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. […]
The General Prosecutor’s Office of Lithuania has informed that the Russian law enforcement authorities are trying to reopen criminal proceedings against Lithuanian nationals who refused to serve in the Soviet army following the country’s 1990 secession from the USSR. […]
International exercise dedicated for artillery and mortar units Flaming Thunder 2014, organised by the Land Force, is commencing on Monday at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Range. Over the course of two weeks, more than three hundred Lithuanian and US soldiers will be improving their skills, training to conduct defensive operations using artillery and mortars. […]
Lithuania is recalling the enhanced border protection, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. […]
The situation at Lithuania’s borders, where controls have been stepped after the abduction of an Estonian security service officer into Russia, is calm, Interior Minister Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas said on Sunday. […]
The NATO Summit in Wales agreed to establish bases in the Baltic states for coordination organising military exercises and deployment of reinforcements. President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that aggressive Russian foreign policy led the Alliance to make these steps. […]
NATO decisions, announced on Friday in Wales, are very favourable to Lithuania, says professor Valdas Rakutis of the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy. […]
NATO leaders in Wales have agreed to create a “spearhead” rapid reaction force with several thousand troops ready to deploy at short notice, the BBC reports. […]
NATO leaders decided at the summit in Wales on Friday to establish headquarters in Lithuania and the other two Baltic states, with their functions and structure to be finalized within this autumn, Lithuanian officials said. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and leaders of other NATO member states have agreed in Wales on additional measures to deal with newly emerging threats and beef up the defence of the allied countries, including Lithuania. […]
European and NATO leadership must now demonstrate their leadership and keep Russia’s President Vladimir Putin from going too far, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas and his counterparts from Estonia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Latvia, Norway and the UK signed a protocol of intentions for establishing the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) at a ceremony during the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
NATO allies will have more capacities in Lithuania, in the air, in the sea and on land, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said after the first day of the NATO summit in Wales. […]
Political scientist Laurynas Kasčiūnas tells the Žinių Radijas radio station that it is very likely that new military bases will be established in the Baltics which would increase security for the three states. […]
On 4-5 September, President Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending the NATO summit in Wales. In the face of a military threat to Europe, NATO leaders are discussing new measures to ensure security of the member states and the whole region, the presidential press service said. […]
NATO’s cooperation with Russia as it has been until now cannot continue, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė before the NATO Summit in Wales. […]
United States President Barack Obama and Great Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron stated on Thursday that NATO should ensure permanent military presence in Eastern Europe. […]
Forecasts suggest that Russia’s restrictions on imports from the European Union will have a negative effect on Lithuania’s economy; however, this will not affect the country’s 2015 defence budget, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]
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