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At Lithuania's initiative, nine EU member states have agreed to create a cyber rapid response force, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said.
Nine EU countries setting up cyber force at Lithuania's initiative
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Lithuania, Estonia, Croatia, the Netherlands and Romania will sign the agreement in Luxembourg on Monday and France, Spain, Poland and Finland will officially join it by the end of the year.

"The aim is to create EU cyber rapid response teams rotating on a semi-annual basis," the minister t

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