President Dalia Grybauskaitė
Defence

Lithuanian president: NATO presence in Baltics still ‘unprecedented’

NATO‘s Baltic air policing mission is being downsized alongside reinforcements in other security elements in the Baltic region and therefore is not significant, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]

Defence

Lithuanian political scientists divided on NATO’s Baltic air policing mission downsize

NATO‘s leadership decided to downsize the Baltic air policing mission in order to make rational use of resources, but Lithuania should not applaud it, as it reduces the Alliance’s visibility, says political scientist Gražvydas Jasutis. Meanwhile his colleague Kęstutis Girnius believes that the reinforcement has already served its purpose of reassuring the Baltic states and the decision makes good sense. […]

Linas Linkevičius
Defence

Lithuania’s foreign minister: 8 jets perfectly enough to protect Baltic air space

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has downplayed NATO‘s plans to reduce the air policing mission in the Baltic states, saying that eight fighter-jets are perfectly sufficient for efficient protection of the air-space. In his words, rotations are planned for the coming five years. […]

Lithuanian community in Ireland
Global LT

Expatriate communities support Lithuanian Card but seek dual citizenship

Lithuanians living abroad support the proposal to introduce the Lithuanian Card, aimed at strengthening ties between expatriates and their home country, but still see dual citizenship as their ultimate goal, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reports. […]

Druskininkai
Foreign affairs

Four Ukrainian soldiers arrive in Lithuania for rehabilitation

Four more Ukrainian soldiers, injured during the war in Eastern Ukraine, arrived in Lithuania for rehabilitation on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry confirmed to BNS. […]