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Brzezinski: Obama should warn Russia against intrusion of Baltic states
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former US presidential adviser on national security, has urged the outgoing administration of Barack Obama to warn Russia that in intrusion into the Baltic states would mean a war to Moscow. […]
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NATO jets scrambled 3x from Lithuania last week over Russian warplanes
NATO fighter-jets serving in the NATO air-policing mission of the Baltic states were last week scrambled from Lithuania three times to identify and accompany Russian warplanes, Lithuania’s Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
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Police reports major breakthrough in probe of cyber attacks
Lithuania’s police has reported a major breakthrough in the investigation of wide-range cyber attacks conducted against websites of the country’s institutions last spring. […]
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5% of hacker attacks threaten Lithuania’s national security
Lithuania’s state institutions are subjected to thousands of attempted cyber attacks on a daily basis, including hundreds constituting a medium threat and at least 5 percent constituting a serious threat, says Rimtautas Černiauskas, director of the National Cyber Security Center. […]
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Seimas panel looks into recall of defence attache from Russia
The Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday examined the circumstances of the recall of Colonel Saulius Pikturna from the post of defense attache to Russia after he married a Russian citizen and failed to notify Lithuania of his new marital status. […]
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First national cyber security exercise kicks off in Lithuania
Lithuania’s first national cyber security exercise, named Cyber Shield 2016, is getting underway on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said. […]
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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. […]
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Lithuania formally recalls its defense attache from Russia
Lithuania on 23 September formally recalled its defence attache, Saulius Pikturna, from Russia following his marriage to a woman from the Russia-annexed Crimea. […]
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State Defence Council approves updated national security strategy
The Lithuanian State Defence Council has endorsed an updated National Security Strategy. […]
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High-ranking Russian spy refuses to testify in Vilnius court
Nikolai Philiptchenko, a high-ranking Russian intelligence agent charged with espionage against Lithuania, on Friday refused to testify in his trial in the Vilnius Regional Court. […]
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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. […]
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Lithuania recalling defence attache from Russia
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry on Tuesday said it was recalling Defense Attache to Russia Saulius Pikturna due to family reasons, however, did not elaborate on media reports about his marriage with a Russian citizen from Crimea. […]
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Baltic countries need brigades, not battalions, to deter aggressor
Conference to discuss Lithuanian and regional security challenges was held in Vilnius on October 19. Read the most interesting thoughts from the conference. […]
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About 200 Lithuanian troops attending reconnaissance exercise
The Lithuanian Armed Forces are starting an exercise of reconnaissance units on Monday involving about 200 troops. […]
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Diplomat: Minority situation may make it difficult to persuade Poles to defend Lithuania
A Polish diplomat stated on Friday that the situation of Polish minorities in Lithuania is worse than that in Belarus, and the outstanding problems may make it difficult to persuade Polish troops to take care of Baltic security. […]
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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. […]
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Nota Bene agrees to return money to army for costly kitchen utensils
Nota Bene, a local company, agrees to return the money that the Lithuanian Armed Forces paid for costly kitchen utensils, dubbed by the media as “golden spoons”, and to take the items back from warehouses. […]