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  • Defence

Lithuanian and US troops hold joint training in urban warfare

Dust in the training range, another day wearing out with the heat of July, a bulletproof jacket weighing down your…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Canada to send 6 fighter jets to Lithuania

Six CF-18 fighter jets of Canada will join NATO's Baltic air-policing mission in Lithuania in September, the country's government has…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Vilnius increases defence spending in face of disappointing responses from Western Europe

The Lithuanian parliament on July 10 adopted budget amendments to increase spending on national defense by 37.6 million euros. The…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Would 2 percent GDP protect Lithuania from Russian aggression?

Some experts call the current tensions between Russia and the West the new Cold War. Meanwhile, NATO countries, especially the…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian parliament allocates additional 130 million for national defence

The Seimas of Lithuania adopted budget amendments which allow to increase spending on national defence by LTL 130 million (EUR…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lucas warns US senators: Baltic security crisis is “dangerous threat” to NATO alliance

A security crisis in the Baltic states is the biggest threat to NATO, therefore, the Alliance must boost its presence…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: President’s new priority?

At the beginning of her second term of President Dalia Grybauskaitė, we must pose the inevitable question of her priorities…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Gen. Zenkevičius on Lithuanian Army acquisitions

TLT/DELFI visited the Ministry of Defence to talk with Brigadier General Gintautas Zenkevičius about new acquisitions planned by the Lithuanian…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Estonia concerned about France’s Mistral deal with Russia

Estonia's Prime Minister Taavi Roivas met with President of France François Hollande on Tuesday, reports Postimees Online. [...]

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Lithuania’s interests in the Arctic – a new niche

Although most of our eyes are glued to what’s happening in Ukraine (and, let’s face it, the World Cup in…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Hannibalsson: “Lithuania has gone way beyond my expectations”

Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson was the foreign minister of Iceland in 1988-95. Under his leadership, Iceland was the first country to…

10 years ago
  • Defence

US military ship arriving in Lithuania

US missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) will arrive in the Lithuanian western port of Klaipėda on Thursday. [...]

10 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian defence budget to rise to 1% GDP in 2015

Over 1.3 billion litas (EUR 0.376 billion) will be spent on defence in Lithuania in 2015, compared to 980 million…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Žukas appointed Lithuania’s chief of defence

Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas has been appointed new chief of defence of Lithuania. He will start his five-year term…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Incoming Chief of Defence: Lithuanian army stopped evolving

Lithuania’s army stopped developing and improving after funding was cut due to the recent recession, incoming Chief of Defence of…

10 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Russian politician: We need to cut all contacts with Lithuania after Grybauskaitė’s statements

Russia needs to cut off all contacts with Lithuania and to start imposing economic sanctions after President Dalia Grybauskaitė has…

10 years ago
  • Energy

Auštrevičius: Russia’s gas blackmail is attempt to sabotage EU–Ukraine Association Agreement

“Russia’s gas war waged against Ukraine is an additional tool of pressure on the whole European Union, seeking, at the…

10 years ago