Ukraine is planning to create civilian paramilitary and volunteer military forces on the model of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union and the National Defence Volunteer Force. […]
Lithuania’s parliament (Seimas) has adopted amendments to allow members of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union and volunteer troops to purchase semi-automatic guns and cartridges and to keep them in their homes.
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As Lithuania’s parliament is debating amendments to gun control legislation, the country’s Riflemen Union argues that if its members and military volunteers were allowed to keep semi-automatic weapons, it would greatly boost Lithuania’s defence capacity. […]
Amendments are making their way through Lithuania’s parliament to allow members of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union, a civilian paramilitary organization, and of the National Defense Volunteer Forces to acquire and keep semi-automatic weapons and ammunition at home. […]
This year’s largest national Lithuanian military exercise, Lightning Strike 2016, has begun. The Lithuanian military, together with police, firefighters, ambulances, border guards, municipal personnel and riflemen, will practice responding to the first stages of hybrid and other types of military actions. […]
The Lithuanian army is to transfer 500 AK-4s, the weapons currently used by Lithuanian soldiers, to the Lithuanian Riflemen‘s Union, a non-profit organisation supported by the State. […]
The Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union has bought blood processing equipment from donations to fund new equipment for a blood centre located in the Ukrainian Donetsk region. […]
The Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union (LSS) and the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) have signed a cooperation agreement, based on which the two organisations will enhance cooperation and members of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union will assist in protecting the state border. […]
Nine people representing seven Lithuanian organisations will observe on 11 May how military draft lists are compiled. […]
The Lithuanian army is on Thursday testing its mobilization system. […]
The Lithuanian army will hold exercises to improve interoperability of Lithuanian institutions without the assistance of NATO allies, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said on Tuesday, presenting the upcoming national Exercise Lighting Strike 2015. […]
The Lithuanian Weaponry Fund on March 23 handed over weapons and bulletproof vests to the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union. […]
What could we say about Lithuanian foreign policy last year? Most would likely agree that it was visible, audible and active. These words define the form very well, but what could we say about the content? […]
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. […]
Russia ripping off Crimea from Ukraine has historical precedents that Lithuania experienced first-hand, according to historian Vytautas Jokubauskas, who spoke at a Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union conference on civil defence during hybrid war. […]
The Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee is holding a discussion on implementation of the agreement signed by political parties to increase defence spending. […]
Edward Lucas, Editor of The Economist and expert on Eastern Europe forecasts a dismal future for Russia, which is also witnessed by ethnic alienation there. […]
The misinformation spread by Russia will lose in the long run, Estonian Colonel Aivar Jaeski who works at a NATO institution in charge of strategic communication said in Vilnius on Friday. […]
Civic resistance would be one of the essential factors granting success if Lithuania has to defend against aggression, says Commander of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union Retired Lieutenant Colonel Liudas Gumbinas. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended a conference Civil Defence in Hybrid Warfare held by the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union and thanked the organisation for successfully involving Lithuanian citizens in national defence. The head of state emphasised that the most powerful weapon available to Lithuania is people’s resolve to protect their land and freedom. […]
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