National Security and Defence Committee

  • Politics

Lithuanian PM calls emergency meeting on security

The Lithuanian prime minister is summoning the minister of the interior and the State Security Department head for an urgent…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania to extend conscription

MP Artūras Paulauskas, head of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, says that parliamentary groups of Lithuania have…

9 years ago
  • Politics

MPs want more funding for Lithuania’s State Security Department

The Lithuanian government is planning to increase the budget for the State Security Department (VSD) by 500,000 euro. However, parliamentarians…

9 years ago
  • Politics

State Security Department to undergo structural reform

A structural reform plan for the State Security Department will be presented to the members of the parliamentary National Security…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Parliamentary panel says nothing shady about Lithuania’s AFV purchase

All procedures of buying about 100 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) are conducted in line with the law and in transparent…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian parliament’s defence committee to hear about acquisition of AFVs

On Wednesday, the Lithuanian Parliament's Committee on National Security and Defence will be briefed about the purchase process of armoured…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Security Department to screen every refugee to be resettled in Lithuania

The State Security Department will scrutinize every refugee to be resettled in Lithuania to make sure that persons linked with…

9 years ago
  • Society

Refugee integration more important than burqa bans, Lithuanian PM says

Integration of refugees is a more important issue than the question of whether to ban wearing burqas in public or…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian MP wants ban on wearing burqas in public, activists disagree

As Lithuania prepares to receive several hundred refuges, Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas National Security and Defense Committee,…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuanian MP says there are no ‘loyalty’ problems among Ignalina NPP staff

Artūras Paulauskas, the chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, said after visiting Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuanian MPs visiting Ignalina nuclear power plant

Members of the Lithuanian Seimas' National Security and Defence Committee are on Tuesday visiting Ignalina nuclear power plant and the…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian MP urges to establish no-flight zones for drones

Chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, Artūras Paulauskas, has appealed to the Association of Local Authorities…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian parliament committee chair suggests indefinite conscription return

Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, on Thursday proposed discussing the possibility to…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lithuania to help Ukraine with training and “minimum” aid in weapons

Lithuania will continue its support to Ukraine in the shape of training and humanitarian aid, while support in weapons will…

10 years ago
  • Society

Rescuers locate floating object in Baltic Sea that might be related to An-2 crash

After an object has been located in the Baltic Sea, a helicopter was dispatched to the site to establish its…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Russia attempted to regain influence over former KGB agents in Lithuania, MP says

Russia attempted to regain influence over the former secret Soviet security collaborators who had admitted their collaboration, says Artūras Paulauskas,…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s ruling parties consider releasing lists of KGB collaborators

The political council of Lithuania's ruling coalition is discussing the possibility of publishing lists of persons who have admitted their…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian defence minister wants conscripts’ families and employers fined for not passing summons

Parents, spouses and employers should be put under the obligation of handing conscription papers to persons liable to military duty,…

10 years ago
  • Defence

1,600 conscripts to be drafted in August-September

Chairman of the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee, Artūras Paulauskas, says that the first conscripts, around 1,600 of them,…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Return of conscription may require revisions of Lithuanian army procurement, MP says

Return of military conscription system in Lithuania may require revising the planned defence acquisitions, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the…

10 years ago