Russia‘s imperialist goals are posing a real threat to Lithuania, but the country’s NATO membership is a guarantee of security, former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus says. […]
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linkevičius met on Monday with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington to discuss the countries’ strategic partnership. […]
Lieutenant General Frederick Hodges, US army commander in Europe, accused Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, of seeking to destroy Nato, and warned that Russia could seek to use the sort of “hybrid warfare” seen in eastern Ukraine against a NATO member to test the alliance. […]
The Italian Typhoon fighter jets, stationed in Lithuania as part of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission, were scrambled on Thursday to accompany a Russian plane. […]
The Baltic states are facing a real threat and must be prepared to independently withstand for at least three days in case of a military conflict until NATO allies arrive, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, when asked by foreign journalists about the planned restoration of conscription in Lithuania. […]
Lithuania will participate in a regular NATO crisis management exercise CMX15 on Wednesday through March 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
On 23 February – 1 March 2015, NATO fighter jets patrolling the Baltic airspace were scrambled to identify and escort aircraft flying near the Baltic states’ borderline in the NATO Baltic Air Policing Reaction Zone twice, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said at the end of his US visit that the United States was aware of Lithuania’s security concerns, emphasizing the importance of demonstrating Lithuania’s serious stance on collective defence – possibly in the form of reintroducing conscription. […]
Roughly 250 soldiers from the company of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Division, US Army, and the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion are training at Exercise Joint Punch at the Gaižiūnų Training Area (Pabradė) this week. […]
The Russian aggression in Ukraine has shown that countries bordering Russia may need special forces, says the Lithuanian Defence Ministry’s Political Director Vaidotas Urbelis. […]
The Italian Typhoon fighter jets, stationed in the Lithuanian northern city of Šiauliai as part of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission, were on Wednesday scrambled to accompany two Russian military transport aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea. […]
Great Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has joined the warnings made by other high-ranking officials about the possibility of the Baltic states being the next Russian target after Ukraine in an effort to test NATO‘s strength. […]
The Lithuanian army would be willing to buy from local producers but needs a good price-quality ratio that would match the market ratio, Chief of Defence of Lithuanian Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says. […]
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas on Monday endorsed an agreement of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and Allied Command Transformation (ACT) laying down the legal status of NATO elements of control and command in Lithuania, the ministry said. […]
Between 9 February and 16 February, NATO air policing fighter aircraft patrolling the Baltic airspace were scrambled four times to intercept aircraft flying along the route between Mainland Russia and the Kaliningrad Oblast in international airspace near the borders of the Baltic states, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Lithuanians of the US Capital region celebrated on Sunday, 15 February, the 97th anniversary of Lithuania as the modern day State, on one of the most blistery, cold days in recent memory. The day’s celebration started with a Latin mass in St. Matthews Cathedral. Monsignor Rolandas Makrickas of the Apostolic Nunciature to the United States welcomed the congregation the historic downtown cathedral. At the end of the service, Deanne Howes sang the Lithuanian national anthem, joined by well over 150 Lithuanians. The attendees walked the short distance on icy sidewalks to a nearby hotel for a breakfast. Washington Lithuanian Community leader, Danelė Vidutienė, introduced Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the United States. The Ambassador gave a brief overview of his tenure in the US Capital. […]
The United States and Lithuania have agreed to sign a new agreement on defence cooperation as early as this year, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the country should seek stronger US and NATO presence in Lithuania and closer NATO ties with Ukraine. […]
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