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Minister of Defence Raimundas Karoblis at the DELFI TV conference

Minister of Defence on his plans for national defence infrastructure

December 29, 2016 DELFI 0

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”. […]

Seimas speaker backs idea of military training at schools

December 28, 2016 BNS EN 0

Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis supports the re-introduction of military training at schools, an idea raised by Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU). […]

Raimundas Karoblis at the DEFLI TV conference

Lithuania should spend more than 2% of GDP on defence – Min of Defence

December 28, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania should allocate more than 2 percent of its gross domestic product for its national defence, the country’s new defence minister said on Tuesday. […]

Russia’s actions in Lithuania may be disguised as terrorism

December 23, 2016 BNS EN 0

Russia and Belarus may be acting in Lithuania under the disguise of terrorism, says Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department. […]

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

December 22, 2016 BNS 0

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. […]

President notes lack of govt input to cyber security

December 21, 2016 BNS EN 0

The government’s input in Lithuania’s cyber security is lacking, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting with the new Cabinet on Wednesday. […]

Karbauskis suggests preparing defence reserve in schools

December 21, 2016 BNS EN 0

A general reserve of national defence should be prepared in Lithuania’s education institutions, namely, schools and universities, says the ruling Peasant and Green Union’s leader Ramūnas Karbauskis who heads the parliamentary Culture Committee. […]

Russia’s Baltkran among Lithuanian Railway co’s partner in large-scale deals

December 19, 2016 BNS 0

The state-run company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) that has lately drawn attention from the media and the law-enforcement over lack of transparency was also engaged in million-euro deals with Baltkran company registered in the Russian Kaliningrad region, delfi.lt news portal said. […]

Lithuania to continue commitments to NATO, be more active in EU – new PM

December 15, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Thursday briefed ambassadors of European Union (EU) member-states residing in Vilnius on the foreign policy course of the new 17 th government, accentuating that consistency, activeness and continuity would be key in the area. […]

State security agency to provide training for MPs

December 15, 2016 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian State Security Department is planning to organize training for newly-elected members of the parliament. […]

Police conduct probe into cyber attacks

December 14, 2016 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau is conducting pre-trial investigations into DDoS attacks, i.e., Distributed Denial of Service. […]

Lithuania, US expect to sign deal on troops’ status before Trump’s inauguration

December 14, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania and the United States expect to sign an agreement on the status of American troops before the January 20 inauguration of Donald Trump as US president. […]

No comment from Security Dept on US warning of Russian election interferrence

December 12, 2016 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian State Security Department has refused to comment on the media reports about the US intelligence warning Lithuania about Russian attempts to tip election results. […]

Lithuania buying air defense system simulators from Sweden

December 12, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Defence Ministry has signed a contract with Swedish company SAAB Dynamics on the purchase of the RBS70 simulators, which will be used to train troops. […]

Infrastructure for hosting German-led battalion to cost EUR 5.8 mln

December 9, 2016 BNS EN 0

It will cost Lithuania around 5.8 million euros to put in place the infrastructure to host NATO‘s German-led multinational battalion, with work on infrastructure renovation and expansion in Rukla and Linkaičiai planned to be completed early next year. […]