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France taking over NATO air policing mission in Lithuania
The Lithuanian Air Base in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, is hosting an official NATO air police mission handover ceremony on Wednesday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army’s kitchen utensils a subject of criminal investigation
A purchase of kitchen utensils by the Lithuanian Army two years ago may end up a subject of criminal investigation after public procurement watchdogs found the state paid eight times the market price to a company that has won over 50 public contracts. […]
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Lithuania to station NATO battalion in Rukla
The international battalion of NATO Allies should be stationed in Rukla, central Lithuania, next spring, the Ministry of National Defence has said. […]
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Defence
Trump ‘doesn’t understand what Article 5 is’ – Biden on defending Baltics
United States Vice-President Joe Biden has said that the Baltic states have no reasons to doubt US commitments to NATO, downplaying the remarks about NATO made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. […]
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‘There is a political aspect’ to purchasing €386m Boxers from Germany
Lithuania’s defence minister, who signed a €386-million deal with a German company on purchasing 88 Boxer infantry vehicles, says the choice was as much about the quality of product as about buying it from a partner country. […]
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NATO jets in Lithuania scrambled once last week over Russian warplane
Fighter jets serving in the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic states were scrambled once last week to identify and accompany a Russian warplane flying in international airspace above the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence. […]
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Lithuania buying German Boxers for €386m
Lithuania on Monday signed a contract to purchase German Boxer infantry fighting vehicles for nearly €386 million, which is the most expensive acquisition in the history of Lithuania’s Armed Forces. […]
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Lithuania signing Boxer deal
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence and the army are signing a deal with a German company on the purchase of Boxer armoured infantry vehicles. […]
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Half of conscripts want to stay in Lithuanian army
Almost a half of conscripts in Lithuania are willing to stay in the military after completing their mandatory service, the Ministry of National Defence says.
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Lithuania purchases hundreds of used military vehicles from Netherlands
Several hundreds of used military vehicles purchased from the Netherlands will add mobility and power to the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said on Thursday. […]
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France and Germany to take over Baltic air-policing mission
French and German aviators will take over the NATO air-policing mission in the Baltic states in September.
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Lithuania to sign Boxer purchase contract next week
The contract on the purchase of German infantry fighting vehicles Boxer for Lithuanian Armed Forces will be signed on August 22, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has said. […]
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Foreign spyware ‘regularly discovered at Lithuanian state-run companies’
Officers regularly discover spying software of foreign countries in Lithuania’s state-run companies, says Rimtautas Černiauskas, director of the National Cyber Security Centre.
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Patriot air defence system ‘not yet in talks’ – Lithuanian minister
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that a German general’s statements about deploying the Patriot air defence systems in the Baltic states are a step in the right direction, but no official proposals had been received yet. […]
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Spying suspect stripped of Lithuanian citizenship after concealing Russian nationality
Sergey Moiseyenko, a 66-year-old espionage suspect on trial in Lithuania, concealed his Russian citizenship from Lithuanian institutions.
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Lithuanian conscripts feel cheated after finishing military service
When Lithuania reintroduced military conscription last year, politicians were throwing around promises of various benefits to sweeten the deal for the country’s youngsters who were suddenly facing nine months of military service. Some of them have found that these promises should have been taken with a grain of salt.
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Lithuanian troops to live-fire German howitzers for first time
The Lithuanian Armed Forces will fire the first shots from the self-propelled PzH 2000 howitzers acquired from Germany at home in a military exercise on Tuesday.
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