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NATO fighter-jets scrambled from Lithuania last week over 3 Russian warplanes

Fighter-jets serving in the NATO air-policing mission in Lithuania were last week scrambled once over Russian warplanes flying in the international airspace. […]

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Croatian soldier’s body flown from Lithuania to Zagreb

The body of a Croatian soldier who died in Rukla, a town in central Lithuania where NATO‘s multinational battalion is based, on Wednesday was flown by a Lithuanian military transport plane to Zagreb, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said. […]

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Baltic defence ministers to discuss joint security projects

Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis is on Friday taking part in a meeting of the Baltic defence ministers in the Latvian city of Liepaja. […]

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Defence

General conscription possible in 2023 with extra 0,2% GDP defence funding – minister of defence

Transferring to universal conscription to Lithuania’s Armed Forces would be possible after 2023 by granting an additional 0.2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), says Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis. […]