Nausėda on Leopard plant: Lithuania setting course for NATO with defence investment
Published on: Thursday 01 October 2026
As construction began on Thursday on a nearly EUR 29 million assembly and repair plant for German Leopard 2A8 tanks in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone (FEZ), President Gitanas Nausėda said Lithuania was setting the course for the whole of Europe and NATO with its ’serious’ investment in defence.
