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🇱🇹🇩🇪 According to German media, several Bundeswehr soldiers with family ties to Russia or Belarus failed security checks and therefore cannot be assigned to serve in Lithuania. With a German combat brigade permanently stationed on NATO’s eastern flank, personnel reliability and counterintelligence security are just as important. 🎬 welt.nachrichtensender /IG
Dakas ‡114,162 Aufrufe • vor 24 Tagen
What if Prussia had become the 4th Baltic state? ▪️Prussian Language Survives: Old Prussian, one of the most archaic Baltic languages🌿, might never have died out, but instead survived as the official language of a modern Prussian state. ▪️Geopolitics Reshaped: Without the rise of German Prussia as an expansionist power in the west, the Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth might never have happened in the same way. ▪️ Modern Baltic Security: No militarized Russian Kaliningrad exclave. Instead, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Prussia forming a much stronger Baltic bloc along the eastern and southeastern Baltic coast 🌊 Four Baltic states instead of three. Just imagine the geopolitical weight of that region today! Map: Preussenarchiv /IG
Dakas ‡209,238 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
🇱🇹🇩🇪 For the first time since World War II, Germany is permanently stationing a combat brigade abroad! Around 5,000 German personnel will be based in Lithuania, close to the Belarusian border - and that’s only the visible part of a much bigger military structure. When we talk about the German brigade in Lithuania, we often picture a few thousand troops, Leopard 2 tanks and Puma infantry fighting vehicles. But there’s much more to it than that. 🇩🇪 The 45th Armoured Brigade “Lithuania” (Panzerbrigade 45) is part of Germany’s 10th Panzer Division. What Germany is building in Lithuania isn’t an isolated military outpost - it’s a fully integrated formation within the wider German Army structure. ▪️ The Scale: By the end of 2027, around 4,800 German troops and 200 civilian Bundeswehr personnel are expected to be stationed in Lithuania. ▪️ The Locations: The main bases will be Rūdninkai and Rukla. Rūdninkai sits just ~35 km from the Belarusian border. ▪️ The Core: The brigade includes the 203rd Tank Battalion with Leopard 2 tanks and the 122nd Panzergrenadier Battalion with Puma IFVs. ▪️ Full Capabilities: A brigade is much more than armour. It brings together combat and support elements including reconnaissance, engineers, logistics, medical and communications units. ▪️ NATO Integration: NATO’s Multinational Battlegroup Lithuania is now part of the brigade, serving as its third combat formation. ▪️ Air & Shield: The brigade doesn’t operate in isolation. Lithuania’s defence is backed by the wider NATO air-defence and air-power structure, including allied combat aircraft such as Germany’s Eurofighter Typhoons. This isn't just about presence, it's about ultimate deterrence. By reinforcing NATO’s eastern flank this decisively, it sends a loud and clear message that the Baltic states are safe🛡️ 🛡️🛡️
Dakas ‡38,945 Aufrufe • vor 28 Tagen
🇱🇹 Near Kaunas, in the village of Saliai, a secret underground printing house operated for many years beneath an ordinary home and greenhouse during the Soviet ☭ occupation of Lithuania and it was never discovered by the KGB. Deep underground, reached by a narrow staircase, banned publications dealing with Lithuanian history, religion, philosophy, and poetry were printed here, becoming an important part of Lithuania’s resistance to the Soviet system. Today, the underground printing house “ab” operates as a museum. IG 🎬 nera_blogo_oro
Dakas ‡198,561 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten
🛩 25 years ago, on September 2, 2000, Lithuanian 🇱🇹 pilot Jurgis Kairys flew upside down under the Simonas Daukantas Bridge in Kaunas and the whole stunt was watched live by Formula 1 legend Mika Häkkinen 🇫🇮, who was genuinely impressed by what he saw. In fact, Kairys has a remarkable record: - on July 4, 1996 he became the first in the world to officially fly under a pedestrian bridge - in Kaunas; - on September 18, 1999 he flew under ten Neris River bridges in Vilnius; - and on September 2, 2000 he became the first in the world to fly upside down under a pedestrian bridge - in Kaunas😊🤘🇱🇹
Dakas ‡136,828 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten
🇩🇪🇱🇹 Panzerbrigade 45 "Litauen" is more than just equipment or drills. It’s thousands of soldiers arriving not for a short rotation, but as a permanent part of NATO’s eastern flank defense. And it’s not just Germans - other NATO allies train side by side with them, building real combat strength. This shift is already changing everyday life here in Lithuania: from a stronger focus on German language studies to plans for an international school and deeper ties with local communities. This isn’t just a deployment anymore - it’s integration. These are people who will live, work and defend this land alongside us 🤝🛡️ #Panzerbrigade45 #Bundeswehr #Lithuania Video 🎬 brigadelitauen /IG
Dakas ‡67,968 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten
Lithuania is a former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, not a "former Soviet state". Lithuania 🇱🇹was illegally occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940. Despite Soviet claims, Lithuania never legally ceased to exist as a state. BBC News (World), please take note: The term "former Soviet state" is misleading because it implies voluntary inclusion in the USSR, whereas Lithuania's status was one of occupation and annexation.
Dakas ‡118,584 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
The three countries - 🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪 are connected not only by the Baltic Sea and their distinct cultures, but also by their long-standing song festival traditions. Held in Riga from June 19 to 21, the milestone 20th Baltic Student Song and Dance Festival, "Gaudeamus," brought together nearly 4,000 students from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia 🎓🎶
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🇱🇻 In 1991, Latvian DJ Mr. Tape (Modris Skaistkalns) performed as a guest performer at the DMC World DJ Championships in London. Lacking access to expensive, hard-to-find DJ turntables like Technics, he modified two Soviet reel-to-reel tape recorders instead. Later, Skaistkalns became a prominent Latvian dance music producer, founding the popular 90s Latvian pop/dance group "100. Debija" and going on to produce various well-known Latvian artists. Malači, #braliukai! ☺️🇱🇻 🎬 technoandhousemusic /IG
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Largest European importers of Lithuanian🇱🇹 goods (2024): 🇱🇻 Latvia – $4.74B 🇵🇱 Poland – $3.94B 🇩🇪 Germany – $3.50B 🇳🇱 Netherlands – $2.70B 🇪🇪 Estonia – $2.37B From 2005 to 2024, Lithuania has become a highly export-driven economy - exports now equal about 74% of GDP, and 68% of Lithuanian goods go to EU 🇪🇺 markets. Main export categories: ⛽ refined petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, etc.) ⚡ electrical equipment 🔬 high-tech products (such as lasers and biotechnology) S: (FB) Data&Stats. Based on official data from Statistics Lithuania, Eurostat, and the World Bank (WITS).
Dakas ‡21,193 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten
Apparently Lithuanians 🇱🇹 and Greeks 🇬🇷 must be long-lost cousins 😃
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