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Defence

Around 250 Czech troops to join NATO battalion in Lithuania next year

The Czech parliament has approved the deployment of around 250 troops to Lithuania in 2018 as part of NATO‘s multinational battalion stationed in the country. […]

Night Wolves
Defence

Lithuania’s security body says warned Plungė over youth camp in Russia

The Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD) says that it warned the local authority of Plungė about risks involved in a trip to Russia by a group of young people from the western Lithuanian district. […]

Zapad 2013 Russian military 'lands' on the shores of Kaliningrad
Defence

NATO asks Russia questions about Zapad exercise close to Lithuania

At a meeting with Russia’s envoy on Thursday, NATO ambassadors asked him questions about the scale and scenario of the large-scale Zapad 2017 military exercise scheduled to take place next to Lithuania this September, says Lithuania’s Ambassador to the Alliance Vytautas Leškevičius. […]

Nikolai Filipchenko
Defence

Court sentences Russian to 10 years in prison for spying

The Vilnius Regional Court on Friday sentenced Nikolai Filipchenko, a Russian citizen, to ten years in prison for spying. […]