Lithuanian Armed Forces

  • Defence

Belarusians and Russians will be marching on our borders again: is it worth the flinch?

Russia and Belarus will launch another joint exercise across Belarus in a few days. They will also take place close…

2 years ago
  • HISTORY

Lithuanian Special Operations Forces: the origins of guerrilla warfare

The Special Operations Forces (SOP) of the Lithuanian Armed Forces were officially established 21 years ago, on 17 December 2001.…

2 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian army launches intl tender for modular buildings for new artillery battalion

Temporary infrastructure will be put in place for the Lithuanian Armed Forces' new artillery battalion in Pajūris, a small town…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania’s army to double area of training grounds by 2022

Expansion of the main training grounds of the Lithuanian Armed Forces will result in a double area of the facilities…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian army say tests prove reliability of tourniquets it uses

Tests performed by scientists have shown that tourniquets used by the Lithuanian Armed Forces properly perform their function of stopping…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Reinstating conscription in Lithuania: bringing society back into defence?

In 2015, with the security environment on NATO's eastern frontiers deteriorating as a result of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, Lithuania…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania to build new barracks in Rukla

New barracks are planned to be built in Rukla, in central Lithuania, in 2019, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Seimas greenlights defense procurement reform

The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday passed amendments paving the way for centralizing procurement in the national defense system. [...]

7 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

Lithuania’s army special operators exercising in Vilnius

Special Operations Forces of the Lithuanian Armed Forces are conducting training in Vilnius on Friday [...]

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania to stage this year’s largest national military exercise

The Lithuanian Armed Forces and units subordinate to the Interior Ministry will train to operate jointly during Lightning Strike 2017,…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Psychological support must be available to Lithuanian military personnel – MP

Timely psychological support has to be available to members of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliament's…

8 years ago
  • Defence

US Senator Durbin wants to see permanent presence of US troops in Baltics

Democratic US Senator Richard Durbin said in Vilnius on Tuesday that US troops should to be permanently stationed in the…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Air Force chief sees DefMin info as humiliating

Lithuania's Air Force Commander Colonel Audronis Navickas, who is about to be transferred to reserve, says that the information published…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania formally welcomes NATO battalion

Lithuania on Tuesday formally welcomed troops of NATO's enhanced forward presence battalion that is being deployed to the country in…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Leadership of NATO battalion under establishment in Lithuania arrives in Vilnius

Leadership of the international NATO battalion to be established in Lithuania arrived in Vilnius from Germany on Tuesday. [...]

8 years ago
  • Defence

Leadership of NATO intl battalion coming to Lithuania

Top commanders of the NATO international Allied battalion to be deployed in Lithuania are coming to Vilnius on Monday. [...]

8 years ago
  • Economy

Stationing NATO troops in Rukla, Lithuania to benefit businesses

As the town of Rukla, central Lithuania, awaits deployment of more than 1,000 NATO troops, the military town has already…

8 years ago
  • Defence

First troops of intl battalion expected in Lithuania next week

The first troops of the international Allied battalion should arrive in Lithuania next week, army officials said in Rukla on…

8 years ago
  • Defence

NATO war games in Lithuania part of deterrence plan – Grybauskaitė

NATO's military exercises of this size and scale are an important part of the Alliance's deterrence plan and send a…

8 years ago