Juozas Olekas
Defence

Lithuanian defence minister and chief of defence off to Wales for NATO summit

Lithuania’s Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas and Chief of Defence Major General Vytautas Žukas will take part in the NATO Summit in Wales on 4-5 September, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]

Barackas Obama
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Obama’s visit is biggest ever security operation for Estonia

Director General of Estonian Police and Border Guard Board Elmar Vaher said that Estonia was well prepared for the visit US President Barack Obama, which is the biggest security operation ever for Estonia, Public Broadcasting reports. […]

Grom
Defence

Lithuania signs contract on purchase of GROM air-defense system

An agreement on the purchase of air-defense missile systems GROM for Lithuania’s Armed Forces was signed in Poland on Tuesday. […]

Refugee camp in Georgia
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Kremlin said to be developing plan for partitioning Georgia

Since the start of this year, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has invaded Ukraine, annexed Crimea and pushed for Ukraine’s “federalization.” The severe international concern caused by these actions was further compounded last month (August 2014) by Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s statement in Yalta that after Moscow subdues Ukraine, it will move against other post-Soviet countries in order to rebuild the Russian Empire. Not surprisingly, many countries in the region have thus been forced to consider where the Kremlin might move next and what means it might employ against them—from demands for “federalization” to open aggression. […]