Dmitry Peskov and Vladimir Putin
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NATO plans in Baltics will be met with ‘reciprocal steps’ from Russia

Russian State Duma’s International Affairs Committee head Alexey Pushkov has said NATO‘s latest measures to shore up the defence of the Baltic states from threats emanating from Russia is “theatre of the absurd”. Meanwhile the Kremlin’s spokesman said Russia will take “reciprocal steps”. […]

NATO
Defence

Lithuania joins NATO Centre of Counter Intelligence

Lithuania became one of the Sponsoring Nations (SN) for the NATO Counter Intelligence Centre of Excellence (NATO CI COE). […]

No Picture
Defence

NATO jets in Baltics perform one scramble to intercept Russian aircraft

Fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of the NATO air policing mission performed one scramble last week to identify and intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea. […]

Juozas Olekas

Lithuania’s defence minister expresses support to Georgia’s NATO aspirations

“We support and will continue rendering political and practical support to Georgia‘s aspiration to become a member of NATO, we will spare no effort to ensure that Georgia gets prepared for NATO membership. We will continue providing bilateral assistance in the area of military training and will share our experience of integration and reform,” Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas underscored at a meeting with Minister of Defence of Georgia Tinatin Khidasheli on a visit in Lithuania on 14 September, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]

David Bakradze
Opinion

Opinion: Georgia as a member of the Euro-Atlantic community, the present of one generation to another

Georgia’s first “freedom generation” will soon lead the country, economically and politically. This generation has never known anything but a Western oriented Georgia. By implementing a series of reforms associated with the projects of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, the independence generation transformed Georgia to a degree once thought unthinkable. […]

Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas
Defence

Lithuania asks NATO generals for permanent forces and air defence

The Baltic states have asked NATO‘s leaders and chiefs of defence of the Alliance’s member-states for constant rotation of Allied forces, although decisions will be made by politicians, Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas stated on Saturday. […]