NATO exercise
Defence

NATO jets in Baltics scrambled to escort 7 Russian warplanes last week

NATO fighter jets serving in the Alliance’s air-policing mission in the Baltic countries last week were scrambled to identify and escort seven Russian military aircraft flying in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said on Monday. […]

Romualdas Lipskis
Defence

Lithuanian man doesn’t contest 5-yr sentence for spying for Belarus

Romualdas Lipskis, a former employee of Lithuania’s state air traffic company Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) sentenced to five years in prison for spying for Belarus, is not contesting his sentence. […]

Frank Walter Steinmeier in the meeting in Bratislava
Defence

Minister of Foreign Affairs’ cautious about German colleague’s bid of arms control

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has given a cautious opinion about the idea proposed by his German counterpart, Frank Walter Steinmeier, to develop new international pacts on arms control in the wake of heightened tensions between NATO and Russia. […]

Defence

Lithuanian takes over chairmanship of NATO Budget Committee

Tomas Gražiūnas of Lithuania is taking the helm of the NATO Budget Committee for a three-year term on Thursday, the first Lithuanian to head a high NATO committee. […]