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Russian analyst Piontkovsky: Putin will not shy away from nuclear blackmail
The West can still stop Vladimir Putin with economic and political measures, but if he is allowed to get away with Ukraine, NATO could face a threat of a nuclear stand-off with Moscow, says Russian political analyst Andrey Piontkovsky. […]
Defence
NATO to open HQ in Baltic states, Poland and Romania
International headquarters will be founded in the Baltic states, Poland and Romania, which will be directly subordinate to NATO leadership and will take care of the training of incoming Allied troops, Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said on Friday. […]
Defence
NATO chiefs of defense meeting in Vilnius to discuss Eastern Europe and Afghanistan
A meeting of chiefs of defense of NATO member-states is starting in Vilnius on Friday to address efforts to step up security in Eastern Europe and the future of the mission in Afghanistan. […]
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Germany to send 800 soldiers to Baltics next year
In order to consolidate security in Eastern Europe, Germany will send about 800 soldiers to military exercises in the Baltic states next year, the Latvian National Armed Forces’ Commander Raimonds Graube informed LETA. […]
Defence
Lithuanian ambassador presented NATO Wales Summit results in Stockholm
As Lithuania’s embassy in Sweden is serving as NATO Contact Point Embassy 2013-2014, Ambassador of Lithuania Eitvydas Bajarūnas met with Swedish Naval Officers Club members on 16 September in Stockholm. […]
European Union
Association Agreement with EU – victory for Ukraine or Russia?
“It’s a historic moment,” was the reaction when Kiev and Brussels ratified the Ukrainian-EU Association Agreement on Tuesday. However, celebration might be somewhat premature, since Moscow, eager to keep Ukraine within its own sphere of influence and away from the EU, has won significant concessions. […]
Opinion
Defence
NATO chief warns Moscow: No more stealth invasions
On Monday, NATO Commander Gen. Philip Breedlove had a not-so-subtle message for Russia: it will consider stealth and unofficial invasions to be a trigger for war, the Daily Beast reports. […]
Defence
NATO’s new secretary general determined to implement decisions in Baltics
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met on Tuesday with the appointed NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg. Linkevičius says he has been reassured the decisions made during the recent NATO summit regarding the strengthening of military capabilities in the Baltic states will be implemented. […]
Opinion
Opinion: NATO promises to Russia? Which promises?
Alea iacta est. NATO has agreed on the formation of a special ‘spearhead force’ (officially: Very High Readiness Joint Task Force) that, if necessary, will offer the eastern member states (additional) protection against Russia’s imperialist whims. After twenty years of peace keeping operations and crisis management on the Balkans and in exotic places further away, the alliance will refocus on its original task, as anchored in Article 5 of the Washington Treaty: collective defence. […]
Defence
How long could Lithuania resist open military aggression?
As Russia is engaging in an undeclared war in eastern Ukraine, people in the Baltic states follow developments in Donbass with anxiety, while their leaders work around the clock to ensure that similar scenarios could not be repeated in their backyards. Still, “what would we do if Russia attacked Lithuania?” has become a question regularly discussed in political meetings, lecture halls and pubs. […]
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Taking Estonian officer prisoner may backfire for Russia, says Lucas
The Economist senior editor Edward Lucas told ETV the move to apprehend Estonian secret service official Eston Kohver may backfire in the long run, as Russia could have a famous political prisoner on its hands for the next 20 years, which will become an irritant. […]
Defence
Opinion
Opinion: Where Putin will be stopped?
How far will the aggressive regime of Vladimir Putin go? I put this question in June to my former colleague who is ambassador of one of the foreign countries. The answer was simple and precise – Putin will go as far as the Western States will allow it. […]
Defence
Commander of NATO Allied Maritime Command visits Vilnius
On 10 September, Vice Admiral Peter Derek Hudson (Royal Navy), the Commander of the NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM) at Northwood, conducted a visit in Vilnius, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
Foreign affairs
Brigadier General Zenkevičius takes office as Lithuania’s military representative to NATO and EU
The Lithuanian Army’s Brigadier General Gintautas Zenkevičius on Tuesday took office as military representative to NATO and the European Union (EU). […]