On 21 January, in Riga, the Informal Meeting of European Union Defence Policy Directors agreed that the European Union and NATO had to cooperate in providing response to threats of hybrid warfare, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
On 16 January, NATO fighter jets conducting the Baltic Air Policing Mission were scrambled to identify and intercept an aircraft which was flying over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea without a pre-filed flight plan. […]
On 15 January, a delegation of the Ministry of Defence of Canada headed by Director General of International Security Policy Department Rear Admiral Gilles Couturier conducted a visit to the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania. […]
Russian military airplanes have become less active at borders of the Baltic states, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence says. […]
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. […]
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has issued advice to the public of what to do in case of an emergency situation or war. The key is to stay calm, not to panic and follow specialists’ instructions, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says. […]
NATO airmen guarding the air space of the Baltic states enjoyed a calm holiday period over the last weeks of 2014. According to data provided by the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence, NATO fighter-jets were not scrambled once in response to flights close to the borders of the Baltic states between 22 December and 4 January. […]
Lithuania, as an active member of international community – NATO, the European Union, the United Nations – this year is planning to participate in six multinational operations and missions, about 100 Lithuanian troops will be deployed abroad, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
National Cyber Security Centre was launched in Lithuania on 1 January. It was founded as a division of the Ministry of National Defence. The establishment of the centre was envisaged in the Law on Cyber Security and the amendments to related legislation. […]
Commenting on the discrepancies between the defence funding figures provided by different institutions, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that additional funding for defence will be strictly used according to NATO standards. […]
The Christmas week was a calm period for NATO airmen serving in the air-policing mission in the Baltic states – the fighter-jets were not scrambled in response to aircrafts close to the Baltic borders on 22-28 December, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said. […]
The first shipment of the Polish-made air-defence missile systems GROM have arrived in Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
Fighter-jets of the NATO air-policing mission guarding the Baltic skies were last week scrambled once to identify and escort an aircraft of the Russian Federation. […]
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. […]
On 8-14 December, NATO air policing fighters protecting Baltic airspace took off 21 times to intercept Russian aircraft flying at the Baltic states’ borders, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
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. […]
The Baltic and Polish defence ministers held a meeting in Latvia and agreed on a joint response in deterring Russia, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said in a statement on Friday. […]
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