Jonas Vytautas Žukas
Defence

NATO to open HQ in Baltic states, Poland and Romania

International headquarters will be founded in the Baltic states, Poland and Romania, which will be directly subordinate to NATO leadership and will take care of the training of incoming Allied troops, Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said on Friday. […]

Eitvydas Bajarūnas
Defence

Lithuanian ambassador presented NATO Wales Summit results in Stockholm

As Lithuania’s embassy in Sweden is serving as NATO Contact Point Embassy 2013-2014, Ambassador of Lithuania Eitvydas Bajarūnas met with Swedish Naval Officers Club members on 16 September in Stockholm. […]

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Defence

How long could Lithuania resist open military aggression?

As Russia is engaging in an undeclared war in eastern Ukraine, people in the Baltic states follow developments in Donbass with anxiety, while their leaders work around the clock to ensure that similar scenarios could not be repeated in their backyards. Still, “what would we do if Russia attacked Lithuania?” has become a question regularly discussed in political meetings, lecture halls and pubs. […]

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Defence

Lithuanian troops take part in exercise in western Ukraine

Soldiers of Lithuania’s Land Forces are starting participation in an international exercise Rapid Trident 2014 in Ukraine‘s Lviv district on Monday. […]

Ministry of National Defence
Defence

Commander of NATO Allied Maritime Command visits Vilnius

On 10 September, Vice Admiral Peter Derek Hudson (Royal Navy), the Commander of the NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM) at Northwood, conducted a visit in Vilnius, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]