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

June 14, 2015 BNS 0

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. […]

NATO commander General Breedlove to come to Lithuania

June 13, 2015 BNS 0

Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander of US European Command General Phillip Mark Breedlove is scheduled to come to Lithuania next week. […]

Modernized RBS70 air defence systems reach Lithuania

June 13, 2015 BNS 0

The first shipment of RBS70 air defence systems with night vision equipment, modernized at the Swedish producer SAAB Dynamics’ plant, has reached Air Defence Battalion of the Lithuanian Air Forces. […]

Attack on Lithuanian army’s website plotted for two weeks

June 12, 2015 BNS 0

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. […]

Lithuanian court finished hearings in army paramedic spying case

June 12, 2015 BNS 0

A Vilnius court on Thursday finished hearing witness testimonies and published case materials in the trial of former army paramedic Andrey Oshurkov who is suspected of spying for Belarus. […]

2,000 volunteers have enlisted in Lithuanian Armed Forces

June 11, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says that 2,000 volunteers have already enlisted in the Lithuanian Armed Forces for 9-month military service. […]

Lithuanian defence minister to be able to extend service time for professional soldiers

June 11, 2015 BNS 0

The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted amendments on the extension of the service time for professional troops. […]

Ministry of National Defence website hacked

Hackers post “annexation of Kaliningrad” plans on Lithuanian army’s website

June 11, 2015 BNS 0

False information was on Wednesday published on the website of the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. An investigation has been launched into suspected hacking, the Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday. […]

NATO paratroopers take over Kaunas airport in military drill

June 10, 2015 BNS 0

Paratroopers of NATO forces landed above the Kaunas airport in Lithuania in early hours of Wednesday in an exercise to take over an airport seized by the enemy. […]

Workshop for civilian and military experts from NATO Transport Group kicks off in Palanga

June 10, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

A three-day workshop for civilian and military experts from NATO’s Transport Group kicked off in Palanga on Tuesday, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

NATO jets alerted by Russian reconnaissance aircraft near Lithuania

June 9, 2015 BNS 0

NATO fighter-jets stationed in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, were scrambled on Tuesday to identify a Russian reconnaissance airplane flying above the Baltic Sea with its automatic transponder switched off. […]

Vrš. Mads Rolf Ahrenskjaer (Danija) nuot.

Phase II of Exercise Saber Strike 2015 kicks off in Lithuania

June 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 8 June, Field Training Exercise (FTX), Phase II of Exercise Saber Strike 2015, was formally declared open at the Lithuanian Armed Forces‘ General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area in Pabrade and the parade ground of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]

Lithuania’s army needs additional 220 civilian positions

June 9, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence will ask the government allow setting up additional 220 posts for public servants and employees. Additional workforce is required to handle reinstated conscription, growing number of exercises and plans to establish NATO headquarters. […]

NATO jets scrambled from Lithuania and Estonia to accompany Russian planes

June 9, 2015 BNS 0

NATO fighter jets, stationed in Lithuania and Estonia as part of the Alliance’s Baltic air policing missions, were on Monday scrambled to identify three Russian military planes flying over the Baltic Sea, with two of them flying with their transponders switched off. […]

On 4 June Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas discussed NATO reassurance measures in the Baltic region, bilateral defence cooperation and other issues of security and defence at a meeting with Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Lithuania David Hunt, said the Ministry of National Defence. […]

NATO jets scrambled from Šiauliai twice Tuesday over Russian airplanes

June 3, 2015 BNS 0

NATO air policing fighter-jets were scrambled twice from the Lithuanian Aviation Base in Šiauliai on Tuesday to accompany Russian warplanes flying above the Baltic Sea. […]