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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. […]
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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. […]
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Lithuanian military allowed to shoot down unwanted drones
Lithuania’s Armed Forces has been authorized to shoot down unwanted drones, as the increasingly popular unmanned flying devices may serve as tools of international intelligence. […]
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Hackers delete Lithuanian defense minister’s personal Facebook account
Unknown persons have hacked into Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis‘ personal Facebook account and deleted it, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuania’s defense spending shouldn’t be limited to 2% of GDP – Minister of Defense
Lithuania will next year join the elite club of NATO member states spending 2 percent of GDP on defense, but Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis believes that the country should not stop after reaching the target. […]
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Lithuania’s future defense spending to depend on budget, army needs – Seimas speaker
Lithuania’s defense spending in the future will depend on available budget funds and the needs of its Armed Forces, Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, said on Monday, clarifying his position on the matter. […]
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Lithuania should stop raising defense spending – Seimas’ speaker
After Lithuania begins next year to earmark 2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) to defence, financing of the sector should not grow any further, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
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NATO jets scrambled 3 times last week over Russian warplanes
NATO fighter-jets serving in the air-policing mission of the Baltic states were last week scrambled three times from Lithuania to intercept Russian warplanes flying above the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
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Zapad’s goal is ‘to frighten us ‘- Lithuanian president
The goal of Zapad 2017, a large-scale military exercise that Russia and Belarus will hold later this month, is “to frighten us”, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who will be visiting the United States during the drills, said on Friday. […]
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Lithuanian defmin to take part in cyber defense exercise in Tallinn
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis, together with his counterparts from other EU countries, on Thursday will take part in a strategic tabletop exercise in Tallinn aimed at countering cyber attacks. […]
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Lithuania much better prepared for Zapad than in 2013 – Seimas panel heads
Lithuania’s security situation and preparedness ahead of next week’s Zapad 2017 military exercise in Russia and Belarus is much better than in 2013, the heads of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense said on Wednesday after being updated on the security situation in the region. […]
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Seimas panel to get latest intelligence update on regional security
The Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee will Wednesday hear information about the regional security information from the State Security Department and the Second Investigations Department ahead of the Russian-Belarusian Zapad 2017 exercise due to kick off next week. […]
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Civil institutions will work under usual regime during Zapad exercise (Updated)
The governmental Extreme Situations Commission decided after a meeting at the Interior Ministry on Tuesday that institutions in charge of civil safety would work under a usual regime during the upcoming Russian-Belarusian Zapad 2017 training. […]
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NATO jets in Baltics scrambled 7 times last week over Russian aircraft
NATO fighter-jets patrolling Baltic airspace were scrambled seven times last week to intercept Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
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US Army Europe commander to come to Lithuania
Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the US Army commander in Europe, is coming to Lithuania on Thursday to discuss the security situation in the region. […]
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US Army Europe commander to visit Lithuania
Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the US Army commander in Europe, will start a two-day visit to Lithuania on Thursday. […]
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Second Lithuanian team returns from EU’s military operation in Mediterranean
A team of Lithuanian troops are returning on Wednesday from the EU-led operation Sophia aimed at curbing human and arms smuggling activity in the Mediterranean Sea, the Defense Ministry said. […]