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Germany to send over 500 troops to Lithuania for training this year

March 17, 2015 BNS 0

More than 500 German soldiers will come for combined training to Lithuania this year, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said on Tuesday. […]

Current manning of Lithuanian army at odds with geopolitical reality, president’s advisor says

March 17, 2015 ELTA EN 0

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. […]

Lithuania’s chief of defence: Five lessons to be learned from conflict in Ukraine

March 17, 2015 ELTA EN 0

After the State Defence Council decided that conscription of 19-26-year-olds should be reintroduced for a 5-year period and as the Seimas is preparing to consider the issue, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says Lithuania has learned five lessons from the conflict in Ukraine. […]

Baltic Air Policing jets scrambled once last week to identify Russian aircraft

March 16, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has published data on interceptions of vessels and aircraft completed near the borders of the Baltic states between 9 and 15 March. […]

US heavy military equipment delivered to Lithuania

March 15, 2015 BNS 0

The first part of US heavy military equipment to be used in combined training with Lithuanian troops on Sunday was delivered to the Gaižiūnai railway station in the district of Jonava, in the central part of the country. […]

Runway Run 2015 to be held at Šiauliai Airbase

March 13, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 28 March, the Air Base of the Lithuanian Air Force at Šiauliai will host a run on an airbase track, Runway Run 2015, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]

Restoring conscription is “necessity”, Lithuanian president says

March 12, 2015 BNS 0

As the Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, is set to discuss the proposed partial restoration of conscription, the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says it’s the only way to strengthen the Lithuanian army in the existing geopolitical situation. […]

Former NATO officer suggests changing Washington Treaty

March 12, 2015 BNS 0

Chris Donnelly, former adviser to NATO Secretary General, currently on a visit in Lithuania, suggested on Wednesday amending the North Atlantic Treaty and activating collective defence not only in cases of armed attacks. […]

Soldier died during military training event in Lithuania

March 10, 2015 BNS 0

A dead soldier has been found during a training event in Pabradė, eastern Lithuania, on Tuesday, the country’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]

Lithuanian PM hopes volunteers will suffice to fill up this year’s military draft

March 10, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that that if there are enough volunteers during this autumn’s drafting, no other citizens would be called to serve in the conscript army. […]

Five American Abrams tanks to be deployed in Lithuania

March 10, 2015 BNS 0

Five American Abrams tanks and several dozen other vehicles will be deployed in Lithuania, the Baltic country’s Ministry of National Defence confirmed on Monday. […]

Polish and Estonian defence chiefs hail Lithuania’s move to reintroduce conscription

March 5, 2015 BNS 0

Polish and Estonian chiefs of defence on Thursday welcomed the Lithuanian plans of reintroducing conscription, emphasizing that the move would allow reinforcing the Armed Forces amid the Russian threat. […]

NATO jets take off to accompany Russian plane over Lithuania

March 5, 2015 BNS 0

The Italian Typhoon fighter jets, stationed in Lithuania as part of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission, were scrambled on Thursday to accompany a Russian plane. […]

Polish army chief in Vilnius: We’re ready for “little green men”

March 5, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania and Poland are ready to respond to hybrid war threats, the Polish chief of defence said in Vilnius on Thursday, indirectly mentioning Russia’s annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea. […]

Polish army general staff chief on formal visit in Lithuania

March 5, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces General Mieczyslaw Gocul arrived in Lithuania on Wednesday on a formal visit to discuss points of defence cooperation and security situation in the region. […]

Conscripts will not be sent to foreign missions, Lithuanian defence chief assures

March 5, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian army assured on Wednesday that conscripts would not be sent to international missions abroad, refuting rumours spread by the Russian media, which, the Lithuanian chief of defence says, are aimed at discrediting the idea of restoring military conscription. […]

Lithuanian president: Baltics face real threat

March 4, 2015 BNS 0

The Baltic states are facing a real threat and must be prepared to independently withstand for at least three days in case of a military conflict until NATO allies arrive, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, when asked by foreign journalists about the planned restoration of conscription in Lithuania. […]