Lithuanian Armed Forces

  • Politics

Lithuanian president tells politicians not to campaign on security

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has urged politicians to refrain from speculating on security issues, following a number of suspected border…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Russia is ‘biggest threat to Lithuania’s security’ – Ministry of Defence

Russia is the biggest threat to Lithuanian security and military aggression is no longer just a hypothetical possibility, according to…

9 years ago
  • Global LT

3rd generation Lithuanian expatriate: My experience as military conscript

Liudvikas Jakavičius, a 31-year-old third-generation Lithuanian expatriate from Mexico, shares his experience of military service in the Lithuanian army. [...]

9 years ago
  • Defence

Two thirds of Lithuanians support raising defence funding

About 67% of the Lithuanian population fully or in part agree on the need to increase defence funding to 2%…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Defence Minister’s position on conscription ‘irresponsible’, says army founder

One of the founders of the Lithuanian army has said the Defence Minister, Juozas Olekas’s position that a professional army…

9 years ago
  • Sports

Valančiūnas makes it onto Lithuanian conscription list

Jonas Valančiūnas, the Toronto Raptors center beloved by basketball fans both in Lithuania and abroad, made it into the conscription…

9 years ago
  • Defence

New motorized infantry brigade will be formed in Western Lithuania in 2016

Starting on 1 January, 2016, a new motorized infantry brigade named Žemaitija will be formed in Western Lithuania. [...]

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania’s Javelin missiles will turn Russian tanks into ‘tin cans,’ report claims

Last week, it was officially confirmed that Lithuania will buy Javelin mid-range anti-tank systems from the United States for €50…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian-Russian school teachers say their schools are not vehicles for Moscow propaganda

A week after Gediminas Grina, the former chief of Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) compared the country’s ethnic minority schools…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Ambassador convinced that Finnish armoured vehicles best for Lithuania

Ambassador of Finland, Mr Harri Mäki-Reinikka, is convinced that the Finnish Patria, as the market leader among 8X8 armoured wheeled…

9 years ago
  • Defence

US to maintain troops in Lithuania

While on a formal visit in the United States, Lithuania's Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with US Secretary…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania sentences man for spying for Belarus

Vilnius County Court found former employee of state enterprise Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) Romualdas Lipskis guilty of espionage. [...]

9 years ago
  • Defence

Citizens’ donations to Lithuanian military grow seven-fold

In 2015, people more actively donated to the Lithuanian army by transferring 2 percent of their personal income tax. The…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania enters PZH 2000 howitzer partnership project

On October 21 at a session of the Land Combat Vehicles (LCV) Support Partnership of the NATO Support and Procurement…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian soldiers begin training in Trident Juncture

Military personnel from Lithuania and other countries of the NATO Alliance taking part in NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 have…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania’s defence budget 2016-2018 focuses on developing priority capabilities and combat training

Draft National Defence System Budget 2016-2018 has been submitted for consideration by the Lithuanian Parliament. With an aim to implement…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Logistics specialists to support Lithuanian troops in Exercise Trident Juncture 2015

Logistics and movement control specialists of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and Mobile Refuelling Unit will provide logistical support to Lithuanian…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian military receives second Eurocopter

The second of three new helicopters Eurocopter Dauphin arrived in Zokniai Airbase near Šiauliai on Friday. It will be used…

9 years ago
  • Defence

NATO experts welcome Lithuania’s defence reforms

On 13-14 October, NATO defence planning experts conducted a visit in Lithuania to assess the status quo of Lithuania's defence…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian officer injured in helicopter crash in Afghanistan to be transported to Germany

A Lithuanian officer who was injured in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan is expected to be transported to The Landstuhl…

9 years ago