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NATO jets scrambled from Šiauliai over Russian transport plane

NATO air policing fighter-jets were on Tuesday scrambled from a base in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, to accompany a Russian transport airplane en route to the Kaliningrad region. […]

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Lithuanian army holds mobilization drill

The Lithuanian army is on Thursday testing its mobilization system. […]

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Society

Why Lithuania banned Russian TV channel

Lithuania made international headlines last week when its Radio and Television Commission decided to institute a blanket ban on all programmes of a Russian TV channel. The channel in question, RTR Planeta, is registered in Sweden, but its content is entirely Russian-produced. The Commission had previously suspended broadcasts of individual programmes, saying they violated Lithuanian laws, but RTR Planeta would not stop. […]

Defence

Over 200 Lithuanians volunteer for military service

Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Friday that over the last two weeks a total of 206 citizens had volunteered to sign up for a 9-month military service, including 9 women. […]

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Lithuanian defence minister wants conscripts’ families and employers fined for not passing summons

Parents, spouses and employers should be put under the obligation of handing conscription papers to persons liable to military duty, Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said in one of the proposals to the parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday. […]