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Defence minister: Lithuania choosing armoured vehicles from more than two offers

September 4, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says that the country is choosing infantry fighting vehicles from more than two options. […]

NATO cut down Baltic mission because jets were not used, Czech general says

September 4, 2015 BNS 0

The NATO air policing mission in the Baltic states was cut down from September because more than half of the fighter-jets assigned to the mission had been standing idle for the past six months, says the head of the Alliance’s Military Committee General Petr Pavel. […]

Lithuanian army to choose between two armoured vehicles offers

September 4, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania is choosing infantry fighting vehicles from two offers, says Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas. […]

Lithuanian politicians divided on boosting defence spending earlier than planned

September 4, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On Thursday, at the inauguration ceremony of the NATO Force Integration Unit in Vilnius, President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated that Lithuania could start spending 2 percent of GDP on defence not in 2020, as planned, but as soon as in 2018. […]

GDP share for defence will depend on economic situation, Lithuanian PM says

September 3, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says if defence funding continues to be raised at the current rate, Lithuania’s spending on defence will reach the set goal of 2 percent of GDP earlier than planned. Still, the prime minister notes that actual funding will depend on Lithuania’s economic situation. […]

Jens Stoltenberg, Dalia Grybauskaitė, Juozas Olekas

Lithuanian defence minster: NATO headquarters one more step strengthening security of whole Alliance

September 3, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

“The Establishment of a NATO headquarters in Lithuania and six other Allies testifies that NATO is taking all necessary steps to provide security to its member states and to be prepared to implement the tasks necessary to deter anyone attempting on the security and territorial integrity of any of the Allies,” the Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said at the inauguration of the NATO Force Integration Unit in Vilnius on 3 September. […]

Lithuania to spend 2 percent on defence by 2018, president says

September 3, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania hopes to reach a national defence spending level of 2 percent GDP by 2018, two years earlier than was originally estimated, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]

NATO secretary general opens NFIU in Vilnius

September 3, 2015 BNS 0

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday opened the NATO Force Integration Units (NFIU) in Vilnius. This and five other NFIUs in Central and Eastern European countries have been set up in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. […]

NATO secretary general and Lithuanian president to open NFIU in Vilnius

September 3, 2015 BNS 0

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will on Thursday officially announce the opening of the NATO Force Integration Units (NFIU) in Lithuania and five other Central and Eastern European countries that want greater NATO presence in the region to deter Russia. […]

NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg to visit Lithuania

September 1, 2015 ELTA EN 0

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Vilnius on Thursday, 3 September. […]

NATO command centres start operations in Lithuania and 5 other countries

September 1, 2015 BNS 0

NATO command centres officially start operating in Lithuania and five other Eastern European countries on Tuesday. […]

NATO lėktuvai perėmė Rusijos bombonešius

Outgoing Norwegian jets in Lithuania perform scrambles to intercept Russian planes

September 1, 2015 BNS 0

Outgoing Norwegian fighter jets, which were stationed in Lithuania as part of NATO‘s Baltic air policing missions, were scrambled on Monday, their last day of service, to intercept two Russian planes flying over the Baltic Sea. […]

Defence minister expects Hungarian troops in exercise in Lithuania next year

August 31, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas has expressed hope that Hungary will continue the practice of sending rotational troops to trainings in Lithuania. […]

Hungary takes its first shift in Baltic air policing mission in Lithuania

August 31, 2015 BNS 0

Troops of the Hungarian Air Forces are taking over NATO‘s Baltic air-policing mission for the first time, with an official contingent changeover ceremony involving Lithuanian and the Hungarian defence ministers planned at the Lithuanian Aviation Base in Šiauliai on Monday. […]