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Cyber incidents up by 10 pct in Lithuania in 2017
The number of cyber incidents went up by a tenth in Lithuania last year from 2016, according to the Communications Regulatory Authority‘s Security Incident Handling Division (CERT -LT). […]
Defence
Estonian intelligence: Russia plotting info attacks for Baltic centennials
Estonia’s foreign intelligence agency said on Thursday that Russia was plotting information attacks for Lithuania’s upcoming centennial anniversary of restored statehood and for the statehood centennials of Latvia and Estonia. […]
Defence
Lithuanian president sees current military conscription model as ‘optimal’
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the current military conscription model is optimal and in line with what the state can afford. […]
Defence
PM says army modernization now more important than universal conscription
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the modernization of the Armed Forces is currently more important that universal military conscription, adding that a mandatory enlistment of all young men could be considered after 2020. […]
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Universal conscription of Lithuanian young men would cost around EUR 400 mln – defence minister (Updated)
Universal conscription of young men to Lithuania’s Armed Forces would require about 400 million euros, while conscription of young women would require nearly four times as much, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. […]
Defence
President confers rank of general on Vaikšnoras
President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday conferred the rank of brigadier general on Colonel Raimundas Vaikšnoras, deputy chief of staff operations at the Lithuanian Armed Forces Defence Staff. […]
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Russia stationing Iskander for permanent presence in Kaliningrad – Lithuanian defmin (Updated)
Russia stationed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad region on Monday and intends to leave them there permanently, Lithuania’s defense minister and the president said. […]
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Lithuania celebrates 1 year since deployment of NATO battalion
Lithuania will mark the 1st anniversary of the deployment of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Rukla, eastern Lithuania, on Monday. […]
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Visaginas mayor’s ratings reduced by hackers on alfa.lt survey
Cyber attackers distorted the votes of Visaginas Mayor Dalia Straupaitė on the voting of Mayor of the Year organized by alfa.lt news portal in Lithuania, giving her more than 2,000 negative votes. […]
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Heads of Lithuanian public bodies may face sanctions for neglecting cyber-security
The heads of Lithuanian public bodies may in the future face sanctions for neglecting cyber-security. […]
Defence
Closed state communication network planned in Lithuania
The Lithuanian National Security Commission, headed by the prime minister, on Wednesday decided to set up a closed communication network for the key state institutions. […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled for 1st time from Lithuania over Russian warplane
NATO fighter-jets serving in the Baltic air-policing mission were last week scrambled from Lithuania for the first time in 2018 over Russian warplanes flying in the international airspace above the Baltic Sea. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s army projects acquisitions for EUR 265 mln in 2018
The Defense Resource Agency under the Lithuanian Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces will this year make purchases for approximately 265 million euros, the Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
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Lithuania’s army to double area of training grounds by 2022
Expansion of the main training grounds of the Lithuanian Armed Forces will result in a double area of the facilities by 2022, the Defense Ministry said on Friday. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s army to start replacing uniforms this year
Lithuania’s Armed Forces will this year start replacing the uniform of troops with universal print field uniforms, with the first uniforms to be issued to troops in spring of 2018. […]