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Lithuanian defence minister: France is looking for ways out of Mistral dilemma

November 19, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Minister of Defence Juozas Olekas says that his French counterpart told him at a meeting earlier this week that Paris was searching for ways to solve the issue of Mistral warships that France had built for Russia but suspended the handover following outcry from EU and NATO allies. […]

NATO fighters taken to skies 30 times since September to intercept Russian planes at Baltic borders

November 18, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Since the beginning of September, NATO fighter jets stationed in the Baltics have taken to the skies 30 times to identify Russian aircraft flying near Baltic borders, the Latvian Defence Ministry’s portal Sargs.lv informs. […]

Lithuania to expand its military reserves

November 12, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Conservative members of the Lithuanian parliament have suggested increasing the number of soldiers participating in basic military training. […]

Baltic and Nordic defence ministers discuss joint capacities

November 12, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Defense Minister Juozas Olekas is visiting Norway on Wednesday to meet with his Nordic and Baltic colleagues for a discussion of initiative to step up the Nordic and Baltic anti-crisis capacities. […]

International corporations look to join Lithuanian defence industry association

November 11, 2014 BNS 0

International corporations such as SAAB, Airbus, Renault, Sagem and Rolls-Royce are seeking to become members of the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industries Association, the business daily Verslo Žinios reports. […]

Opinion: Will the Baltic states rise to the challenges to their own security?

November 11, 2014 Dr. Stasys Backaitis 0

Russia’s attacks on Georgia and Ukraine in the last decade have brought to the forefront sharp diversities of opinion within the EU, showing that many member countries have no appetite for confrontation with Russia. […]

Parliament panel suggests adding EUR 10m to Lithuanian defence budget

November 3, 2014 BNS 0

The Lithuanian parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has suggested earmarking additional 34.3 million litas (EUR 9.9m) for defence next year. […]

Over half Lithuanians consider Russia a threat

October 27, 2014 DELFI EN 0

As many as 55 percent of people in Lithuania consider Russia a threat to the Baltic states, according to a recent survey. […]

The Financial Times: NATO flexes muscles in Baltics amid Russian incursions

October 24, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

With tensions rising between Russia and Western countries over the military crisis in Ukraine, NATO is reporting a marked increase in Russian provocations in the skies over member states in Eastern Europe and the Baltics this year, The Financial Times reports. “You have to go a long way back to see anything like it,” according to one NATO official. […]

Denmark and Lithuania reaffirm cooperation in defence

October 23, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

At a meeting on Tuesday in Copenhagen, Defence Policy Director of the Ministry of National Defence Vaidotas Urbelis and Defence Policy Director of the Ministry of Defence of Denmark Kristian Fisher underscored that both countries saw essential partners for defence cooperation in one another, the Lithuanian ministry said. […]

Lithuania to expand its armed forces

October 22, 2014 ELTA EN 0

As the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, on Tuesday endorsed President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s amendments to the martial law, the country’s armed forces are to be expanded. […]

Opinion: Against Russia’s new military strategy, NATO wavers as Lithuania prepares

October 17, 2014 STRATFOR 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on 15 October that she would push to limit Russian television broadcasts inside the country. The statement came only two days after Defence Minister Maj. Gen. Jonas Vytautas Žukas announced plans to form a new rapid reaction force in Lithuania. […]