Lithuania Backs Building Military Facility at Critical NATO Site

Lithuania’s parliament gave final approval to build a military training ground near a strategically vital stretch of NATO territory, amid protests by local residents and opposition from within the governing coalition.

The military site at Kapciamiestis covering some 14,600 hectares will allow battalion and brigade-size drills on the ground at a critical land link used by the alliance to send reinforcements to its eastern flank.