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Lithuanian defence minister to attend Bastille Day ceremony in Paris

July 14, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas is invited to attend events in Paris on Monday to mark the French national holiday, the Bastille Day, according to the ministry’s press release. […]

US military ship arriving in Lithuania

July 3, 2014 BNS 0

US missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) will arrive in the Lithuanian western port of Klaipėda on Thursday. […]

Lithuanian defence budget to rise to 1% GDP in 2015

July 2, 2014 BNS 0

Over 1.3 billion litas (EUR 0.376 billion) will be spent on defence in Lithuania in 2015, compared to 980 million litas, or 0,78 percent GDP this year, he said. But the Seimas of Lithuania plans next week to approve the allocation of additional 130 million litas for defence for this year. […]

New commander of Lithuanian Riflemen’ Union hopes membership increase

June 29, 2014 BNS 0

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Liudas Gumbinas, recently appointed commander of the Lithuanian Riflemen’ Union, has called on people in Lithuania to join the organization, hoping that the number of its members will rise by at least a third in three years. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]