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Lithuania’s Defence Ministry releases military draft list
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has published on its website the official list of this year’s draftees, which is available at sauktiniai.kam.lt. […]
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Lightning Bolt 2015 wargames end with military operation in Švenčionėliai
On 10 May, a large-scale military operation was conducted in Švenčionėliai town, which was the last phase of the exercise Lightning Bolt 2015. […]
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Conscription notices to be sent to 37,000 men in Lithuania
Lists of conscripts have been complied at the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence on Monday. […]
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NATO jets scrambled from Lithuania over 2 Russian transport planes
NATO fighter-jets on an air policing mission were scrambled from Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, on Monday to accompany two Russian military transport airplanes. […]
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French warship to visit Klaipėda port
On 11-13 May, the FS Pluvier (P 678), a patrol boat of the French Navy, will pay a friendly visit to the Klaipėda Seaport. […]
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Large military exercise starting off Lithuania’s Baltic coast
An international naval exercise Baltic Fortress 2015 is starting in the Baltic Sea off the Lithuanian coast on Monday, involving 20 warships and three international staffs. […]
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Lithuania and Germany agree on howitzer deal
Lithuanian experts reached agreement on the purchase of 16 Pzh2000 howitzer during their visit to Germany earlier this week, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Friday. […]
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Five Ukrainian soldiers arrive for treatment in Lithuania
Five more Ukrainian troops have arrived in Lithuania for treatment, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Friday. […]
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Spying suspect tells court Belarusian agent was interested in US planes landing in Vilnius
Lithuanian citizen Romuald Lipskij, a former employee of state company Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation), accused of spying for Belarus, says Sergey Kurulenko, an agent of the Chief Intelligence Board of the Belarusian Armed Forces’ General Staff, wanted to know the numbers of US planes landing in Vilnius Airport. […]
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US troops underline NATO commitment during Lithuania visit
A group of US soldiers have underlined NATO‘s collective defence commitment during their Friday visit to the Seimas of Lithuania. […]
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Volunteers to make almost third of conscripts in Lithuania this year
Volunteers have already filled almost a third of conscription places as Lithuania plans to issue lists of conscripts next week, the country’s Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday. […]
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2 military facilities to be built near Vilnius
Two new military facilities will be built near Vilnius, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday. […]
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Russia attempted to regain influence over former KGB agents in Lithuania, MP says
Russia attempted to regain influence over the former secret Soviet security collaborators who had admitted their collaboration, says Artūras Paulauskas, the chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. […]
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Lithuanian Defence Ministry proposes raising number of professional troops next year
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has proposed increasing the marginal numbers of troops of professional military service by 1,300 soldiers next year, with the minimum number of troops to be raised by about 500. […]
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Minister Linkevičius: Russia’s spying in Lithuania shouldn’t surprise anyone
Nobody should be surprised over Russia spying in Lithuania, the Baltic country’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
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Edward Lucas: Prosecuting spies “has a good deterrence effect”
Lithuania’s decision to publicly prosecute foreign spies is a good deterrence measure, reflecting the attitude towards Russia as a hostile country, says Edward Lucas, the author of a book on Russian spies. […]
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Lithuania detains suspected Russian spy
A Russian citizen has been detained in Lithuania on the suspicion of spying, the Prosecutor General‘s Office said on Monday. […]
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NATO fighter-jets alerted by Russian war plane over Baltic Sea on Sunday
Fighter-jets serving in the NATO air policing mission in Lithuania on Sunday identified and accompanied a Russian airplane flying over the Baltic Sea with its transponder switched off. […]
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New contingent taking over NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission in Lithuania
Air contingents conducting the NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission will change over at a rotation ceremony at Šiauliai Airbase in Lithuania on Thursday. […]
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A war of civilizations: diverging approaches to warfare and Russia’s military reform
Deividas Šlekys, military expert and lecturer at Vilnius University, discusses the nature of warfare and how it has transformed under liberal democracy. […]