Defence
Lithuania set to recruit more conscripts next year
Lithuania intends to slightly increase the number of conscripts to be recruited to the Armed Forces next year, as compared with 2017. […]
Defence
Defence
Security body fires intelligence officer over conflict of interest
The Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD) said on Friday that it has fired Tomas Jakučionis, an intelligence officer, over a conflict of interest. […]
Defence
Defence
Rīga will hold annual foreign policy and security forum – The Rīga Conference 2017
From 29–30 September, the National Library of Latvia in Rīga will host the annual international forum called The Rīga Conference 2017, which is dedicated to foreign policy and security matters. The conference is organised by the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. […]
Defence
Interior Minister initiates probe at Migration Dept over info leak to Russia
Lithuania’s Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas has instructed the ministry’s Corruption Prevention and Internal Investigations Division to scrutinize the circumstances of a possible leak of information from the Migration Department to third parties. […]
Defence
Lithuania raising contribution to intl mission in Mali
Lithuania will raise its contingent in the United Nations (UN) mission in Mali to nearly 40 troops from October from the current number of five, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. […]
Defence
Lithuania get Russian general’s vague calls to free border guard
Lithuanian authorities who have detained a drunk Russian border guards have received conflicting calls from Russia to free the young man – a Russian border general initially said the man was an unemployed handicapped man, however, later admitted he was employed with the Russian border service, according to documents received by BNS. […]
Defence
Russian FSB officer going before Lithuanian court for illegally crossing border river
Šakiai district court should Tuesday afternoon start hearing an unlawful state border crossing case, with charges brought against a Russian officer who entered Lithuania by crossing the River Šešupė flowing along the Lithuanian-Kaliningrad border. […]
Defence
Zapad involved several times more troops than official numbers – Lithuanian officials
The Zapad 2017 military exercise held by Russia and Belarus last week involved several times more troops than official numbers and saw bombardments and other dangerous actions take place close to the Baltic countries’ borders, top-ranking Lithuanian military intelligence and Defense Ministry officials said on Tuesday. […]
Defence
Defense minister to present initial assessment of Zapad drills
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis will on Tuesday present an initial assessment of Zapad 2017, a Russia-Belarus joint military exercise that ended last week. […]
Defence
NATO jets in Baltics scrambled 9 times last week over Russian aircraft
NATO fighter-jets patrolling Baltic airspace were scrambled nine times last week to intercept Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian officials deny allowing Russian warplanes enter airspace
Lithuanian officials have denied giving permission to Russian military aircraft last week to enter the country’s airspace to avoid adverse weather conditions. […]
Defence
Lithuanian airspace must be respected – defense minister
Lithuanian airspace must be respected, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Monday after two Russian military aircraft last week entered the country’s territory over its territorial waters. […]
Defence
Two Russian military aircraft violated Lithuanian airspace – Foreign Ministry
Two Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft last week violated Lithuania’s airspace, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. […]
Defence
Defence
Belarusian border guard suspected of violating Lithuanian border
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) and prosecutors have confirmed yet another investigation into violation of the state border where a Belarusian border guard is suspected of unlawfully entering Lithuania. […]
Defence
International operations give Lithuanian troops priceless experience
Participation in international missions benefits Lithuania’s Armed Forces, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said at the parliament on Thursday in his presentation of the bid to send more troops to such operations. […]
Defence
Defence
Minister of defense says there’s too much nervousness over Zapad
The public in Lithuania is too nervous about Zapad 2017, a large-scale military exercise that has started in Russia and Belarus, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Thursday morning. […]
Defence
Lithuania better prepared than ever for Zapad drills – Grybauskaitė
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the country is better prepared than it has ever been before for the Zapad large-scale military drills that Russia and Belarus are holding close to its borders. […]