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US arms control specialists to perform inspection training flight above Lithuania
US arms control specialists will visit Lithuania this week to perform a training inspection flight under the Open Air Space Treaty. […]
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Lithuania to step up artillery capacities, defence chief says
Lithuania’s Armed Forces should step up its artillery capacities by purchasing 155mm self-propelled howitzers, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said on Tuesday. […]
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Lithuanian army unit commander attends conference of Danish Division commanders
On February 2 through 3 Commander of the Mechanised Infantry Brigade (MIB) Iron Wolf Colonel Raimundas Vaikšnoras is taking part in a conference arranged by the staff of the Danish Army Division in Copenhagen. Col Vaikšnoras, commander of a Latvian brigade and commander of an Estonian brigade will address cooperation of their respective units in combat training area and the contribution of the Danish Division to the training of the Baltic states‘ brigades, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
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Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian brigade plans move forward
This week, Lithuania’s government intends to discuss draft laws on the Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian agreement to set up a joint military brigade. […]
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Lithuanian soldiers unharmed in attack in Afghan capital’s airport
Lithuanian servicemen escaped injuries during the suicide attack in the airport of Afghanistan‘s capital Kabul on Sunday. However, the blast shattered windows of their residential container, the Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
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Lithuanian army to enrol people without initial military training
Starting in 2015, Lithuania’s Armed Forces will enrol young men and women who meet requirements, even if they do not have initial military training, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
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Suspected Lithuanian spy arrested for three months
Vilnius City District Court on Wednesday sanctioned arrest of a Lithuanian army officer suspected of spying and another person he provided information to. […]
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Polish GROM air-defence system arrives in Lithuania
The first shipment of the Polish-made air-defence missile systems GROM have arrived in Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
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Lithuania introduces fines for disobeying soldier’s orders
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences, introducing fines for failure to obey a soldier’s orders. […]
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Navy ship finishes active duty and will continue standby in Klaipėda Seaport
Upon completion of the active duty in the NATO Response Force Lithuanian Naval ship LNS Jotvingis, a flag ship of Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group One (SNMCMG1), is returning to Klaipėda, Lithuania. Lithuanian Naval Officer Commander Giedrius Premeneckas will continue to command SNMCMG1 from this ship of Lithuanian Navy, which will be moored in Klaipėda Seaport up to the end of January 2015. […]
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Lithuanian parliament passes bill on use of military force in peacetime
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a package of legal amendments drafted by the Ministry of National Defence on the use of military force in peacetime, providing for a more specific regulation of the use of weapons, explosives and military equipment. […]
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Lithuania plans to actively involve interior system institutions in military training
Institutions of the Lithuanian interior system, namely, the State Border Guard Service, the Public Security Service and the VIP Protection Department, will be more actively involved in the training organized by the Armed Forces. […]
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Polish air defence system Grom to be delivered to Lithuania within fortnight
The first shipment of Polish air defence system Grom will arrive in Lithuania by the end of the year, perhaps even next week, said Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas after a Government meeting on Monday. […]
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Up to 350 Lithuanian soldiers to take part in international operations in 2015
Up to 350 Lithuanian soldiers and civilians, working for the national defence system, will be able to take part in international operations as part of NATO’s Rapid Response Force, an EU battle group or NATO and EU military commands, under a resolution adopted by the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday. […]
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International winter survival exercise at Lithuania’s Hussar Battalion
An international winter survival exercise involving roughly 90 soldiers from Canada, Lithuania, and Hungary is currently running in the King Mindaugas Hussar Battalion, city of Panevėžys and the surrounding area, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
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Chief of staff of Danish army to visit Lithuania
On 10-12 December, Chief of Staff of the Danish Army Major General Hans Christian Mathiesen will be paying a visit to Lithuania. […]
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Lithuania’s standby army units put on higher state of preparedness – media
Back in October, the chief of defence of Lithuania and the president welcomed the creation of a rapid response force in the Lithuanian army. And just several months later, the standby units of the army, including the rapid response force, have been put on a higher state of preparedness, according to the Lithuanian LNK TV channels’ program “Good Evening, Lithuania”. […]
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Lithuanian special services made attempts to re-recruit people who spied for Belarus
After identifying persons who spied for Belarus, Lithuania’s special services attempted, unsuccessfully, to re-recruit them, says the State Security Department‘s Director General Gediminas Grina. […]
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Lithuanian army to purchase ammunition for EUR 15 million
Lithuania’s army is buying ammunition worth almost 50 million litas (almost EUR 15 million), the country’s Ministry of National Defence said on Friday. […]