Lithuania is enhancing its border security with Russia through various measures. In addition to deploying a significant number of "dragon's teeth" barriers, the authorities in Vilnius have decided to mine the bridges leading to Kaliningrad.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has called on Alliance members to increase their defense spending beyond the shared target of 2% of GDP. This target, set 10 years ago, is now considered too low due to new challenges posed by Russia,

NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with shores on Baltic waters.

Lithuania shares a border with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave ... That's in contrast to recent comments from NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, who suggested that social spending should be reduced to free up cash for defense. “Taking certain austerity ...

Now men will go content with what we spoiled. Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled. - Wilfred Owen, “Strange Meeting” (1919)  There have been

The return of Trump will once again put European defense spending levels at the center of the United States’ approach to NATO. Over the past several years, NATO members have boosted investments, with about 20 out of 32 members hitting the alliance’s benchmark of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defense.

Mark Rutte, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, became the head of NATO following the retirement of Jens Stoltenberg. Soon thereafter, he gave an explosive speech which shocked

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.

LISBON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states of the alliance on Monday to step up defence spending beyond their common goal of 2% of national output set a ...