Antano Gedrimo nuotr.
Defence

NATO to set up headquarters in Baltic states

NATO leaders decided at the summit in Wales on Friday to establish headquarters in Lithuania and the other two Baltic states, with their functions and structure to be finalized within this autumn, Lithuanian officials said. […]

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko
Uncategorized

Lithuania to contribute EUR 50,000 to NATO’s Ukraine support fund

Lithuania will contribute 50,000 euros to the NATO fund that will provide support to Ukraine‘s army, the defence minister’s spokesman Vaidotas Linkus confirmed to BNS on Friday. […]

Loreta Graužinienė
Politics

Lithuanian parliament speaker makes clear National Minority Bill will not be passed in autumn session

All ethnic minorities should agree on the National Minority Law, says Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė, making it clear that the adoption of the law initiated by the former ruling party Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) is not envisaged in the agenda of parliament’s fall session. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Defence

Poorer economic forecasts won’t affect Lithuania’s defence budget

Forecasts suggest that Russia’s restrictions on imports from the European Union will have a negative effect on Lithuania’s economy; however, this will not affect the country’s 2015 defence budget, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]