Alexander Grushko at NATO-Russia meeting
Defence

NATO-Russia meeting ‘did not bring sides closer on any issue’

Lithuania’s envoy to NATO says that the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council since June 2014 failed to bring the Alliance and Moscow closer in their positions on any issue. […]

Russian Su-27 fighters
Defence

US and Russia in war of words over another military encounter above Baltic Sea

US European Command said on Sunday that a Russian jet had made aggressive manoeuvres near a US reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea, a second incident between Russian and American forces in the region in the past week, Reuters reports. […]

Defence

US reassures Lithuania of congressional approval for $3.4 billion in European defence support

On his visit to the United States this week, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas was assured by US politicians that Congress will approve the $3.4-billion-USD European Reassurance Initiative for 2017, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday. […]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Defence

Lithuanian Foreign Ministry website hit by cyber attack

Websites of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs came under a cyber attack on Tuesday evening. It is the second Lithuanian state institution to be targeted by hackers this week. […]