NIB and UAB Lidl Lietuva have signed a EUR 50 million loan agreement with a maturity of ten years to finance the expansion of Lidl’s store network in Lithuania 2017–2019. Lidl entered the Lithuanian grocery market in June 2016. At year end 2017, Lidl was operating 35 stores and one warehouse in the country and had a...
Saber Strike 2018, a major US-led multinational exercise, wrapped up in Poland on Friday (15 June 2018), with a live-fire demonstration involving Polish F-16s and MI-24 attack helicopters. The exercise, which began on 3 June, mobilised around 18,000 troops from 19 NATO Allies and partners. It provided an opportunity...
As NATO forces trained across the Baltic states and Poland in exercise Saber Strike 2018, Lithuania hosted arms control inspectors from Russia and Belarus. From 11-14 June, five inspectors visited various units of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. They also met with Croatian troops participating in exercise Saber Strike,...