Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the modernization of the Armed Forces is currently more important that universal military conscription, adding that a mandatory enlistment of all young men could be considered after 2020. […]
Universal conscription of young men to Lithuania’s Armed Forces would require about 400 million euros, while conscription of young women would require nearly four times as much, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. […]
The Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday heard information from the Special Investigation Service (STT) about possibly unlawful influence of businesses and interest groups upon political processes, however, the committee’s chairman Vytautas Bakas refused to elaborate, saying the report was classified. […]
A special government commission in Lithuania will be able to vet state-owned and privately-owned strategic enterprises’ deals exceeding 10 percent of their annual revenue. […]
The Lithuanian Constitutional Court began on Tuesday a public hearing on MP Mindaugas Bastys‘ impeachment case. […]
Transferring to universal conscription to Lithuania’s Armed Forces would be possible after 2023 by granting an additional 0.2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), says Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis. […]
The Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee will Wednesday work to establish the efforts taken to ensure cyber security. […]
Seimas Committee of National Security and Defence (NSGK), which has been performing a parliamentary investigation on the links of politicians and businesses, chairman, “Farmer” Vytautas Bakas spoke of unreliable allies. Speaking with Delfi on Wednesday, […]
Lithuania’s parliament on Thursday authorized the National Security and Defense Committee to conduct an inquiry into possibly unlawful influence upon politicians , political processes and state institutions. […]
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee, is initiating a parliamentary probe of the ties between Lithuanian politicians and Russian nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, Lithuanian business influence upon political decisions and harmful investments in strategic companies. […]
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis will on Tuesday present an initial assessment of Zapad 2017, a Russia-Belarus joint military exercise that ended last week. […]
Lithuania’s security situation and preparedness ahead of next week’s Zapad 2017 military exercise in Russia and Belarus is much better than in 2013, the heads of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense said on Wednesday after being updated on the security situation in the region. […]
The Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee will Wednesday hear information about the regional security information from the State Security Department and the Second Investigations Department ahead of the Russian-Belarusian Zapad 2017 exercise due to kick off next week. […]
There are no political or legal grounds to doubt the loyalty of Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense, to Lithuania, the speaker of the parliament said. […]
Several US congressmen have initiated an investigation which aims to investigate the potential influence of Russia on “green” movements which are fighting against fracking. There have been discussions of a similar investigation in Lithuania as […]
Police officers who a week ago detained men with airsoft guns in a forest near Nemenčinė, in the district of Vilnius, responded appropriately to the situation, Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense, said on Wednesday. […]
The Parliament’s Special Investigation Commission is going to present an assessment if there are grounds to initiate impeachment process against Social Democrat Mindaugas Bastys, who is suspected to have non-transparent ties with Russian actors. As […]
In the report of the Second Investigation Department given to the Parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee (CNDS) talks about threats to Lithuania from the large-scale Russian and Belarusian armed forces exercise “Zapad” which will […]
After the Lithuanian parliament decided that Social Democratic MP Mindaugas Bastys acted against Lithuania’s interests, he should give up the mandate to avoid further damage to himself and the party, says the Social Democratic Party’s new leader Gintautas Paluckas. […]
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