Defence
New Polish defence attaché to be accredited to Lithuania
Poland’s new Defence Attaché to Lithuania Colonel Miroslaw Wojcik to be accredited on 25 August. […]
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40 troops to work at NATO command unit in Vilnius
Around 40 troops will work at a NATO command unit that will soon be opened in Lithuania. Under the plan, representative of more than 10 NATO countries will work there, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on 25 August. […]
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NATO fighters scrambled twice last week in Baltic states
On 17-23 August NATO fighter jets conducting air policing tasks in the Baltic skies were scrambled twice to intercept aircraft in the international airspace above the Baltic states, the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania reports. […]
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Lithuania’s 1st recruits starting service in Klaipėda
The first 495 recruits are starting their mandatory initial military service at the Lithuanian Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoon Battalion in Klaipėda on August 24 after the country reintroduced the nine-month service. […]
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Lithuanian president warns about propaganda threats at NATO Strategic Communications Center opening
Speaking at an opening of a NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence in Latvia on Thursday, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė warned about the threats of propaganda. […]
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NATO secretary general to come to Lithuania in early September
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will attend the opening of a NATO headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has revealed. […]
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US troops move training to Panevėžys
After completing two months of exercise and training with troops of the Grand Duchess Birutė Battalion in Alytus, US rotational troops will now continue their exercise in Panevėžys, northern Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian army ready to welcome first batch of conscripts
Preparations to receive conscripts is going smoothly and the biggest challenges is now faced by instructors, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said on Tuesday after evaluating preparations to receive conscripts in Klaipėda. […]
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Ukrainian army instructors to undergo training in Lithuania
Lithuania’s army will hold two-week military training for 23 Ukrainian army instructors, the Baltic country’s Ministry of National Defence said on Tuesday. […]
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NATO fighters perform five scrambles times to intercept Russian planes
NATO air policing fighter jets protecting the Baltic skies were scrambled five times last week to intercept aircraft flying in the international airspace over the Baltic states, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
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WWII-era explosives found in lake near Vilnius
Mine neutralization units of the Lithuanian Army are carrying out an operation in a swimming area in Totoriškių Lake near Trakai some 30km west of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. […]
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Lithuanian Defence Ministry appoints new inspector general
Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas has appointed Brigadier General Algis Vaičeliūnas as the ministry’s inspector general, the ministry said on Tuesday. […]
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Radioactive ice detectors missing at Lithuanian Air Base
Six ice detectors used in aircraft are missing at the Lithuanian Air Force‘s Air Base in the northern city of Šiauliai. They are a source of radiation, the Ministry of National Defence said on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian and American troops start joint exercise
Lithuanian and US army logistics specialists are this week attending a logistics training in Lithuania and Poland. […]
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Defence
Foreign services made four attempts to recruit Lithuanian border guards this year
Four attempts by foreign services to recruit officers of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service were documented in 2015, the service said on Friday. […]
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Air policing but one aspect of NATO presence in Baltics, Lithuanian minister says
Russia has no reason to interpret the reduction of the number of NATO aircraft in the Baltics as a sign of NATO’s weakness, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. The Alliance’s attention to the Baltic states has not declined, since patrolling of the Baltic airspace is just one aspect of NATO’s presence in the region, according to him. […]
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Lithuanian president: NATO presence in Baltics still ‘unprecedented’
NATO‘s Baltic air policing mission is being downsized alongside reinforcements in other security elements in the Baltic region and therefore is not significant, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
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Lithuanian deputy defence minister: Bad time to cut NATO Baltic air policing
Now is a bad time to reduce the number of fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of NATO‘s air policing mission, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of National Defence Marijus Velička says. […]