German troops leading NATO‘s multinational battalion in Lithuania will be present in the country until the security situation improves, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday that she expects that observers will be able to see if Russia will take its troops out of Belarus after next month’s Zapad military exercise is over, but she did not comment on whether there are indications that Russian military personnel may stay in the neighboring country. […]
Russian arms control inspectors will carry out an observation flight over Lithuania on Thursday under the Treaty on Open Skies, the Defense Ministry said. […]
Kurt Volker, the US special representative for Ukraine, says that he has hope that a fresh ceasefire between Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces can be reached in eastern Ukraine for the back-to-school season. […]
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis and Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas on Tuesday discussed co-operation between their ministries during the Zapad (West) military exercise to be held jointly by Russia and Belarus in September. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is submitting to the parliament for approval a resolution that would allow sending more Lithuanian troops to international operations, the president’s press office said on Tuesday. […]
There are no political or legal grounds to doubt the loyalty of Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense, to Lithuania, the speaker of the parliament said. […]
NATO fighter-jets conducting the Baltic air-policing mission from Lithuania and Estonia were scrambled three times last week to intercept Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
Lithuania plans to increase its contribution to international operations by around 30 percent, the president’s office said on Monday as the State Defense Council held a meeting. […]
The Lithuanian State Defense Council will discuss the needs of the national defense system and the country’s participation in international operations in 2018 and 2019 at its meeting on Monday. […]
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, is leaving on Monday for Lillehammer, in Norway, to take part in a meeting of the speakers of the eight Nordic and Baltic parliaments (NB8). […]
Many young Lithuanians have volunteered for enlistment in the Armed Forces this year, just like in previous years, and it is possible that all those joining military conscription service in 2017 will do so voluntarily, the Defense Ministry said. […]
Eight Lithuanian troops are leaving for NATO‘s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Friday. […]
The Lithuanian State Defence Council will discuss the needs of the national defense system and the country’s participation in international operations at its meeting next week. […]
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis expects that there will be no incidents as Russian Vladimir Putin will fly to Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad on Wednesday. […]
NATO fighter jets conducting the Alliance’s air-policing mission from Lithuania and Estonia were last week scrambled eight times to identify and escort Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, intercepting a total of 21 Russian planes, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
Lithuania’s cyber security specialists are currently searching for a replacement of the unsafe software used by state institutions. Linked with Russia, the software leaves gaps that allow system hacking, Defense Vice-Minister Edvinas Kerza said. […]
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