Military

  • Central/Eastern Europe

Comparing Lithuanian and Russian military equipment: an expert explains what the latest purchases of the Ministry show

The efficiency of the military equipment purchased by Lithuania is several dozen to several hundred times higher than that of…

2 years ago
  • Defence

What Lithuanian defence industry and policymakers can learn from Taiwan?

Taiwan’s defence industry (DI) can develop modern armaments that can deter a potential opponent and is even aiming to export…

3 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Survey: two thirds of Lithuanians fear a military conflict in the country’s territory

During research commissioned by the insurance group ERGO, it was found that 68% of Lithuanian citizens are concerned over potential…

7 years ago
  • Society

Catholics angered by Constitutional Court ruling on dismissal from conscription

Clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church of Lithuania have expressed indignation of the Tuesday's ruling by the Constitutional Court, which…

7 years ago
  • Society

Clergy ungroundedly dismissed from military service – Constitutional Court

Clergymen of Lithuania's traditional religious communities are dismissed from military and alternative defense service without grounds, the Constitutional Court ruled…

7 years ago
  • Defence

NATO, Nordic, Baltic air force commanders meeting in Lithuania to discuss security

NATO's Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) commander is meeting with commanders of the Air Forces of the Nordic and Baltic states…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania should boost input to intl operations -Minister of Defence

Lithuania should increase its contribution to international operations, new Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis says. [...]

8 years ago
  • Defence
  • Opinion

Minister of Defence on his plans for national defence infrastructure

Raimundas Karoblis’ name has so far not been well known in Lithuania. A career diplomat with over 20 years of…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania to continue commitments to NATO, be more active in EU – new PM

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Thursday briefed ambassadors of European Union (EU) member-states residing in Vilnius on the foreign…

8 years ago
  • Defence
  • Opinion

NATO Forces in Baltic States: numerous but disjointed

As the Baltic States continue to confront Russian air and naval power in the Baltic Sea, two small missile ships,…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lithuanian, Latvian defence ministers to discuss synchronization of military procurement

Lithuania and Latvia are planning to cooperate in an effort to synchronize procurement of military equipment. [...]

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

NATO and Russia must talk to each other now more than ever

With tensions between Moscow and NATO at its worst since the end of the Cold War, it is now more…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania’s defence spending next year to reach 1.79% of GDP

Lithuania is to spend 1.79% of its GDP on defence next year, according to the draft budget for 2017.To read…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Warsaw decisions: Is one battalion enough?

The NATO summit in Warsaw has been lauded as historical, a breaking point that gave the Baltic states and Poland…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania’s Seimas greenlights permanent conscription

Lithuania's parliament, the Seimas, on Thursday passed a law making military conscription permanent.To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuania’s defence industry subcontracting market to hit €150m

Increasing defence spending by the Lithuanian government will increase the size of the defence subcontracting market up to €150 million…

8 years ago
  • Defence

‘I found a NATO combat vehicle in my garden’ – Ukmergė residents

A NATO military exercise kept farmers in Ukmergė District awake all night and left them dumbfounded when they found soldiers…

8 years ago
  • Opinion
  • Society

‘Vikings of the land’ – Lithuania’s tribes were conquerors and victims

Historical sources document medieval Lithuanian tribes to have been not just victims of crusader attacks but expansionists and pillagers in…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

8 naval mines and three shipwrecks discovered during Baltic Sea operation

About 40 square nautical miles (about 137 square kilometres) of the Baltic seabed has been explored during international operation Open…

8 years ago
  • Defence

First batch of Lithuanian conscripts finish military training

The first group of recruits who have completed the reintroduced mandatory nine-month military service was transferred to reserve in a…

8 years ago