The proposal made by the Lithuanian State Defence Council to earmark 2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) to defence next year is a political decision of principle, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
Lithuania could get cyber recruits and generate a reserve of people troops within the next few years, says Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis. […]
The Lithuanian State Defence Council on Tuesday suggested earmarking 2.07 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) for defence next year. […]
The Lithuanian State Defence Council is meeting at the President’s Office on Tuesday to discuss financing of the defense sector for 20 […]
Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, commander of the United States Army Europe, is coming to Lithuania this week to meet with Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis and Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas on Wednesday. […]
Lithuania seeks permanent presence of United States troops in its territory, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said during a visit in the US on Friday. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė told journalists in Riga earlier this month (February 2017), “We are worried about the Zapad 2017 exercise, during which concentrations of extremely large and aggressive forces will demonstrate [Russian] preparations for war with the West”. […]
Timely psychological support has to be available to members of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence, said on Wednesday, commenting on the news that a military intelligence captain had committed suicide while on duty. […]
Captain of the Second Investigations Department under the Lithuanian Defence Ministry died in his office on Wednesday of what is believed to be suicide, the Defence Ministry said. […]
The Lithuanian parliament’s board met with military intelligence officers in Vilnius on Wednesday, focusing on threats of cyber attacks, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has said. […]
The United States should not completely abandon cooperation with Russia, but it must be remembered that Moscow poses a threat, Democratic Senator Richard Durbin said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
An advisor to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that assurances given by top US administration officials during last weekend’s Munich Security Conference have assuaged worries in Europe about US commitments to NATO. […]
Democratic US Senator Richard Durbin said in Vilnius on Tuesday that US troops should to be permanently stationed in the Baltic countries. […]
Two new defence vice-ministers have been appointed in Lithuania: Giedrimas Jeglinskas, former Citigroup corporate banking vice-president will be in charge of procurement, while Edvinas Kerza, former IT head at the Foreign Ministry, will be in charge of cyber security, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she updated US Vice-President Mike Pence on the expectations in connection to addition US military instruments to ensure air defence of the Baltic states. […]
The false report to parliamentary speaker and the police about an alleged rape of a small girl by German troops in Lithuania came from outside the European Union, says chief Kaunas prosecutor Darius Valkavčius. […]
Lithuania deserves NATO solidarity and defense, Germany’s Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said in her opening speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday afternoon. […]
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