The Lithuanian prime minister is summoning the minister of the interior and the State Security Department head for an urgent meeting on security following tragic terrorist attacks in Paris. […]
MP Artūras Paulauskas, head of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, says that parliamentary groups of Lithuania have agreed that the country will draft conscripts in 2020-2021. Under current agreement, military draft was introduced for the period between 2015 and 2020. […]
The Lithuanian government is planning to increase the budget for the State Security Department (VSD) by 500,000 euro. However, parliamentarians say that in view of the growing geopolitical threats, the VSD should receive a far bigger budget increase. […]
A structural reform plan for the State Security Department will be presented to the members of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday. […]
All procedures of buying about 100 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) are conducted in line with the law and in transparent manner, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. […]
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. […]
The State Security Department will scrutinize every refugee to be resettled in Lithuania to make sure that persons linked with terrorism do not enter the country, says the department’s director Darius Jauniškis. […]
Integration of refugees is a more important issue than the question of whether to ban wearing burqas in public or not, says Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
As Lithuania prepares to receive several hundred refuges, Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas National Security and Defense Committee, suggests introducing a ban for wearing Muslim burqas in public, saying that they might pose threat to national security. […]
Artūras Paulauskas, the chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, said after visiting Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant on Tuesday he had not seen problems in connection with loyalty of the staff of the strategic object. […]
Members of the Lithuanian Seimas’ National Security and Defence Committee are on Tuesday visiting Ignalina nuclear power plant and the neighboring municipality of Visaginas. […]
Chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, Artūras Paulauskas, has appealed to the Association of Local Authorities urging all municipalities of Lithuania to establish no-flight zones for drones. […]
Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, on Thursday proposed discussing the possibility to restore conscription for an indefinite period of time. […]
Lithuania will continue its support to Ukraine in the shape of training and humanitarian aid, while support in weapons will remain at a minimum level, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. […]
After an object has been located in the Baltic Sea, a helicopter was dispatched to the site to establish its possible connection to the crashed An-2 airplane, Lithuania’s Environment Vice-Minister Antanas Valys said on Wednesday. […]
Russia attempted to regain influence over the former secret Soviet security collaborators who had admitted their collaboration, says Artūras Paulauskas, the chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. […]
The political council of Lithuania’s ruling coalition is discussing the possibility of publishing lists of persons who have admitted their secret collaboration with Soviet security structures. […]
Parents, spouses and employers should be put under the obligation of handing conscription papers to persons liable to military duty, Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said in one of the proposals to the parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday. […]
Chairman of the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee, Artūras Paulauskas, says that the first conscripts, around 1,600 of them, will be drafted in August-September. Another 1,400 should be drafted in November-December and thus the total number will stand at 3,000. […]
Return of military conscription system in Lithuania may require revising the planned defence acquisitions, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. […]
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