Lithuania is to increase its defense spending to between 5 percent and 6 percent of its GDP from 2026, matching Trump's target.
Lithuania has decided to raise its spending on defense to between 5% and 6% of overall national economic output starting in 2026 due to the threat of Russian aggression in the region, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said Friday.
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Lithuania has decided to raise its spending on defense to between 5% and 6% of overall national economic output starting in 2026 due to the threat of Russian ag
will be attended by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Swedish Prime ...
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Lithuania’s defence spending for 2026-2030 will be 5-6% of the country’s GDP in order to facilitate faster formation of army divisions, as decided by the Lithuanian State Defence Council on Friday, the 17th of January.