The working groups have finalised the parties’ agreement on strengthening national security. Still, in the event of a divergence of views, the two important benchmarks will be dropped and replaced by more abstract formulations of […]
High-level diplomats from the US and Russia began important talks in Geneva over the continuing threat of a military offensive on Ukraine’s borders. At the same time, a meeting of the National Defence Council (NDC), […]
In Lithuania, in 2016 a decision was made to purchase infantry fighting vehicles Boxer. They were not purchased using the offset method, which allows part of the costs to be recovered in the state budget […]
Two new defence vice-ministers have been appointed in Lithuania: Giedrimas Jeglinskas, former Citigroup corporate banking vice-president will be in charge of procurement, while Edvinas Kerza, former IT head at the Foreign Ministry, will be in charge of cyber security, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday. […]
Raimundas Karoblis’ name has so far not been well known in Lithuania. A career diplomat with over 20 years of experience, he himself was surprised by the proposal to become Minister of National Defence. He is inheriting a ministry with both an impressively rising budget and at the same time – the taint of corruption, but the former diplomat tells Delfi TV that in the end he decided to operate on the idea of “If need be, then so be it”. […]
Both with the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and the Lithuanian Peasant Greens Union (LVŽS) promise definite changes in Lithuanian tax, security and foreign policy political scientist Algis Krupavičius told LRT.lt. But how […]
On Tuesday PM Algirdas Butkevičius spoke at the TV3 News studio. The main topics of discussion with Butkevičius, who is also the Chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP), were his role as PM […]
The so-called “golden fork” scandal has not yet settled, but it may very well be that Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas could be faced with yet another controversy. This time it relates to the controversial family status of an officer who was slated to be posted in Moscow, DELFI.lt reported. […]
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry said that NATO jets patrolling airspace over the Baltic Countries scrambled 160 times to intercept Russian planes in 2015, up 14% on the previous year. […]
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