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NATO mine counter-measures group ships arrive in Klaipėda
A German warship FGS Elbe, which heads the Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1), docked at the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda on Friday along with the Lithuanian naval ship Kursis (M54). […]
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President Grybauskaitė confers ranks on Military Academy graduates
On Friday, President Dalia Grybauskaitė promoted graduates of General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy to their first officer’s rank. […]
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Government approves State Mobilization Plan
Lithuania’s government formally approved the State Mobilization Plan this week, the Defence Ministry said. […]
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Germany does not approve of NATO’s military expansion to Poland and Baltic States
The German government does not approve of Poland’s and Baltic States’ request to expand NATO military presence in Eastern European countries, writes Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. […]
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British MPs call for deployment of NATO troops in Baltics
British lawmakers are calling for the deployment of NATO troops and military equipment in the Baltic states in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. […]
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Lithuanian and US soldiers brushed up skydiving skills in Pabradė
Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade’s 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment and the Lithuanian Land Force brushed up their skills Tuesday at a parachute training event at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Range in Pabradė, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
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Lithuanian-French defence cooperation in spotlight during defence attaché changeover ceremony in Vilnius
Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of National Defence Antanas Valys on Monday presented the National Defence System Medal of Merit to the outgoing French Defence Attaché Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Luc Lopez for his personal contribution to the development of cooperation between the French and the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The officer was representing the interest of the French Armed Forces in Lithuania since August 2011, the Ministry of National Defence says. […]
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NATO airmen report growing Russian activity in Baltic airspace
Polish aviators, who are heading the NATO air-policing mission in the Baltic states for the fifth time, say that they are faced with growing activity of the Russian Air Forces. […]
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Grybauskaitė pledges to monitor defence spending closely
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has pledged to monitor whether additional funds recently allocated to national defence are spent transparently and effectively. […]
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Lithuania’s new chief of defence sworn into office
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has inaugurated the new Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas during a formal change of command ceremony on Thursday in the Cathedral Square, Vilnius. […]
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Senior presidential aide appointed to head Lithuania’s State Defence Council
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has appointed her senior adviser Valdemaras Sarapinas as the head of the State Defence Council. […]
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Lithuanian army to purchase infantry combat vehicles
Lithuania’s Armed Forces will purchase infantry combat vehicles in the framework of modernization of its Land Forces, the Defense Ministry has announced on Monday. […]
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Lithuanian rotation actively preparing for standby for EU Battlegroup next year
Fifty members of the Grand Duchess Birutė Uhlan Battalion are continuing training for a standby for the European Union Nordic Battlegroup (EU BG) in the first semester of 2015 which is going to be formed by Ireland, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Finland, and Sweden, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
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NATO officer: exercise in Lithuania will be larger, adapted to Russian action
Exercises in Lithuania and NATO‘s other Eastern member-states will be larger and adjusted to the Russian actions in Ukraine, NATO’s Joint Forces Headquarters officer Lieutenant Colonel Hans Houf said in Vilnius on Friday after his team inspected Lithuania’s military infrastructure. […]
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NATO officials visit Lithuania’s Klaipėda seaport
Integration team of the NATO Joint Force Headquarters Brunssum (the Netherlands) visited the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipėda, the port’s directorate said on Thursday. […]
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Lithuania’s military infrastructure assessed by Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum’s team
On 12-20 July, a NATO Forward Integration Team (NFIT) from Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) Brunssum (the Kingdom of the Netherlands) is visiting military units, ranges, and facilities in Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence announces. […]
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New Riflemen’s Union commander wants to increase enrollment to 10,000
On Friday, 11 July, in the garden of Kaunas Vytautas Magnus Museum, the new commander of the Riflemen Union was been officially sworn in. The reserve’s Colonel Antanas Plieskis officially ceded leadership of the union to Colonel Lieutenant Liudas Gumbinas, and the newly appointed commander is already planning for the future. […]