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67% Lithuanians agree NATO battalion will help deter hostile states

January 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

Some 67 percent of Lithuanian residents agree that the international NATO battalion under establishment in Lithuania will help deter hostile countries, shows a poll published on 27 January. […]

Lithuanian decision causes hysteria in Russia – the reaction poses a real threat

January 26, 2017 Vaidas Saldziunas 0

„Lithuania will build a wall and Russia will pay for it,“ so sounds a joke paraphrasing of US President Donald Trump‘s pledge to build a border wall with Mexico for which the Mexicans would pay […]

President Trump’s ally Giuliani may come to Lithuania in spring – ForMin

January 26, 2017 BNS EN 0

Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and a political ally of US President Donald Trump, may come to Lithuania in the spring, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday. […]

Leadership of NATO battalion under establishment in Lithuania arrives in Vilnius

January 25, 2017 BNS EN 0

Leadership of the international NATO battalion to be established in Lithuania arrived in Vilnius from Germany on Tuesday. […]

Belgian troops to come to Lithuania this week as part of NATO battalion

January 24, 2017 BNS EN 0

Troops from the Belgian Armed Forces are to arrive in Lithuania by ferry via the port of Klaipėda this week, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said. […]

Leadership of NATO intl battalion coming to Lithuania

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Top commanders of the NATO international Allied battalion to be deployed in Lithuania are coming to Vilnius on Monday. […]

Stationing NATO troops in Rukla, Lithuania to benefit businesses

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

As the town of Rukla, central Lithuania, awaits deployment of more than 1,000 NATO troops, the military town has already improved the infrastructure and plans to do more work for 5.8 million euros before the arrival of the entire battalion in mid-2017, Verslo Žinios business daily said. […]

Dialogue with Russia – what may have to be sacrificed?

January 18, 2017 LT Daily 0

Based on Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science (VU TSPMI) lecturer Laurynas Jonavičius attempts to initiate political dialogue with Russia can be beneficial to the West and with Donald Trump taking the […]

First troops of intl battalion expected in Lithuania next week

January 18, 2017 BNS EN 0

The first troops of the international Allied battalion should arrive in Lithuania next week, army officials said in Rukla on Wednesday. […]

Gen. Žukas, Minister Karoblis and Grybauskaitė

Lithuania’s updated natl security strategy lists 14 dangers and threats

January 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday adopted an updated National Security Strategy that identifies 14 dangers, threats and risks. […]

Suspected spies face 6, 13 yrs in prison in Lithuania

January 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

A Šiauliai court on Friday finished hearings in an espionage trial of a former Lithuanian officer and a Russian citizen whom prosecutors want sentenced to six and 13 years in prison, respectively. […]

ForMin: Dialogue with Russia shouldn’t be smokescreen for inaction

January 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

Dialogue with Russia should not be used as a smokescreen for inaction, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius stated on Friday. […]

First German troops expected to arrive in Lithuania in late Jan

January 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

The first troops of the German-led NATO forward presence battalion are expected to arrive in Lithuania in late January, the Defence Ministry said. […]

Philip Mark Breedlove, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Europe

NATO needs to regain its ability to operate on larger scale – Breedlove

January 11, 2017 BNS EN 0

NATO needs to regain its ability to operate on a larger scale as threats have changed, Philip Mark Breedlove, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Europe, said in Vilnius on Wednesday. […]

Central, Eastern European politicians urge Trump to stop concessions to Russia

January 11, 2017 BNS EN 0

Central and Eastern European politicians have urged United States President-Elect Donald Trump to stop making concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he could view the steps as weaknesses and undertake provocations against the Baltic states and Poland. […]

At the Committee on National Security and Defence during the debate

Lithuania updates security strategy

January 10, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s updated National Security Strategy will highlight corruption and social exclusion as threats, the chairman of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence said on January 9. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis at the DELFI TV conference

Peasants mull revising parliamentary agreement on defence

January 5, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) is considering revising an agreement on the country’s foreign, security and defense policy guidelines that was signed by parliamentary parties almost three years ago, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Thursday. […]