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  • European Union

EU states agree in Vilnius to jointly seek more funding for external border protection

Eight EU member states, having an external EU land border, have backed Lithuania's initiative to seek more funding for border…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

PM’s stance on Russia: 2 points in support, 2 against, 2 motives

The call from Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis to resume contacts with Russia on the political level and operations of…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

NATO-Russia relations: messages from Zapad 2017

National strategy requires us to analyze across all dimensions relations of power and observe the ways implemented to realize it.…

7 years ago
  • Defence

NATO fighter-jets scrambled once from Lithuania last week over 2 Russian warplanes

NATO fighter aircraft conducting the NATO air-policing mission in the Baltic states were scrambled once from Lithuania last week to…

7 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Court arrests Russian citizen for 1 mo for unlawful border crossing

A Lithuanian court has issued a one-month arrest warrant for a Russian citizen who claimed to be a Russian border…

7 years ago
  • Defence

NATO jets scrambled once from Lithuania last week over Russian warplanes

NATO fighter-jets serving in the Baltic air-policing mission were last week scrambled once from Lithuania to intercept a Russian warplane…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania closely watching Russia-China military maneuvers in Baltic Sea

Lithuania's defense officials say they are keeping a close eye on the joint Russian-Chinese military exercise gaining momentum in the…

7 years ago
  • Defence

NATO jets scrambled once last week over Russian warplanes

NATO fighter-jets serving in the NATO air-policing mission were last week scrambled once to intercept Russian warplanes flying above the…

7 years ago
  • Defence

NATO asks Russia questions about Zapad exercise close to Lithuania

At a meeting with Russia's envoy on Thursday, NATO ambassadors asked him questions about the scale and scenario of the…

7 years ago
  • Defence

President sees Zapad, Belarus N-plant as key threats to transatlantic security

The world clearly understands that key threats to transatlantic security in our region arise from the militarization of the Russian…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lithuania starting to build fence on border with Russia

Lithuania is Monday starting to build a protective fence on the border with the Russian Kaliningrad region. [...]

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian border guards refuse entry to Russian military team

Lithuanian border guards late on Thursday detained a Russian military team on a transit train traveling from the Russian exclave…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Detention of men with airsoft guns near Vilnius was appropriate response

Police officers who a week ago detained men with airsoft guns in a forest near Nemenčinė, in the district of…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Lithuanian Tatars threat to security: intelligence evaluation is nonsense

Lithuania‘s security services saw a new threat to this year’s Lithuania‘s security. It is stated that Russia seeks to affect…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Defence budget crucial amid Russian threats – Lithuanian ForMin at NATO meeting

Speaking at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on Friday, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius emphasized the importance…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Some 1,500 NATO troops to train to defend Suwalki gap this summer

Around 1,500 NATO troops this summer will train to defend the so-called "Suwalki gap", a land corridor whose protection would…

8 years ago
  • Defence

NATO should move military commands closer to Eastern borders – President

NATO should move its military comomands closer to the Alliance's Eastern borders, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said Thursday after meeting with…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lithuanian ambassador to US calls for stronger transmitter of Radio Free Europe

The signal of the US Congress-financed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) rebroadcast via Lithuania should be amplified in an effort…

8 years ago
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  • Opinion

There is one way to halt the construction of Astravyets NPP

It has now been eight years since Lithuania was officially informed of the decision to construct a nuclear power plant…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Ticking bomb in Astravyets – will it blow us up or the Belarussian economy?

Lithuanian politicians call the Astravyets nuclear power plant a bomb ticking at the border, making for an impression that it…

8 years ago