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Lithuanian soldiers seen off to Operation ATALANTA
Two Lithuanian soldiers from the National Support Element (NSE) have been seen off to the Operation ATALANTA in Africa, the Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday. […]
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US troops arrived in Lithuania for combined training
On 1 July, a US Air Force‘s C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft landed at Vilnius International Airport bringing 80 members of the Germany-based 4th Infantry Division’s Mission Command Element (MCE) under the command of Brigadier General Michael Tarsa for combined training in Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence Said. […]
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NATO commander pledges training in Eastern Europe “without major intervals”
Lithuania says to have received the NATO supreme commander’s pledge to seek that training in Eastern Europe takes place “without major intervals”. However, no specific decisions on the so-called Baltic brigade have been made yet. […]
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Around 80 American soldiers to come to Lithuania
Around 80 troops from the US 4th Infantry Division’s Mission Command Element, stationed in Germany, will come to Lithuania Wednesday for a week-long joint training, led by Brigadier General Michael J. Tarsa. […]
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Troops from Belgium and Luxembourg to come to Lithuanian for training
A company of Belgian troops are scheduled to come to Lithuania for six-week training in September, with a squad of Luxembourgian troops providing back-up, the Lithuanian army told BNS on Monday. […]
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NATO jets scrambled twice over last week to accompany Russian planes
NATO fighter jets protecting the Baltic airspace were scrambled twice last week to intercept and escort two Russian planes flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea with their onboard transponders switched off. […]
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Lithuanian committee chair calls for more funding for State Security Department
Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, is calling on the country’s political parties to increase funding for the State Security Department. […]
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Portugal’s defence chief arriving in Lithuania
Chief of the General Staff of the Portuguese Armed Forces General Artur Neves Pina Monteiro is arriving in Lithuania on Monday for an official visit at the invitation of Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas. […]
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New shift of Lithuanian troops seen off to NATO mission in Afghanistan
A formal deployment ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces in Vilnius on Friday for yet another shift of Lithuanian soldiers joining the NATO mission in Afghanistan. […]
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Lithuanian defence chief pledges to strengthen rapid response forces
Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas visited the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces on Thursday and pledged to strengthen the country’s rapid response forces. […]
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Amount of US military equipment in Lithuania will vary, defence minister says
The amount of American military equipment deployed in Lithuania will vary, the Baltic country’s National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says, adding that it would change depending on exercises in Eastern Europe. […]
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NATO secretary general on Baltic brigade plea: We assess all requests from all allies
NATO has made major contribution to ensuring security for Eastern Europe and the Alliance will continue assessing allies’ requests and do everything to protect then, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister: We are not looking to escalate regional tensions
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, has emphasised that the goal of NATO is to ensure security of its member states, not threaten or incite tensions. […]
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US weaponry should reach Baltic states in early 2016
The first heavy US weaponry should reach the Baltic states in early 2016, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has said. […]
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Lithuanian defence minister invites Norway to send back-up for Baltic air policing mission
Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with is Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Soereide and invited Norway to deploy a back-up contingent for the Baltic air policing mission in Lithuania in 2016. […]
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Lithuania to increase number of professional troops
The number of professional troops in the Lithuanian army will grow by more than a thousand, and discussions on the number of conscripts have been postponed until the fall after the Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday endorsed the principled structure of the country’s army in 2016. […]
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NATO jets alerted 10 times by Russian planes near Baltic airspace
Last week NATO fighter jets protecting the Baltic airspace were scrambled ten times to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in international airspace on the way to or from mainland Russia and to the Russian region of Kaliningrad. […]
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Lithuania’s chief of defence promoted to lieutenant general
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė conferred the rank of Lieutenant General on Chief of Defence Jonas Vytautas Žukas at the President’s Office on Monday morning. […]