Polish President Andrzej Duda will pay a state visit to Lithuania on 5-7 July 2023, the Lithuanian president’s office announced, BNS reports. The state visit will begin with a bilateral meeting between Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. The two presidents will attend a flag raising ceremony outside the presidential palace in Vilnius on King…
Lithuania’s President, Gitanas Nauseda, criticised the “harsh rhetoric” of Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis over the deployment of a full German brigade in Lithuania, BNS reports. Speaking in an interview with LNK, Nauseda said that such rhetoric was not helpful. He stressed the need to ensure trust in partner countries, noting that Germany was Lithuania’s “biggest…
Only half of the volunteers who applied for military service in Latvia’s first draft will begin serving in the Latvian National Armed Forces (NBS) on 1 July 2023, LETA reports. Altogether 254 Latvian citizens will join the draft, a Defence Ministry spokesperson announced. A total of 488 citizens expressed their desire to volunteer for military…
