USA troops at the Simonas Daukantas Sq.
Defence

Lithuania confirms deployment of US special operators

After the Russian actions changed the security situation in Lithuania for the worse, troops of the United States’ Special Operations Forces were stationed in Lithuania, the Defence Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. […]

remove Re-Crop Republican Senator John McCain of the US at the Presidential palace in Vilnius
Defence

McCain sees Lithuania’s move to raise defence spending as important signal

Lithuania’s commitment to earmark 2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) to defence in 2018 is an important signal, Republican Senator John McCain of the United States has said in Vilnius. […]

John McCain
Defence

US troops should always be in Lithuania – McCain

US troops should be stationed in Lithuania at all times, US Senator John McCain said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]

Minister of Defence Raimundas Karoblis at the DELFI TV conference
Defence

Minister of Defence on his plans for national defence infrastructure

Raimundas Karoblis’ name has so far not been well known in Lithuania. A career diplomat with over 20 years of experience, he himself was surprised by the proposal to become Minister of National Defence. He is inheriting a ministry with both an impressively rising budget and at the same time – the taint of corruption, but the former diplomat tells Delfi TV that in the end he decided to operate on the idea of “If need be, then so be it”. […]

Simulation of a cyber attack
Defence

Russian spying gear found in 2016 in 3 computers of state institutions

Spying gear of Russian intelligence services was this year found in computers of three Lithuanian state institutions, says Rimtautas Černiauskas, director of the National Cyber Security Service. […]