet for a summit in Vilnius in July, he told German newspaper Die Welt.

Reuters · Jan 25, 2023