With tensions rising between Russia and Western countries over the military crisis in Ukraine, NATO is reporting a marked increase in Russian provocations in the skies over member states in Eastern Europe and the Baltics this year, The Financial Times reports. “You have to go a long way back to see anything like it,” according to one NATO official. […]
Lithuanian army school of Division General Stasys Rastikis on Monday started a five-week international instructor training for Ukrainian troops, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
At a meeting on Tuesday in Copenhagen, Defence Policy Director of the Ministry of National Defence Vaidotas Urbelis and Defence Policy Director of the Ministry of Defence of Denmark Kristian Fisher underscored that both countries saw essential partners for defence cooperation in one another, the Lithuanian ministry said. […]
On 20-24 October, Commander of the Lithuanian Air Force, Colonel Audronis Navickas is conducting visits to Brussels (Belgium) and Florence (Italy), the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
On 21-23 October, the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence (ENSEC COE) in Vilnius is hosting a table-top exercise on security of critical energy infrastructure. […]
As the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, on Tuesday endorsed President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s amendments to the martial law, the country’s armed forces are to be expanded. […]
A Lithuanian soldier sustained a serious head injury on Thursday night when returning from a training event. […]
Bomb disposal troops from the Lithuanian army‘s Juozas Vitkus Engineer Battalion have discovered a record number of around 2,000 World War Two cannonballs in the western Klaipėda District over the last few days, the country’s Ministry of National Defence said on Friday. […]
Lithuania plans to purchase infantry fighting vehicles and has already received offers from ten producers. They will be evaluated by a special working group set up by the Ministry of National Defence. […]
On Thursday, a meeting of Nordic-Baltic defence policy directors officially approved that the projects implemented in the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) format have been opened for the Baltic States. […]
Lithuania trusts NATO but the country’s residents are alarmed by the situation in Ukraine and they need additional guarantees, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius told CNN. […]
The Ministry of National Defence is procuring additional Javelin advanced medium range anti-tank guided missile systems for the value of USD 20 million to strengthen national defence capabilities and increase the Lithuanian Armed Forces‘ stock of medium-range anti-tank weaponry. […]
On Wednesday, a high officer in the Polish military was detained on suspicions of spying for Russia. The Lithuanian State Security Department says it has spotted attempts by the Russian intelligence to recruit spies in this country, too. […]
NATO’s Energy Security Centre of Excellence operating in Lithuania will be celebrating the first enlargement – Georgia is joining the centre as a contributing partner nation, the Ministry of National Defence said on Wednesday. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday visited the rapid response forces, a structure in the Lithuanian military under formation, and said they would help the country to respond to non-conventional threats, including actions of troops without identification insignia or the instigation of ethnic minorities. […]
Lieutenant General Donald M. Campbell, Jr., commander of US Army Europe, has visited the American troops deployed in Rukla, Jonava District, central Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defense said on Tuesday. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday adopted a resolution paving the way for the expansion of two military training areas. […]
Schoolchildren who have returned from military camps in Russia are being monitored by security officers in Lithuania, Gediminas Grina, head of the State Security Department, said on Monday. […]
Response forces will be set up in Lithuania’s Armed Forces as of November 1, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said on Monday. […]
Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas, currently in Azerbaijan, has invited Azeri troops to take part in training in Lithuania. […]
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