Czech soldiers in Lithuania
Defence

Czech troops in NATO battalion would be key contribution to deterrence

Czech troops in the NATO battalion being stationed in Lithuania would be a significant contribution to the consolidation of deterrence and defence, Lithuania’s Defence Raimundas Karoblis said after meeting with his Czech counterpart, Martin Stropnicki. […]

The Vilnius Great Synagogue
Society

Separate programme proposed for Jewish heritage maintenance

Diana Varnaitė, director of the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Department, has proposed envisaging separate funding of maintenance of the Jewish heritage, an idea supported by Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]

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Defence

Way of spending more important than larger defense budget – Gen. Hodges

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, commander of the United States Army Europe, has applauded Lithuania’s plans of earmarking 2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) to defence next year, emphasizing that the way of spending the money was even more important. […]

Lithuanian letters
Society

Court orders passport with w for poet Mickevičius’ descendant

Lithuania’s Supreme Administrative Court on Tuesday instructed the migration authorities to issue a Lithuanian passport to Alexia Gorecki- Mickiewicz , great granddaughter of poet Adomas Mickevičius, with the original spelling of her first and last names on the main page of the passport. […]