Lithuania’s Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says that the UK‘s decision to send army units to the Baltic states and Poland is a reaction to Russia‘s actions in the region, therefore Moscow’s statements about reciprocal steps are misleading. […]
Kęstutis Girnius, associate professor at Vilnius University’s Institute of International Relations and Political Science, says Russia‘s intervention in Syria means that Moscow does not have any plans to attack Lithuania or other Baltic states. […]
Having a decent army reserve is very important for Lithuania, therefore conscription must remain in effect even after five years when the military draft programme, introduced this year, expires, according to President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
At Thursday’s NATO Defence Ministerial meeting in Brussels, UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced that the UK would deploy a persistent military presence to the Baltic states. […]
Refuting the myth that Lithuanian expatriates in the United Kingdom care little about social problems at their home country, some members of the Lithuanian community wish to bring focus on what they think is the biggest social sore in Lithuania, suicide. […]
As the Lithuanian delegation visiting Greece has so far struggled to find a refugee family willing to seek asylum in Lithuania, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the country must to more to inform refugees about itself and “motivate” them to come. […]
NATO should step up pressure on Russia to use its influence on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as well as to give a more resolute response to Moscow’s “testing” of the Alliance’s flank in the Baltics, UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said in an interview to The Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday. […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Margot Wallstrom to discuss bilateral partnership, the situation in Ukraine, relations with Russia, regional security, cooperation in the region, as well as in the fields of strategic communication, energy and transport, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden who are on a three-day state visit in Lithuania. During their meeting, the president and the Swedish royal couple discussed the results and prospects of long-standing and close bilateral cooperation. This is the second state visit by the King and Queen of Sweden in our country after 23 years, the presidential press service said. […]
Russia‘s recent involvement in the war in Syria will only worsen the plight of refugees who are making their way to Europe in thousands, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
On Tuesday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Toyoei Shigeeda, the new ambassador of Japan in Lithuania, to discuss energy and transport, economic, cultural and scientific relations between Lithuania and Japan, the PM’s press service said. […]
Kaunas Municipality is finishing an application to have parts of the city included into the Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage, the municipality announced on Tuesday. […]
Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice submitted a bill on Tuesday that, if passed, would allow creating a system for online voting in elections and referenda. […]
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia will visit Vilnius University (VU) on 7-8 October. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is leaving for a visit to Switzerland on Tuesday, says that the Swiss army, which is based on military conscription, is a “nice example” for Lithuania. […]
Spain, Italy and Portugal are hosting NATO military exercise Trident Juncture 2015, which kicked off on Saturday. Some 200 soldiers from Lithuania and almost 50 units of military equipment will join NATO’s biggest wargames since 2002, the Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
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