The Baltic states have asked NATO‘s leaders and chiefs of defence of the Alliance’s member-states for constant rotation of Allied forces, although decisions will be made by politicians, Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas stated on Saturday. […]
Among the 13 soldiers of the National Defence Volunteer Forces who gave oath to serve their country on 21 August, was Dainius Šileika, a third-generation Lithuanian expatriate. […]
Lithuania is choosing infantry fighting vehicles from two offers, says Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas. […]
Outgoing Norwegian fighter jets, which were stationed in Lithuania as part of NATO‘s Baltic air policing missions, were scrambled on Monday, their last day of service, to intercept two Russian planes flying over the Baltic Sea. […]
Preparations to receive conscripts is going smoothly and the biggest challenges is now faced by instructors, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said on Tuesday after evaluating preparations to receive conscripts in Klaipėda. […]
After hackers broke into the website of the Lithuanian Army’s Joint Staff, Lithuanian prosecutors sent out requests for legal assistance to foreign countries. […]
NATO fighter jets, stationed in Lithuania as part of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission, were scrambled three times on Wednesday to identify and accompany Russian planes flying over the Baltic Sea. […]
Lithuania’s port city of Klaipėda is hosting on Monday a farewell ceremony for the Lithuanian troops leaving for the European Union’s (EU) anti-piracy operation Atalanta off the coasts of the Eastern African country of Somalia. […]
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence will propose raising pay for professional troops. […]
The new commander of the Lithuania National Defence Volunteer Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Artūras Jasinskas, hopes to attract up to 3,000 troops to the volunteer forces during his five-year term. […]
Lithuania plans to buy Boxer armoured fighting vehicles from Germany, the spokesman for the Lithuanian chief of defence confirmed to BNS on Thursday, adding that the proposal would be submitted to the State Defence Council. […]
Lithuania says to have received the NATO supreme commander’s pledge to seek that training in Eastern Europe takes place “without major intervals”. However, no specific decisions on the so-called Baltic brigade have been made yet. […]
A company of Belgian troops are scheduled to come to Lithuania for six-week training in September, with a squad of Luxembourgian troops providing back-up, the Lithuanian army told BNS on Monday. […]
Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas visited the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces on Thursday and pledged to strengthen the country’s rapid response forces. […]
The Saber Strike 2015 exercise held in the Baltic states by NATO has nothing to do with the Alliance’s alleged preparations for some annexation, says the chief of the training, US Major General Mark McQueen. […]
Lithuania and the United States intend to sign an intergovernmental agreement on closer military cooperation. […]
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