On Wednesday, the Lithuanian Parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence will be briefed about the purchase process of armoured fighting vehicles (AFV) and other weaponry. […]
A Russian army base in Belarus would worsen Belarus’ relations with Lithuania and would undermine Belarus’ goal to normalize its ties with NATO and the European Union, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says. […]
Six hundred volunteer troops are starting their initial military service in three battalions in Lithuania this week, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that it had sent a note of protest to the Russian Embassy in Lithuania over the repeated impediment of navigation of ships in Lithuania’s exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea. […]
The Defence ministries of the Nordic and Baltic countries have signed an agreement on establishing a Nordic-Baltic Assistance Program to coordinate assistance to Georgia and Ukraine, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said in a statement. […]
Soldiers with the Grand Duchess Birutė Uhlan Battalion and US troops further train members of the Ukrainian National Guard. On September 14 soldiers of Birutė Battalion replaced troops of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Kęstutis Mechanised Infantry Battalion who had been raining the Ukrainian National Guard since July. […]
Hungary’s JAS-39 Gripen fighter-jets serving in the NATO Baltic air policing mission were scrambled from the Lithuanian Aviation Base in Šiauliai on Tuesday to identify and accompany two Russian war planes. […]
After former chief of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Valdas Tutkus expressed his doubts about the transparency of the armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) purchase tender, Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that he should have involved relevant institutions. The politician has also asked the Public Procurement Office (VPT) to evaluate the tender. The VPT says, however, that it will not look into the purchase as it falls under an exception envisaged for military contracts. […]
A military exercise will be held in and near Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas, with armoured vehicles driving on the city streets, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
A Russian military ship on Tuesday ordered a Lithuanian civilian vessel to change its course due to an exercise in the Baltic Sea, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
Fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of the NATO air policing mission performed one scramble last week to identify and intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea. […]
“We support and will continue rendering political and practical support to Georgia‘s aspiration to become a member of NATO, we will spare no effort to ensure that Georgia gets prepared for NATO membership. We will continue providing bilateral assistance in the area of military training and will share our experience of integration and reform,” Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas underscored at a meeting with Minister of Defence of Georgia Tinatin Khidasheli on a visit in Lithuania on 14 September, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Head of the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industry Association (LGSPA) Valdas Tutkus, who is resigning from his post, says that purchase of the German armoured fighting vehicles Boxer will cost at least EUR 500 million for Lithuania, not counting the cost of building a service base for them. […]
On 11 September, troops of the Lithuanian Great Hetman Jonušas Radvila Training Regiment and soldiers of the rotating forces deployed in Lithuania commemorated the 11 September, 2011 terrorist attack in the United States during morning formation. […]
Last week, NATO fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission were scrambled five times to intercept Russian military aircraft flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says that the country is choosing infantry fighting vehicles from more than two options. […]
Lithuania’s army will hold two-week military training for 23 Ukrainian army instructors, the Baltic country’s Ministry of National Defence said on Tuesday. […]
NATO air policing fighter jets protecting the Baltic skies were scrambled five times last week to intercept aircraft flying in the international airspace over the Baltic states, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
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