Defence
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. […]
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NATO jets scrambled from Šiauliai over Russian transport plane
NATO air policing fighter-jets were on Tuesday scrambled from a base in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, to accompany a Russian transport airplane en route to the Kaliningrad region. […]
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Seven Lithuanian NGOs to observe compilation of military draft lists
Nine people representing seven Lithuanian organisations will observe on 11 May how military draft lists are compiled. […]
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Norwegian jets arrive in Lithuania for NATO air policing mision
Norway‘s two F-16 Fighting Falcons landed in the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai on Monday for the NATO air policing mission. […]
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NATO jets took off twice from Lithuania over Russian airplanes last week
NATO fighter-jets guarding the Baltic skies were last week scrambled twice from Lithuania to identify and accompany Russian military airplanes flying close to the Baltic air-space, the Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
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2nd motorized brigade to be headquartered in Klaipėda
The headquarters of a new motorized infantry brigade will be situated in the Lithuanian western port of Klaipėda in 2016, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says. It will be a second brigade in the Lithuanian army. […]
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Lithuanian army’s mobilization drill: 9 out of 10 reserve troops fit for service
Mobilization check has revealed that nine out of 10 reserve troops would be fit for military service in Lithuania, the army’s representatives said. […]
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Lithuania bans wearing separate elements and insignia of military uniform in public
Lithuania has banned wearing separate elements of military uniforms and insignia in public. The provision was incorporated into amendments to the Law on the Organisation of the National Defence System and Military Service and the accompanying legislation. […]
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Lithuanian army holds mobilization drill
The Lithuanian army is on Thursday testing its mobilization system. […]
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German troops arrive to Lithuania for exercise
More than 200 German troops with their equipment and machinery arrived on Tuesday to Lithuania for joint exercises and training in the Baltics. […]
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Lithuanian army to train acting without NATO allies
The Lithuanian army will hold exercises to improve interoperability of Lithuanian institutions without the assistance of NATO allies, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said on Tuesday, presenting the upcoming national Exercise Lighting Strike 2015. […]
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NATO jets to start training in Baltic states
A two-day Baltic Region Air Training Event (BRTE XX) is starting in the Baltic airspace on Tuesday, involving fighter jets from Belgium, Spain, Italy, Poland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Germany. […]
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Lithuanian defence minister and chief of defence to visit Ukraine
Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas and Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas are leaving for Ukraine on Monday for an official visit. […]
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MEP suggests writing into Constitution how much Lithuania must spend on defence
Member of the European Parliament Petras Auštrevičius has raised the idea of including Lithuania’s commitment to spend 2 percent of GDP on defence into the Constitution. […]
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President Grybauskaitė: Lithuania needs to be united in wake of security threats
Lithuania, as a small nation, needs to unite all forces, including politicians and journalists, on security issues in the wake of existing threats, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]