At a meeting in Berlin on 26 March, Lithuania’s Defence Policy Director of the Ministry of National Defence Dr. Vaidotas Urbelis and Director General for Security and Defence Policy of the Federal Ministry of Defence Geza Andreas von Geyr underlined that Lithuania and Germany saw each other as essential partners for defence cooperation, the Lithuanian ministry reports. […]
Lithuanian National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says that Russia would make a great mistake if it decided to cross the borders of any of the NATO members. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the current financial situation of the country allows it increasing financial support to conscripts but she stressed that national defence should not be only associated with one’s financial gain. […]
The Baltic states must be ready to defend themselves if they want their NATO partners to assist them, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas has signed a decree ordering the start of conscription on May 11 this year, the Ministry of National Defense said on Friday. […]
Vilnius Regional Judge Stasys Lemežis has been removed from hearing the case of Lithuanian army paramedic Andrei Oshurkov who is suspected of having spied for Belarus. […]
Chairman of the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee, Artūras Paulauskas, says that the first conscripts, around 1,600 of them, will be drafted in August-September. Another 1,400 should be drafted in November-December and thus the total number will stand at 3,000. […]
The Lithuanian Weaponry Fund on March 23 handed over weapons and bulletproof vests to the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union. […]
NATO fighter jets guarding the Baltic airspace were scrambled eight times last week to identify and accompany Russian planes flying near the Baltic borders. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday signed a legal amendment, which reintroduces conscription service in the country. […]
Italian Typhoon fighter-jets performing the NATO air policing mission in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, were scrambled on Thursday to accompany a Russian reconnaissance airplane. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday voted in favour of restoring conscription in the country. The first stage of military draft is scheduled for August-September, National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said. […]
Security was stepped at Vilnius and Naujoji Vilnia Train Stations in Lithuania on Thursday in response to information that Russian army conscripts might be crossing to the Russian region of Kaliningrad via Lithuania, according to the lrytas.lt news website. […]
A bill on the restoration of military conscription will be brought before the Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, on Thursday. Both the ruling and the opposition political groups have pledged their support. […]
Italy‘s Typhoon fighter-jets serving in the NATO air policing mission of the Baltic states were scrambled from Šiauliai air base in late hours of Tuesday to escort 11 Russian war planes flying above the Baltic Sea from mainland Russia to its Kaliningrad region. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė paid a visit to the Training Regiment located in Rukla and said that the infrastructure is of the highest NATO standards. […]
More than 500 German soldiers will come for combined training to Lithuania this year, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said on Tuesday. […]
Inadequatetly, only 35-percent manned Lithuanian army is not capable of actually defending the country, says chief presidential advisor on foreign affairs Jovita Neliupšienė. She stressed that this situation is what inspired the decision to restore a conscript army. […]
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