2015 - Page 144 of 202 - the Lithuania Tribune

Fighter jets F4 "Phantom" in Šiauliai airport on the NATO air policing mission

Foreign Minister going to Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai

March 31, 2015 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is Tuesday going to the Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania. […]

Army Chief Major General Vytautas Jonas Žukas and presidential advisor Valdemaras Sarapinas

State Defence Council to present new defence concept this week

March 31, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s State Defence Council intends to hold a meeting later this week to present the updated concept of armed defence, says Valdemaras Sarapinas, the president’s adviser for national security. […]

President’s Office sees KGB scam as another provocation

March 31, 2015 BNS EN 0

The office of Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė have dismissed as “yet another information provocation” the hacker attack of the website publishing KGB activities, where the hackers uploaded a Soviet-era file on Grybauskaitė. […]

Lithuania may contribute funds to new Chernobyl cover

March 31, 2015 BNS EN 0

Lithuania may contribute some funds to a new protective cover to be built over the destroyed fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. […]

Bradauskas becomes Head of Lithuania’s State Tax Inspectorate

March 31, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Dainoras Bradauskas has won the Monday’s tender to head the State Tax Inspectorate under the Ministry of Finance (VMI). A total of 5 candidates participated in the competition, even though 11 had registered to take part. […]

In 2014, hourly labour cost in Lithuania stands at EUR 6.5

March 31, 2015 ELTA EN 0

In 2014, average hourly labour costs in the whole economy (excluding agriculture and public administration) were estimated to be EUR 24.6 in the European Union and EUR 29.2 in the euro area. However, this average masks significant gaps between EU Member States, with the lowest hourly labour costs recorded in Bulgaria (EUR 3.8), Romania (EUR 4.6), Lithuania (EUR 6.5 or LTL 22.3) and Latvia (EUR 6.6) and the highest in Denmark (EUR 40.3), Belgium (EUR 39.1), Sweden (EUR 37.4) and Luxembourg (EUR 35.9), Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union reports. […]

Court rules that it is not necessary to question Grybauskaitė

March 30, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Vilnius County Court on Monday rejected the prosecution’s request to question President Dalia Grybauskaitė in the criminal case of Chief Presidential Advisor Daiva Ulbinaitė. The chief advisor was acquitted from charges of revealing a state secret and abuse of office. […]

301 people denied access to classified information in 2014

March 30, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence (AOTD) published its activity report for 2014. Based on the report, 301 people were denied access to work with classified information. […]

Soviet colonel recruited Lithuanian officer – military intelligence

March 30, 2015 BNS EN 0

A former colonel from the Soviet Union had recruited an officer of the Lithuanian Air Force to spy for Russia, Lithuania’s military intelligence said on Monday. […]

Lithuanians are greeting 'Independence' LNG floating facility entering Klaipėda port

Russia trying to tune public opinion against energy independence in Lithuania – Report

March 30, 2015 BNS EN 0

Russia is using Lithuania’s public space to form an opinion against energy independence of Lithuania and the entire European Union (EU), the State Security Department (VSD) said in its 2014 report about threats to national security. […]

Russian, Belarusian special services aimed to recruit Lithuanian border guards – report

March 30, 2015 BNS EN 0

Officers of territorial units of the Lithuanian State Guard Service and the Interior Ministry were targeted by Russian and Belarusian security services last year, the State Security Department said. […]

Russia's soldiers (green men) without insignias in Crimea

Russia may resort to “hidden military measures” against NATO member – report

March 30, 2015 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s military intelligence warned on Monday that Russia may decide to apply “hidden military measures” against one of the NATO members, although it is not capable of starting an open military conflict against the Alliance, the Second Investigation Department under the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said on Monday. […]

State Security Department announces annual threat assessment 2014

March 30, 2015 ELTA EN 0

In its annual threat assessment for the year 2014, Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) stresses that the country’s security environment was most of all influenced by increasingly aggressive activities of Russian and Belarusian intelligence agencies, which were mainly triggered by Vilnius’ principled stance in respect of the conflict in Ukraine. […]

Valatka leaving post of editor-in-chief of 15min.lt news portal

March 30, 2015 BNS EN 0

Rimvydas Valatka is leaving the position of editor-in-chief of 15min.lt news portal in Lithuania, the portal said on Monday. […]

Russia's consul general to Klaipėda Vladimir Malygin, MP I. Rozova of the Russian Alliance iand MEP W. Tomaszewski of the Polish Election Action at a veterans meeting in Klaipėda

Russian consul to Klaipėda was spy

March 30, 2015 BNS EN 0

Russia’s consul general to Klaipėda Vladimir Malygin was last year sent out of Lithuania as an agent of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service who aimed to collect non-public information about the country’s politics and energy projects, the Lithuanian State Security Department said on Monday. […]

NATO SecGen – Make no mistake: NATO will defend every part of the Alliance

March 30, 2015 Linas Jegelevicius 0

The latest NATO reinforcements will provide further security to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia should Russia decide to act on its increased military activity close to the countries’ borders. […]

At the Runway Run 2015 in Zuokniai airport (Šiauliai), marking the 11th anniversary of Lithuania’s NATO accession

Minister of Defence: NATO 11 – more relevant than ever

March 30, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

This year Lithuania’s basketball legend Arvydas Sabonis will be sharing his shirt number 11 with NATO – on March 29 Lithuania marks the 11th anniversary as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the Ministry of Defence quotes Minister Juozas Olekas on its website. […]