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Merz inaugurates a historic German brigade in Lithuania and pushes for security spending
Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO's ...
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Germany's Merz inaugurates new brigade in Lithuania, saying Russia 'is a threat to us all'
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday inaugurated a historic new brigade in Lithuania, saying that Germany and its ...
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Germany deploys permanent troops to another country for the first time since World War II
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 Baltic ...
Merz vows to defend Nato territory as German troops deploy in Lithuania
Amid growing doubt over the US commitment to the region, chancellor Friedrich Merz said the co-operation − involving the ...
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Germany, soldiers in Lithuania: first unit abroad since World War II
Germany returns to deploying troops abroad for the first time since World War II. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited ...
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Germany set to defend NATO neighbours with new brigade in Lithuania
Merz was joined at the ceremony by his Defence Minister, Boris Pistorius, as well as Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, who said Russia and Belarus had conducted military exercises on his ...
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Merz inaugurates a historic German brigade in Lithuania and pushes for security spending
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz talks to the media after a meeting with Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda at the Presidential palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, May 22, 2025.