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Defence
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. […]
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Lithuania tightens rules for border guards’ travels abroad after intelligence reports
Following a warning issued by intelligence agencies about the efforts to recruit Lithuanian border guards in Belarus, the chief of the State Border Guard Service has tightened the rules for their travels abroad. […]
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Lithuanian army expects to have German howitzers next year
Lithuania’s Armed Forces expect to receive artillery systems from Germany in 2016. […]
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4 in 5 conscripts will serve in Land Forces, Lithuanian army says
Four in five conscripts to be recruited this year will serve in the Land Forces of the Lithuanian Army, the army said on Tuesday. […]
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Exercise involving 450 troops from NATO countries starting in Lithuania
An international exercise Fire Thunder 2015 is starting in Lithuania on Monday, involving about 450 troops from Lithuania, the United States, Poland and Portugal. […]
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Over 200 Lithuanians volunteer for military service
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Friday that over the last two weeks a total of 206 citizens had volunteered to sign up for a 9-month military service, including 9 women. […]
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US Paladin artillery systems brought to Lithuania for international training event
US Paladin artillery systems were brought to Lithuania on Saturday for the first time for an international exercise. […]
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Lithuanian PM suggests Baltic states could buy weaponry together
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said after meeting with his Baltic counterparts on Friday that the three Baltic states should consider joint acquisition of weaponry as part of defence cooperation. […]
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Lithuanian army needs permanent conscription, not 5-year fix-ups, opposition leader says
Lithuania’s Armed Forces cannot do without conscripts, they are needed all the time, not for five years only, says opposition leader Andrius Kubilius. […]
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Norway and Italy to take over Baltic air policing mission in Lithuania
Norway will take over the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic states in May, while the Italian contingent will stay in Šiauliai, Lithuania, for the second shift to reinforce the mission. […]
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Lithuanian army hands over 500,000 munitions to police
The Lithuanian army‘s Logistics Board handed over about 500,000 munitions for automatic weapons to the police at an arsenal in Linkaičiai on Thursday. […]
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US tanks to participate in combat firing exercise in Lithuania
US troops currently in Lithuania will Wednesday perform the first combat firing with main combat tanks M1A2 Abrams, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
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NATO fighter jets raised from Lithuania over Russian transport plane
NATO air policing jets were Tuesday scrambled from Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, to accompany a Russian transport airplane. […]
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100 volunteers register for military service in 10 days
More than 100 volunteers registered for initial mandatory military service over the first ten days, Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said at the parliament on Tuesday in his presentation of the guarantees and privileges for conscripts. […]
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NATO jets in Lithuania alerted by Russian fighter-jet
Fighter-jets of the NATO air policing mission in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, were scrambled on Monday to identify and accompany a Russian jet that was flying with its transponder switched off. […]
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US may leave behind part of weaponry in Lithuania, chief of defence says
Lithuania’s Armed Forces and the United States government are in talks about leaving some of the US weaponry in Lithuania, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says. […]