Lithuanian Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene says she will have “very positive news” soon on withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines. “I have no doubt we will have very positive news very soon, not in a month and not even in a week,” the minister told BNS by phone from Poland on March 12…
The US Department of State has resumed its military aid programmes for the Baltic States after a review. The new US administration had frozen all foreign aid while conducting an “assessment”. “The US Department of State has reinstated the military fund program, through which Lithuania buys military equipment and gear, as well as the international…
In January, Ukraine allocated UAH 131 billion from the state budget for the security and defense sector, the Finance Ministry announced on Telegram. “UAH 131 billion is the expenditures of the state budget’s general fund for the security and defense sector in January. This is 61.2% of the total amount of expenditures of the state…
The Government has decided to allocate another UAH 7.9 billion for the purchase of drones. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a meeting of the Cabinet on February 21. According to him, these funds will be redirected to the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection, which will make the necessary…
Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) said on February 19 that Estonia’s defense spending would be over 4% of GDP next year but could not give an exact figure. “I can confirm that next year’s sum will be well over 4%. But how much exactly depends on the economic forecast. We are in the final…
348 million leva (178 million euros) were received by the budget of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense at the end of January as part of the agreement on compensation for aid provided to Ukraine. This was announced at a briefing in the Council of Ministers by Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova. “These funds contribute to the…
At the Munich Security Conference, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with New Zealand’s Defense Minister Judith Collins to discuss potential New Zealand investments in Ukraine’s defense industry. Umerov shared details of the meeting on Facebook. “Started work at the Munich Security Conference. The first meeting was with New Zealand’s Minister of Defense, Judith Collins,”…