NATO‘s decision to increase its Response Force capability to up to 40,000 troops and set up headquarters in six Eastern European countries shows that NATO is capable of responding adequately to the changing security situation and making swift decisions, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, has emphasised that the goal of NATO is to ensure security of its member states, not threaten or incite tensions. […]
The first heavy US weaponry should reach the Baltic states in early 2016, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has said. […]
Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with is Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Soereide and invited Norway to deploy a back-up contingent for the Baltic air policing mission in Lithuania in 2016. […]
Last week NATO fighter jets protecting the Baltic airspace were scrambled ten times to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in international airspace on the way to or from mainland Russia and to the Russian region of Kaliningrad. […]
The Saber Strike 2015 exercise held in the Baltic states by NATO has nothing to do with the Alliance’s alleged preparations for some annexation, says the chief of the training, US Major General Mark McQueen. […]
A demo military operation was performed in the Gaižiūnai training ground, central Lithuania, on Thursday in the framework of NATO’s Saber Strike 2015 exercise, observed by Lithuania’s president and generals of NATO countries. […]
American media recently reported that the United States was planning to deploy heavy weaponry in Eastern Europe and the Baltics, including Lithuania. Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius and Minister of Defence Juozas Olekas have confirmed that they are familiar with the plans. Will the move further escalate tensions with Russia? Laisvoji Banga radio talks to political scientist Kęstutis Girnius of Vilnius University. […]
The request made by the Baltic states to station a military brigade is currently being processed in the military sense, with the final decisions to be made by politicians, Commander US European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Philip Breedlove said in Lithuania on Tuesday. […]
Sergeant Rolandas Nakvosas is the Squad leader of the 2nd Surveillance Squad of the Heavy Artillery Company, King Mindaugas Hussar Battalion of Lithuania. […]
At a press conference at the Latvian Foreign Ministry, United States Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute said that Russia‘s aggressive actions in Crimea and Donbas had completely changed the rules of the game. NATO must therefore prepare for future challenges and offer the necessary support to its partners. […]
A three-day workshop for civilian and military experts from NATO’s Transport Group kicked off in Palanga on Tuesday, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
NATO fighter jets, stationed in Lithuania and Estonia as part of the Alliance’s Baltic air policing missions, were on Monday scrambled to identify three Russian military planes flying over the Baltic Sea, with two of them flying with their transponders switched off. […]
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