The US European Command said last weekend that a Russian Su-27 fighter jet “performed erratic and aggressive maneuvers”, flying within 50 feet of an American RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea. […]
Taliban fighters staged a suicide attack on April 19 in Kabul. No Lithuanian soldiers participating in the NATO mission Resolute Support in Afghanistan were injured, the Ministry of National Defence has said. Lithuanian soldiers are […]
Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas opened NATO week in Kiev on Monday and agreed to bring 11 wounded Ukrainian soldiers to Lithuania for rehabilitation. Olekas also met with Ukrainian Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak and discussed […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says he is sceptical about NATO‘s plans to hold the first official talks with Russia in two years this week. […]
The United States and Germany say that NATO will not build any new bases in countries like Poland. […]
Local interpreters who worked with NATO troops in Afghanistan knew they were risking their lives and the compensation many of them received turned out to be inadequate, especially after the Alliance pulled out. […]
NATO fighter jets serving in the Baltic air policing mission performed three scrambles last week to identify and escort Russian military planes over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence Ministry has said. […]
The real danger Russia poses to countries like Lithuania is not military invasion, but subversion by intelligence operations, attempts to influence the media and politicians, says influential US author and public intellectual Robert David Kaplan. […]
Abdul Basir Yoususi, the Afghani refugee who caught Lithuania’s attention in a video revealing himself to have worked as a Lithuanian-speaking interpreter for Lithuanian NATO forces in Afghanistan‘s Ghor province, arrived in Lithuania on Wednesday. […]
Recent statements by Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in the US presidential race, to the effect that NATO is a relic from the Cold War resonates with Russia‘s doctrine that the Alliance is obsolete, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Tuesday morning. […]
Basir Yousof, the Afghani refugee in Greece who made waves in Lithuania after appearing in a video asking for asylum in Lithuania and revealing himself to have worked with Lithuanian forces as an interpreter in Afghanistan‘s Ghor province, may have his request granted after a positive reception from both Lithuanian security institutions and the general public. […]
During her visit to Washington, Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė said that, in the fight against terrorism, we must find a balance between privacy, human rights and security. In an interview with CNN, she also underscored the importance of NATO in the fight against terrorism. […]
The US Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has decided to continue financing radio broadcasts transmitted from Lithuania to Russia and other eastern neighbors, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. […]
The United States will increase its military presence in Eastern Europe by deploying an additional armoured brigade in the area to deter Russian aggression. […]
In the eyes of much of the West, Russia‘s image has changed from that of an aggressor to that of an important partner in the fight against terror, says Eastern Europe Studies Centre analyst Linas Kojala. […]
Counter-terrorism efforts and the migration crisis will reduce the international community’s attention on the security situation in Eastern Europe and will have a negative effect upon Lithuania, according to Lithuanian intelligence assessments. […]
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