Lithuania will boost defense spending to 5-6% of GDP
Lithuania said on Wednesday it has ramped up security around the country's electricity link with Poland ahead of a planned decoupling next month of the Baltic region's power systems from a Soviet-era grid shared with Russia and Belarus.
Lithuania is to increase its defense spending to between 5 percent and 6 percent of its GDP from 2026, matching Trump's target.
A Ryanair plane about to land at Vilnius airport was diverted to Warsaw in Poland on Thursday because of GPS interference, Lithuania's air navigation authority said on Friday.
Lithuania has announced plans to enhance security measures around its power grids with Poland in preparation for next month's decoupling from the Russian energy system.
NATO launched 'Baltic Sentry', a new naval mission to prevent attacks on cable infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. The alliance says Russia is to blame for recent incidents, but can increased NATO patrols make a difference?
A video published to X (formerly Twitter) on January 10 seemingly shows an Italian F-35 surviving a close encounter with a Russian jet flying over a NATO area. The video, filmed from the perspective of the Russian pilot,
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said that Europe is "under attack from Russia" and that hybrid attacks range from political assassinations and cyberwarfare to acts of sabotage and arson. Source: Radosław Sikorski in an interview in Berlin;
Romania's Defense Ministry confirmed on Jan. 17 that it had found Russian drone fragments in two communities situated on the Romania-Ukraine border.
A Ryanair flight from London Luton has been forced to abort its landing after the plane's GPS signal was 'jammed' near the boarder with Russia.
A Ryanair flight has been forced to abandon its landing after a mysterious GPS ‘jamming’ signal caused interferance as it approached Russia ’s border. The flight – which was due to land in Lithuania’s Vilnius airport after departing from Luton airport on Thursday – was forced to divert at the last minute after already beginning its descent.