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Software linked with Russia has spying gaps – deputy defmin
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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Dutch PM: regional security situation poor, NATO should continue taking responsibility
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said in Lithuania he did not see signs of improvement of the regional security situation. […]
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NATO battalions integral part of regional defense – Lithuanian president
International NATO battalions in the Baltic Sea region are an integral part of regional defense, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Rukla, central Lithuania, on Friday. […]
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Court upholds termination of border service’s deal with Helisota
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service‘s move to terminate a contract with Helisota helicopter and aircraft repairs company, which is indirectly owned by businessman Gediminas Žiemelis, was legitimate, as the contract threatened Lithuania’s national security, the Court of Appeals ruled. […]
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About 50 infrastructure objects planned in military units this year
About 50 military objects of various functions will be built for US money in the Lithuanian army‘s training grounds of Pabradė and Gaižiūnai, the Mumaičiai military territory and the Aviation Base in Šiauliai this year, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. […]
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Italy’s chief of defense coming to Vilnius
A delegation headed by Italy’s Chief of Defense Staff General Claudio Graziano is vising Vilnius on Tuesday and Wednesday. […]
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Lithuania’s defense system rallying cyber security capacities
Lithuania’s national defense system is consolidating the cyber security capacities into a single institution, Defense Vice-Minister Edvinas Kerza said on Monday. […]
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Lithuania’s DefMin presenting performance, planned changes in cyber security
Lithuania’s Defense Ministry will Monday update the media on the tasks completed in the field of cyber security and the changes planned for the future. […]
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Lithuania’s DefMin appoints directors of defense, capacities, weaponry
Lithuania’s Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis has appointed a new defense policy director and the director general for capabilities and munitions as of Tuesday. […]
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Lithuania: Russian FSB spying convict files appeal against the verdict
Russian citizen Nikolai Filipchenko sentenced in Vilnius in early July on charges of spying has filed an appeal against the verdict. […]
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US may deploy 7 fighter-jets in Lithuania during Zapad drills – president
The United States may station seven fighter-jets in Lithuania for the time of the large-scale Russian-Belarusian war games Zapad 2017 this fall, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in Tallinn on Monday. […]
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Baltic leaders to discuss defense, energy with US vice-president
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė will Monday join her Baltic counterparts in for a meeting with United States Vice-President Mike Pence in Tallinn due to address defense and energy matters. […]
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Lithuanian president: US to double number of fighter-jets during Zapad drills
The United States (US) will double the number of air-policing fighter-jets in Lithuania during the large-scale Russian-Belarusian military exercises Zapad 2017 this fall, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said. […]
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