Defence
Lithuania ‘likely’ to get NATO battalion – president
An international battalion of NATO troops is likely to be deployed to Lithuania, according to the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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Defence
US F-22 stealth fighters land in Lithuanian airbase
Two United States F-22 Raptor stealth aircraft landed in Lithuania at Šiauliai Airbase on Wednesday. […]
Defence
German public against sending troops to aid Baltic defences
Though German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė that Germany would contribute to the defence of the Baltic states, an opinion poll on Tuesday revealed that 57% of Germans think that their country should not send its soldiers to defend NATO members such as the Baltic countries or Poland if they were attacked by Russia. […]
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Defence
NATO jets scrambled three times to intercept Russian bombers last week
NATO fighter jets serving in the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic countries were scrambled three times last week to intercept Russian military aircraft, including bombers, flying in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
Defence
Coordinated cyber attack on Lithuania ‘could cause serious damage’
Over a dozen websites of Lithuanian public institutions were hit by a cyber attack last Thursday, but a more coordinated attack could cause serious damage, according to security experts. […]
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Lithuanian state institutions hit by cyber attack
A dozen state institutions had their information systems affected by a hacker attack. […]
Defence
Poll: Did Russian forces land in Lithuania?
A Lithuanian MP recently suggested that Russian soldiers may have landed on Lithuanian soil during a military exercise two years ago. […]
Defence
Ban on ‘disloyal individuals’ owning guns proposed to Lithuanian parliament
The Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD) has proposed restricting access to guns of individuals who are seen as posing a threat to national security. […]
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Defence
Russia ‘to use meeting with NATO to oppose increased deployments in Baltic’
As NATO and Russian officials are meeting for the first time in two years in Brussels on Wednesday, Lithuanian experts say Moscow will use the occasion to oppose NATO deployments in the Baltic States. […]
Defence
Statements about Russians landing in Lithuania were ‘hypothetical’, MP says
MP Artūras Paulauskas says his statements several weeks ago about a possible landing of Russian forces on the Lithuanian coast were “hypothetical”. […]
Defence
Linkevičius on NATO-Russia meeting: ‘I would like to be wrong in my scepticism’
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says he is sceptical about NATO‘s plans to hold the first official talks with Russia in two years this week. […]
Defence
Vegetarian menus being prepared for Lithuanian armed forces
On Saturday, the Lithuanian military announced that it would be preparing alternative dietary menus without meat, fish and dairy products. This decision was made after a survey of more than 1,300 conscripts, 29 of whom expressed an interest in alternative diets. […]
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
No new NATO bases in Eastern Europe – US and German officials
The United States and Germany say that NATO will not build any new bases in countries like Poland. […]
Defence
Photo of the week: Close encounters
This striking photo of a Russian SU-24 attack jet passing within metres of the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea as it made its way to Lithuania made headlines in the Baltic region and around the world. […]
Defence
Lithuania should use Russian provocations to advance its national security, analyst says
The incidents in the Baltic Sea this week where Russian jets buzzed an American warship were widely reported in the Western media and Lithuania should use the occasion to push for more military support from its NATO allies, according to a Lithuanian analyst. […]
Defence
US warship ‘had right to shoot down Russian jets’ – Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that US warship, the USS Donald Cook, would have been within its rights to shoot down the Russian warplanes which flew within metres of the destroyer in the Baltic. […]
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. […]