World

New NATO-Ukraine Centre hosts resilience workshop to enhance cooperation and readiness

April 10, 2025

The NATO Joint Analysis Training and Education Centre (JATEC) in Bydgoszcz, Poland held a workshop on total defence and resilience. 21 participants from six NATO Allies and Ukraine addressed topics [..]

Estonia

Estonia’s new ambassador to Lithuania hoping for closer defence ties

November 5, 2024

Kaili Terras is Estonia’s new ambassador to Lithuania, and she has said that she is looking forward to the forging of closer defence ties between the two nations. “Our defence [..]

Opinions

New ambassador promoting Latvia as travel destination

September 1, 2024

Latvia’s new ambassador to the Czech Republic, Vilmars Henins, says that he wants to look for ways of promoting Riga and Latvia in Czech travel plans as an attractive and [..]

Opinions

Ambassador: Latvia, UK should focus on security, defence collaboration

September 1, 2024

Latvia’s new ambassador to the United Kingdom, Atis Lots, has told the LETA News Agency that Latvia and the UK should focus more on co-operation in the areas of security [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania’s defmin, US ambassador visit US military personnel in Pabrade

June 24, 2024

Lithuania’s Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas and US Ambassador in Lithuania Kara C. McDonald visit the American troops deployed to Pabrade. It is the tenth consecutive heel-to-toe rotation deployed to the [..]

Latvia

Swedish government formally tasks armed forces with preparing for presence in Latvia

April 26, 2024

The Swedish government has given the armed forces a formal task of planning and preparing for the Swedish contribution of a reduced mechanized battalion to NATO’s forward land forces in [..]

Lithuania

Lithuanian lawmakers allow up to 10,000 foreign troops to come for BALTOPS

April 23, 2024

Lithuanian lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a special resolution allowing up to 10,000 troops from other countries to take part in the international Exercise Baltic Operations 2024 (BALTOPS) to be held [..]

Estonia

Estonian formin in Washington: Aggressor must lose its economic capacity to wage war

March 27, 2024

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna met with Deputy National Security Adviser of the White House Daleep Singh in Washington on Tuesday to discuss raising the cost of the war for [..]

World

Secretary General in Armenia: stability in the South Caucasus matters to NATO

March 19, 2024

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg concluded his tour of the South Caucasus on Tuesday (19 March 2024) in Yerevan, Armenia where he met with President Vahagn Khachaturyan and Prime Minister [..]

Estonia

Karis: Estonia, Finland assess security situation similarly

February 15, 2024

Estonian President Alar Karis said at a meeting with outgoing Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in Helsinki on Wednesday that Estonia and Finland assess the security situation similarly, which is why [..]

Estonia

Estonian, Finnish soldiers carry out joint operation in Iraq

February 9, 2024

Estonian and Finnish defense forces personnel serving in Iraq conducted a joint operation in close protection earlier this week, aimed at ensuring a safe passage for US military advisors to [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania, Poland to hold joint military exercises

January 22, 2024

Lithuania and Poland are planning to hold joint military exercises. “We will step up military cooperation (with Poland). We will hold joint exercises, look for additional forms for our armed [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania has joined the Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) HQ

January 12, 2024

Since 2020, Lithuania has been sending officers to the HQ as observers. The accession ceremony was attended by Lithuania’s Navy Commander captain (Navy) Giedrius Premeneckas, and he also met with [..]

World

Secretary General at NATO-Industry Forum: without industry there is no defence

October 25, 2023

Addressing the NATO-Industry Forum in Stockholm on Wednesday (25 October 2023), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg highlighted the vital link between NATO, Allies and industry when it comes to ensuring support [..]

World

NATO Secretary General addresses first International Defence Industry Forum in Kyiv: there is no defence without industry

October 3, 2023

Addressing the first meeting of the International Defence Industry Forum in Kyiv on Friday (29 September 2023), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg paid tribute to the Ukrainian people and armed [..]