Chancellor Friedrich Merz has inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has traveled to NATO partner Lithuania to inaugurate a German brigade meant to protect the ...

Germany and its partners are determined to defend all NATO territory, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday during a ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s eastern flank and declared Thursday that “the ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared that “the security of our Baltic allies is also our security” as he traveled to NATO partner Lithuania Thursday to ...

Merz Inaugurates a Historic German Brigade in Lithuania and Pushes for Security Spending VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday inaugurated a historic new brigade in Lithuania, saying that Germany and its NATO partners are prepared to defend every inch of the alliance's territory.

Lithuania to spend more than 5% on defense Host Lithuania said in January that it would raise its defense spending to between 5% and 6% of GDP starting next year, from a bit over 3%. That made it ...

"There is a threat to us all from Russia," Merz told reporters in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. The German deployment is aimed at deterring potential Russian aggression towards Lithuania and ...

“This is a historic day,” Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said after meeting Merz. “This is a day of trust, responsibility and action.” German brigade to be at full strength in 2027 ...