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Lithuania vows to boost defense spending to 5-6% of GDP, citing the threat of Russian aggression
would make Lithuania the NATO country spending the most on defense as a percentage of its economic output. The current leader is Poland, which already spends more than 4% and plans to go higher. “Our ...
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Lithuania vows to raise defence spending to 5-6% of GDP to combat threat from Russia
Reaching the 5% target would make Lithuania the NATO country spending the most on defence as a percentage of its GDP. The current leader is Poland, which spends more than 4% of its GDP on defence ...
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2025 Lithuania's new centre-left government took office on Thursday, led by Social Democrat Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas and including a party whose leader is on trial accused of antisemitic ...
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First NATO Country Announces It Will Match Trump's 5% Defense Ultimatum
Currently, Lithuania spends just over 3 percent of its GDP on defense, a figure that places it well below the new target. The decision, confirmed by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda on Friday ...
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Lithuania mourns Russian Orthodox leader of different era
Metropolitan Chrysostomos, who headed of the Vilnius-Lithuania Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1990 to 2010, died on 6 January aged 90. “Metropolitan Chrysostomos was always an ...