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Lithuanian Defence Ministry seeks broader mandate for army in case of undeclared war
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence seeks broader mandate for the army when the country is not officially at war, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reports. […]
Defence
Defence
Government approves State Mobilization Plan
Lithuania’s government formally approved the State Mobilization Plan this week, the Defence Ministry said. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s new chief of defence sworn into office
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has inaugurated the new Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas during a formal change of command ceremony on Thursday in the Cathedral Square, Vilnius. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army to purchase infantry combat vehicles
Lithuania’s Armed Forces will purchase infantry combat vehicles in the framework of modernization of its Land Forces, the Defense Ministry has announced on Monday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian rotation actively preparing for standby for EU Battlegroup next year
Fifty members of the Grand Duchess Birutė Uhlan Battalion are continuing training for a standby for the European Union Nordic Battlegroup (EU BG) in the first semester of 2015 which is going to be formed by Ireland, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Finland, and Sweden, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
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NATO officials visit Lithuania’s Klaipėda seaport
Integration team of the NATO Joint Force Headquarters Brunssum (the Netherlands) visited the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipėda, the port’s directorate said on Thursday. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s military infrastructure assessed by Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum’s team
On 12-20 July, a NATO Forward Integration Team (NFIT) from Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) Brunssum (the Kingdom of the Netherlands) is visiting military units, ranges, and facilities in Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence announces. […]
Defence
Lithuanian and US troops hold joint training in urban warfare
Dust in the training range, another day wearing out with the heat of July, a bulletproof jacket weighing down your shoulders with its 20 kg, your helmet suddenly heavier and rivers of sweat running down your face and body… […]
Defence
Would 2 percent GDP protect Lithuania from Russian aggression?
Some experts call the current tensions between Russia and the West the new Cold War. Meanwhile, NATO countries, especially the ones that are on the outskirts of the Alliance, are concerned about the lack of funding for defence. Would two per cent of the GDP, in the face of Russian aggression, be enough to repel the fully armed eastern neighbour, should the need arise? […]
Defence
Gen. Zenkevičius on Lithuanian Army acquisitions
TLT/DELFI visited the Ministry of Defence to talk with Brigadier General Gintautas Zenkevičius about new acquisitions planned by the Lithuanian Army. […]
Politics
Incoming Chief of Defence: Lithuanian army stopped evolving
Lithuania’s army stopped developing and improving after funding was cut due to the recent recession, incoming Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says. […]