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Lithuanian parliament speaker on conscription of women: Woman’s duty is bearing children
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius both say they would not support the idea of making military service mandatory for women as well as men. […]
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US and Lithuanian troops hold combined training near Vilnius
Roughly 250 soldiers from the company of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Division, US Army, and the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion are training at Exercise Joint Punch at the Gaižiūnų Training Area (Pabradė) this week. […]
Defence
Countries bordering Russia many need special NATO forces, Lithuanian defence official says
The Russian aggression in Ukraine has shown that countries bordering Russia may need special forces, says the Lithuanian Defence Ministry’s Political Director Vaidotas Urbelis. […]
Defence
NATO jets in Lithuania alerted by Russian planes over Baltic sea
The Italian Typhoon fighter jets, stationed in the Lithuanian northern city of Šiauliai as part of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission, were on Wednesday scrambled to accompany two Russian military transport aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea. […]
Defence
Lithuanian PM is against military conscription of women
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he does not support the idea include women into compulsory military draft. However, he says that women are always welcome in the armed service as volunteers. […]
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Conscription needed to fill army vacancies fast and less costly, Lithuanian president says
The restoration of military conscription has been proposed because it is the only quick way to form army units, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. Besides, she adds, conscripts would cost less than training professionals. […]
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Lithuanian parliament to adopt laws on conscription in nearest future, speaker says
The State Defence Council has decided to enhance Lithuania’s defensive capabilities and to temporarily reinstate conscript military service. Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė says that parliament will soon start work on the issue. […]
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Return of conscription may require revisions of Lithuanian army procurement, MP says
Return of military conscription system in Lithuania may require revising the planned defence acquisitions, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. […]
Defence
Lithuania to reintroduce military conscription
The State Defence Council, comprising of the Lithuanian president, prime minister, parliament speaker, defence minister and army chief, decided on Tuesday to reintroduce military conscription in Lithuania. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army chief: We will buy from Lithuanian producers if they offer good price-quality ratio
The Lithuanian army would be willing to buy from local producers but needs a good price-quality ratio that would match the market ratio, Chief of Defence of Lithuanian Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says. […]
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Defence minister signs deal on NATO headquarters in Lithuania
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas on Monday endorsed an agreement of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and Allied Command Transformation (ACT) laying down the legal status of NATO elements of control and command in Lithuania, the ministry said. […]
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Lithuanian defence chief receives reassurance from German general about military technology purchase
Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas was on Monday assured by his German colleague, General Volker Wieker, that media reports about Berlin’s alleged refusal to sell armoured trucks was incorrect. […]
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Lithuanian defence minister speaks of possible information provocation in Germany
A report published in German media on Sunday, saying that Berlin would not sell armoured Boxer vehicles to Lithuania, could be part of a provocation campaign aimed at derogating good relations between Lithuania and Germany, according to Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas. […]
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Lithuania has 9 other offers if Germans refuse to sell armoured vehicles, defence minister says
If Germany‘s Krauss-Maffei Wegmann formally withdraws it offer to sell armoured fighting vehicles to Lithuania, the country will have another nine offers to choose from, National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said on Sunday. […]
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Selection criteria for Lithuanian state security chief “too restrictive”
The Lithuanian parliament may decide during its spring session to revise the provisions that are said to burden the search for candidates for chiefs of the State Security Department, the Lietuvos Rytas daily reports. […]
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Europe must update its security strategy, Lithuanian defence minister says
The European security strategy does not reflect today’s realities and must be updated, says Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas. […]
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Lithuania wants to buy self-propelled howitzers from Germany
During the European Union Defence Ministers’ meeting in Riga, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas presented his German colleagues with Lithuania’s proposal regarding purchase of self-propelled artillery systems. […]
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Lithuanian PM sceptical about British defence secretary’s warnings of Russian aggression
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he does not believe that Moscow could use the same methods it used in Ukraine to destabilize situation in the Baltic states. His comments come after British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon warned about the danger that Russia might pose to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. […]
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NATO fighter jets take off 4 times over Baltic states last week
Between 9 February and 16 February, NATO air policing fighter aircraft patrolling the Baltic airspace were scrambled four times to intercept aircraft flying along the route between Mainland Russia and the Kaliningrad Oblast in international airspace near the borders of the Baltic states, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]