Review the day’s key developments in defense and global affairs with SOFREP’s Evening Brief – Friday, May 23, 2025.

The parade was to mark the start of the deployment of Panzerbrigade 45 "Litauen" (PzBrig 45), the German Army's newest armored brigade based in Rudninkai and Rukla, Lithuania. This is the first German ...

Germany has this week deployed a permanent military brigade beyond its borders for the first time since the end of World War ...

Latvian carrier airBaltic has inaugurated nonstop flights between Vilnius, Lithuania, and Prague, Czech Republic.

Trump’s goal for the continent may be coming true, as allies increase their defense spending. Mr. Brooke has traveled to ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s ...

Germany and its NATO partners are prepared to defend every inch of the alliance's territory, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said ...

Germany is stationing thousands of troops in Lithuania, the first time it's put soldiers in another country on a long-term ...

Riga–Vilnius Train now offers a themed Pink Soup carriage celebrating Lithuania’s iconic summer dish, cold beetroot soup, ...

Is Russian President Vladimir Putin really ready to commit to a cease-fire in the war against Ukraine? Lithuanian Foreign ...