Czech soldiers in Lithuania
Defence

250 Czech troops may join NATO battalion in Lithuania next year

Some 250 troops of the Czech Republic should next year join the NATO battalion stationed in Lithuania. […]

At the riflemen gathering
Defence

Koryzna proposed as commander of Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union

Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis proposes to appoint Lieutenant Colonel Gintaras Koryzna as commander of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union (LRU). […]

NATO flag
Defence

Russian fake news seeks to generate Baltic opposition to NATO presence

Russian media outlets in Moscow and in the Baltic countries have stepped up their efforts to generate opposition among Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). These media sources have been putting out fake news stories suggesting that NATO was recruiting Russian speakers, especially in Latvia, to use “as guinea pigs” to test new “physical, biological and other techniques.” The goal of such “experimentation” is purportedly to prepare the Balts to help the Western alliance invade the Russian Federation. […]

Ministry of Defence
Defence

DefMin to assign planning of military acquisitions to Armed Forces

Lithuania’s Defence Ministry intends to put the Armed Forces in charge of coordination of the planning of military acquisitions as part of the reform of the procurement scheme in the defence system. […]

Exercise in Rukla
Defence

Lithuania to stage this year’s largest national military exercise

The Lithuanian Armed Forces and units subordinate to the Interior Ministry will train to operate jointly during Lightning Strike 2017, this year’s largest national military exercise kicking off in Marijampolė and Vilkaviškis, in the southwestern part of the country, on Friday. […]