Juozas Olekas
Defence

Lithuania to spend 1.46 percent of GDP on defence next year, minister says

Lithuania plans to spend 1.46 percent of its GDP on defence next year, the country’s Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says. […]

Valdemaras Sarapinas
Defence

Lithuanian president’s adviser explains preparations for hosting US weaponry

Intensive preparations for the deployment of US weaponry in Lithuania are underway and American experts have already been in the country to evaluate the situation, says Valdemaras Sarapinas, chief adviser to the Lithuanian president on national security. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Defence

Lithuanian president welcomes US weaponry plans

The decision to station American weaponry in Eastern Europe, including the Baltic states, is an outcome of the Wales agreements, and Lithuania supports, welcomes and looks forward to the decisions, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Linas Linkevičius
Defence

Lithuanian foreign minister: Stationing of US heavy weapons will change situation in region

Following US media reports that the Pentagon may station heavy weapons for its troops in several Eastern European and Baltic countries, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Sunday that these proposals are part of a US Congress-approved program to step up security in Eastern and Central Europe and that such weaponry would substantially change the security situation in Lithuania and throughout the region. […]

No Picture
Defence

Attack on Lithuanian army’s website plotted for two weeks

The Wednesday’s cyber attack on the website of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Joint Staff was plotted for at least two weeks, with requests sent from Iran, among other countries, says Rimantas Černiauskas, director of the National Cyber Security Centre. […]