Defence
Setting date for universal conscription too early – chief of defence
Speaking about the date of introducing universal conscription in Lithuania is still too early, says Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas. […]
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Defence
PM wants universal conscription introduced during current term of office
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the country should introduce universal military conscription during the government’s current term of office. […]
Defence
Minister of Defence plans to set up military procurement agency
Lithuanian Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis is planning to establish a separate agency to coordinate military purchases, saying that centralization would help ensure better controls. […]
Defence
Lithuania publishes 2017 military conscription lists
The Lithuanian Defence Ministry published on Monday this year’s military conscription lists. […]
Defence
Lithuania updates security strategy
Lithuania’s updated National Security Strategy will highlight corruption and social exclusion as threats, the chairman of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence said on January 9. […]
Defence
Lithuania blocks plans for data centre over links to Russia’s FSB
Lithuania’s authorities have taken steps to halt plans for building what would be the country’s largest data centre near Vilnius following an intelligence warning that it may be hooked up to a Russian spying centre. […]
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CORPORATE
Analyst – arrival of US Special Forces is not a signal to the Kremlin
The news that US Special Forces will arrive in Lithuania is not at all directed to the Kremlin, but Lithuania itself, military analyst Darius Antanaitis told LRT Radio. According to him it is likely that […]
Defence
Peasants mull revising parliamentary agreement on defence
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) is considering revising an agreement on the country’s foreign, security and defense policy guidelines that was signed by parliamentary parties almost three years ago, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Thursday. […]
Defence
Minister of Defence hopes all recruits to join voluntarily in 2017
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis hopes that all recruits will join the country’s Armed Forces voluntarily this year. […]
Defence
Seimas’ speaker: MPs should be safe from impact of foreign states
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says that MPs need training by the State Security Department to be able to resist threats from the outside and influence of foreign countries. […]
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. […]
Defence
400 Lithuanian troops begin standby duty in NATO Response Force
Around 400 Lithuanian troops this month are starting their standby duty in the NATO Response Force (NRF) and the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF), the Defence Ministry said on Monday. […]
Defence
Attempts to track unsafe Internet devices soar in Lithuania in 2016
The number of attempts to f ind devices with unsafe Internet access with the aim of using them for cyber attacks has risen by a factor of five in Lithuania in 2016. […]
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Defence
Lithuania should boost input to intl operations -Minister of Defence
Lithuania should increase its contribution to international operations, new Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis says. […]
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. […]
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Lithuania considers buying combat helicopters – new DefMin
Lithuania considers purchase of combat helicopters, says the country’s new Minister of Defence Raimundas Karoblis. […]
Defence
Lithuanian border guards spot drone flight from Kaliningrad
Lithuanian border guards registered an unmanned aircraft entering the country’s territory from the Russian Kaliningrad region in early hours of December 29. […]
Defence
McCain: Lithuania under threat, as Russia aims to restore empire
Lithuania is under threat, as resurgent Russia aims to restore its empire, US Senator John McCain said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]