From the State Defence Council meeting at the Presidential palace. Photo Presidential Palace
Defence

Lithuanian summit on Russia’s actions: agreement on new weapons, increase in conscription

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), […]

Defence

Bankruptcy of JSC Baltic Defence Industries in Lithuania

The Lithuanian defence industry is quite small and produces mostly tier 2 and tier 3 type products. Most of the production goes for export, which comprises around one percent of all the state export. Two […]

Seimas
Lithuania

Seimas spring session mainly focused on managing the consequences of the coronavirus

The Seimas closed its spring session, which had started on 10 March 2020. This year, the session was held under extraordinary conditions because of the coronavirus. The number of plenaries exceeded the planned figure and […]

NATO jets
Defence

Air defense exercise kicks off in Lithuania

The Tobruq Legacy 2017 air defense exercise gets underway in the district of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania, on Tuesday. […]