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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. […]
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NATO chiefs of defense meeting in Vilnius to discuss Eastern Europe and Afghanistan
A meeting of chiefs of defense of NATO member-states is starting in Vilnius on Friday to address efforts to step up security in Eastern Europe and the future of the mission in Afghanistan. […]
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Commander of Riflemen’s Union: In event of aggression, Lithuania would not repeat mistakes of 1940
In the event of aggression, Lithuania would not repeat the mistake it made in 1940 and would resist occupation, Lieutenant Colonel Liudas Gumbinas, commander of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union, said on Thursday. […]
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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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NATO chief warns Moscow: No more stealth invasions
On Monday, NATO Commander Gen. Philip Breedlove had a not-so-subtle message for Russia: it will consider stealth and unofficial invasions to be a trigger for war, the Daily Beast reports. […]
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NATO’s new secretary general determined to implement decisions in Baltics
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met on Tuesday with the appointed NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg. Linkevičius says he has been reassured the decisions made during the recent NATO summit regarding the strengthening of military capabilities in the Baltic states will be implemented. […]
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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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Most Lithuanians think country could resist military invasion for several days without help
Nearly half of residents of Lithuania believe the country would be able to resist a Russian attack for a few days without NATO’s help, shows a poll commissioned by DELFI. […]
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Civilian injured during Lithuanian-US war games in Jonava district
A civilian was injured during a military exercise in Gaižiūnai training grounds in Lithuania’s central Jonava district in late hours of Thursday. […]
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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. […]
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Lithuania to take part in international military exercise in Ukraine
Soldiers of the Lithuanian Land Force will take part in an international peace support operations exercise Rapid Trident 2014 at the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre, Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
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Presidential adviser: Lithuania more secure after NATO summit in Wales
Chief advisor to the president on interior policy Virginija Būdienė says that Lithuania’s security increased after the NATO Summit in Wales. […]
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Lithuanian president proposes amendments to Bill on Martial Law
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė suggests that officers of the Public Security Service and the VIP Protection Department should be listed as part of the Armed Forces in case of war. […]