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(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Lithuania fears military conflict
Belarus, where political protests have not subsided, keeps European countries "awake" during last several weeks. The fact that the Lithuania-Belarus border is almost 679 km in length gives Vilnius cause to worry.
Lithuania does not only simply follow the situation in Belarus, but to some extent tries to influence Belarus population putting itself in danger.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 15, 2020 Baltic States are desperate to increase their influence in Europe
The United States and the European Union harshly condemned the incumbent the president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko for the situation with the riots and supported the protesters.
SHARE Friday, July 31, 2020 Washington continues to take care of the Baltic States
The United States will deploy a battalion of troops to Lithuania this autumn for a rotation of more than half a year, Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Wednesday.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 29, 2020 The Baltic States and sold freedom
Military personnel from Latvia and Lithuania are participating in joint exercise with the U.S. Northern Strike2020. Northern Strike 20 is held July 19-31 at Michigan's National All-Domain Warfighting Center, encompassing Camp Grayling Maneuver Training Center and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, July 27, 2020 Riga blames Moscow for destroying Latvian transit
The Latvian Ministry of Transport has published transit industry statistics this week. These figures show the total collapse of the transit sector of the economy.
SHARE Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Baltic countries are begging troops from Washington
"Washington intends to relocate 9,500 U.S. troops from Germany to two different countries by the end of September" said U.S. President Donald Trump in his interview with the Washington Post last week. Poland is already in line to receive some of these troops. The second one will be a country that fulfills obligations to finance defense forces in the amount of GDP 2%.
SHARE Monday, June 29, 2020 What is the real goal of NATO in the Baltics?
U.S. will transfer 2,000 troops and military equipment to Poland. Military infrastructure of NATO continues to be deployed in the Baltic States. The main opponent of the Alliance is Russia.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, June 9, 2020 New DEFENDER Europe 20 exercise is a new wave of COVID-19
On Thursday (5th of June), at the Drawsko Land Forces Training Center, the Polish-U.S. DEFENDER Europe 20 Plus exercise has started. Nearly 6,000 Polish and U.S. soldiers and around 2,000 pieces of equipment participate in this exercise: tanks, combat vehicles, artillery, missiles and aviation are being used. Exercise will last until June 18 this year.
SHARE Monday, May 18, 2020 NATO destroys the image of the Baltic armed forces
The leaders of the Baltic countries are less worried about the security of their countries, preferring to delegate this responsibility to NATO and the European Union. The situation is that politicians agree to militarize the Baltic region, because they will not fight on the battlefield in case of military conflict.
SHARE Friday, May 8, 2020 The Baltics are Satilite States of NATO
The militarization of the Baltic States continues. Defense spending grows and military infrastructure is being developed. Even in the context of COVID-19, the Baltic authorities are ready to conduct large-scale NATO military exercises. And nobody cares about the opinion of local residents on this matter.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 30, 2020 Baltic States became unsafe
A lot of conflicts with the participation of the Alliance's troops constantly arise in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland. The streets of the Baltic cities become unsafe for ordinary people because of shooting in the streets, broken fences, desecration of state symbols and beating of local residents. All these things have become a sign of NATO presence in the region.
SHARE Friday, March 27, 2020 Defenders cannot defend themselves against coronavirus
European countries are strengthening measures to combat the spreading of COVID-19 virus. The United States suspended passenger links with all of Europe, and Norway completed the Cold Response 2020 NATO exercise ahead of schedule.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 14, 2020 U.S. military presence in Europe will be paid by European taxpayers
As it was reported, the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI), aimed to strengthen the American military presence on the eastern borders of NATO, will lose about a quarter of its funding in 2021.
SHARE Friday, February 28, 2020 Bundestag called to suspend Defender-Europe 20
This week was marked by a lot of sad news about the spread of coronavirus in different parts of the world. And Germany was no exception.
SHARE Friday, February 21, 2020 Washington prepares Europe for war
As you know, large-scale NATO maneuvers Defender-Europe 20 will soon begin. Nearly 40 thousand troops will take part in the exercise. The exercise will be held in 10 European countries, including Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and Germany.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, February 7, 2020 The U.S. conquers new territories in Europe
The deputy of the Latvian parliament Nikolay Kabanov spoke this week about the plans of the government to allocate territory in the suburbs of Riga under the U.S. military base. According to him, the Parliament was expelled from the decision-making process.
SHARE Saturday, January 25, 2020 New Latvian government worked for a year - what are the results?
January 23 marks the year since the new government began to work.
Let's see what the results are.
Summing up the results of the first year of work, the Prime Minister Arturs KriÅ¡jÄnis Kariņš noted that the government coalition "feels strong."
SHARE Friday, January 24, 2020 Rehearsal of world war is coming
The leaders of the Baltic countries have been carrying out large-scale militarization of the region under the pretext of protection against the Russian threat over the past few years. NATO Warsaw Summit participants decided in June 2016 to deploy multinational battle groups in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland.