On 3 February, director of the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence (NATO ENSEC COE) Colonel Gintautas Bagdonas and deputy director-general of the Office for Foreign Relations and Information of the Czech Republic Jan Padourek signed a voluntary national contribution arrangement which will serve as a basis for the Czech Republic to join the NATO ENSEC COE, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
Lithuania’s Armed Forces should step up its artillery capacities by purchasing 155mm self-propelled howitzers, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said on Tuesday. […]
New Belgian-manufactured FN SCAR-H PR precision rifles were brought to Lithuania on Monday, the country’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
On February 2 through 3 Commander of the Mechanised Infantry Brigade (MIB) Iron Wolf Colonel Raimundas Vaikšnoras is taking part in a conference arranged by the staff of the Danish Army Division in Copenhagen. Col Vaikšnoras, commander of a Latvian brigade and commander of an Estonian brigade will address cooperation of their respective units in combat training area and the contribution of the Danish Division to the training of the Baltic states‘ brigades, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
From 26 January to 1 February, NATO fighter jets conducting the Baltic Air Policing Mission were scrambled once in response to foreign aircraft approaching Baltic states‘ borders. […]
This week, Lithuania’s government intends to discuss draft laws on the Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian agreement to set up a joint military brigade. […]
Lithuania is keeping a close eye on the ongoing major military exercises in the Russian region of Kaliningrad but has no reason for concern, Lithuanian minister of national defence says. […]
A manual prepared by the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence on what to do in case of war and accidents is to be distributed to school libraries across the country. […]
NATO fighter-jets conducting the Baltic air policing mission were scrambled three times last week. […]
US Army Europe will soon dispatch a survey team to the Baltic states, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria to scout locations for tanks and other military hardware as part of the efforts to boost US military presence in the region, a high-ranking US general has said. […]
Lithuanian servicemen escaped injuries during the suicide attack in the airport of Afghanistan‘s capital Kabul on Sunday. However, the blast shattered windows of their residential container, the Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
Lithuania officially ended over six-month long period of command of NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1). On January 22, Commander Giedrius Premeneckas (Lithuanian Navy) handed over command of SNMCMG1 to Commander Peter A.J. Bergen Henegouwen (Royal Netherlands Navy) at Den Helder naval base of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Lithuania’s Defense Minister Juozas Olekas on Friday met with Ukrainian soldiers undergoing treatment in the southern resort of Druskininkai, the ministry said. […]
NATO decision to station an international military staff in Lithuania will contribute to security of both the country and the rest of the region, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]
Administration of Lithuania’s northern city of Šiauliai has banned Avia Solutions Group from repairing airplanes in the near-by Zokniai airport, which accommodates NATO fighter-jets performing the Baltic air policing mission. […]
NATO‘s Military Committee on Thursday gave a green light to the establishment of international military staffs in Lithuania and five other countries in Central and Eastern Europe, and will submit the proposal to defence ministers, Lithuania’s Chief of Defense Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas confirmed to BNS. […]
Canada on Tuesday allocated EUR 715,000 to the Vilnius-based NATO Energy Security Center of Excellence, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Wednesday. […]
On 21 January, in Riga, the Informal Meeting of European Union Defence Policy Directors agreed that the European Union and NATO had to cooperate in providing response to threats of hybrid warfare, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
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