President Donald Trump speed in the US Congress
Foreign affairs

Baltic states not among top 10 interests of new US Admin – US analyst

The security of the Baltic states is not among the top 10 issues on the agenda of the new US presidential administration, says US defence expert Samuel Gardiner. […]

Ministry of Defence
Defence

Lithuania appointing new defence attache to Russia

Lieutenant Colonel Petras Montvila should be appointed as Lithuania’s next defence attache to Russia, members of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee confirmed to BNS after discussing candidates on Wednesday. […]

Conscripts
Defence

Lithuania to raise salaries for soldiers by 5% this year, another 10% in 2018

Lithuania’s Defence Ministry suggests raising salaries for troops by 5 percent in October and by further 10 percent in mid-2018, according to figures envisaged in the draft governmental resolution. […]

US Troops on the Gediminas Av. in Vilnius
CORPORATE

Analyst – arrival of US Special Forces is not a signal to the Kremlin

The news that US Special Forces will arrive in Lithuania is not at all directed to the Kremlin, but Lithuania itself, military analyst Darius Antanaitis told LRT Radio. According to him it is likely that […]