Germany and its NATO partners are prepared to defend every inch of the alliance's territory, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said ...

May 24 (UPI) --Germany is deploying soldiers beyond its border, moving troops into Lithuania to defend its European neighbor. Deploying troops to the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius is an indefinite ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Lithuania to inaugurate a German brigade aimed at strengthening NATO's presence and deterring Russian threats in the Baltic region. German Chancellor Friedrich ...

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 the first NATO nation to vow to reach a 5% ...

Eight decades after the Nazi horrors of the second World War, Lithuania has welcomed German soldiers – this time as Nato allies. Amid growing doubt over the US commitment to the region ...

The decision to build up a 5,000-strong armoured brigade in Lithuania over the coming years came in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The deployment is aimed at ...

Merz said Germany was massively investing in its troops at home, alongside the deployment of hundreds of Bundeswehr soldiers to Lithuania. He also stressed the importance of NATO unity against ...

The decision to build up a 5,000-strong armoured brigade in Lithuania over the coming years came in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. "There is a threat to us all from ...

The yearly tradition includes putting nearly 6,000 American flags at every grave in the cemetery's veterans sections. The flags will remain up through Flag Day on Saturday, June 14.

VILNIUS – 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 security of our ...

This comes as Germany announced it has stationed a heavy combat unit of 4,800 soldiers in Lithuania — the first permanent deployment of German troops abroad since the Second World War.