Lithuanian Soldiers in Rukla
Defence

President glad national minorities join army, riflemen

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has applauded the response of the country’s citizens of Russian and Polish nationality to growing external threats in the shape of voluntary service in the national defence system. […]

During military training in Rukla
Defence

Rukla hosting NATO batalion expects to heal social wounds

Before switching on the dictophone, Gintas Jasiulionis, elder of Rukla, a town in central Lithuania that is hosting the NATO enhanced Forward Presence battalion, asks BNS journalists to produce their press cards – he explains he wants to make sure he is not targeted by the Russian propaganda. […]

Ben Hodges
Defence

US general calls on Russia for transparency during Zapad 2017 exercise

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, commander of the United States Army Europe, has urged Russia to ensure transparency during the Zapad 2017 military exercise to be held near Lithuania’s border in September. […]

Spying
Defence

Former Lithuanian army officer, Russian citizen sentenced for spying

A Šiauliai court on Tuesday convicted former Lithuanian army officer and a Russian citizen on spying charges. […]