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Dutch PM coming to Lithuania

August 8, 2017 BNS EN 0

The prime minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, is coming to Lithuania this week to meet with President Dalia Grybauskaitė at the Training Regiment of Great Etmon Jonušas Radvila in Rukla on Friday. […]

NATO jets scrambled from Lithuania 8 times last week over Russian warplanes

August 7, 2017 BNS EN 0

NATO fighter-jets serving in the Baltic air-policing mission from Lithuania and Estonia were last week scrambled eight times to intercept and accompany Russian warplanes flying above the Baltic Sea, identifying a total of 18 warplanes. […]

US may deploy 7 fighter-jets in Lithuania during Zapad drills – president

July 31, 2017 BNS EN 0

The United States may station seven fighter-jets in Lithuania for the time of the large-scale Russian-Belarusian war games Zapad 2017 this fall, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in Tallinn on Monday. […]

K. Girnius. Trump and Lithuania – how we should act

July 31, 2017 Kestutis Girnius 0

Donald Trump has been president for half a year now. He has little to celebrate or be proud of. His popularity is declining despite continuing support from Republican Party members. A siege mentality has descended […]

Lithuania’s president supports new US sanctions for Russia at Tallinn meeting with Pence

July 31, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday restated support to the new sanctions taken by the United States against Russia. […]

NATO jets scrambled once from Lithuania last week over Russian warplanes

July 31, 2017 BNS EN 0

NATO fighter-jets serving in the Baltic air-policing mission were last week scrambled once from Lithuania to intercept a Russian warplane flying above the Baltic Sea. […]

2nd rotation of German troops coming to Lithuania

July 31, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

The second rotation of German troops is coming to Lithuania to head the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battlegroup. […]

Lithuania gets Belarusian invitation to observe part of Zapad drill

July 28, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania on Friday received an invitation from the Belarusian Defense Ministry to all accredited foreign defense attaches to take part in the observation program of the joint Belarusian-Russian strategic exercise Zapad 2017. […]

Lithuanian soldier suddenly passes away of pancreatitis during training in Italy

July 28, 2017 BNS EN 0

Sergeant of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Staff Battalion unexpectedly passed away during a training in Italy on Friday. […]

Lithuania’s president to discuss defense, cyber security, energy with US Pence in Tallinn

July 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Dalia Grybauskaitė and her Baltic counterparts will meet with US Vice-President Mike Pence in Tallinn, pledging to address US military assistance, cyber security, the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Astravyets and supplies of US liquefied gas to Europe. […]

NATO to closely follow Russia, China, Belarus drills near Lithuania

June 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

NATO will closely follow Russia’s military exercises near the Baltic countries’ borders, including its joint drills with Belarus and China, the Alliance’s secretary general said in Lithuania on Tuesday. […]

US President Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump

Defense Minister expects Trump to dispel doubts on US commitments during visit to Poland

June 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis expects US President Donald Trump to dispel any remaining doubts over the US commitment to NATO’s collective defense clause during his visit to Poland next month. […]

Jensas Stoltenbergas ir Dalia Grybauskaitė

NATO chief, President Grybauskaite to observe Iron Wolf exercise

June 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President Dalia Grybauskaite on Tuesday are to attend the Distinguished Visitors’ Day of the multinational military exercise Iron Wolf in Rukla, in central Lithuania. […]

NATO jets escort 32 Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea in this year’s busiest week

June 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

NATO fighter jets serving in the Alliance’s air-policing mission in the Baltic countries were scrambled nine times last week to identify and escort Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea. […]

NATO secretary general to visit Baltics next week

June 16, 2017 BNS EN 0

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is coming to Latvia and Lithuania next week. […]

Swedish, US military inspectors to conduct observation flight over Lithuania

June 14, 2017 BNS EN 0

US and Swedish weaponry inspectors will conduct an observation flight over Lithuania on Wednesday and Thursday, the Defense Ministry said. […]

International operation status proposed for Lithuanian military instructor mission in Ukraine

June 14, 2017 BNS EN 0

A status of an international operation is proposed for the mission of Lithuanian military instructors in Ukraine. […]

President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Slovenia's President Borut Pahor

Slovenia’s president astonished in Vilnius by scope of concerns over Russia

June 12, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

Slovenia’s President Borut Pahor said in Lithuania on Monday he was astonished about the strong concerns in Vilnius over the Russian threats, adding he understood the concerns in the Baltic states. […]

NATO jets scrambled once from Lithuania last week over Russian warplanes

June 12, 2017 BNS EN 0

Fighter-jets serving in the NATO air-policing mission were last week scrambled once from Lithuania to intercept Russian warplanes flying in the international airspace above the Baltic Sea. […]

President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Ukrainian President Petro Porošenko

President Dalia Grybauskaite congratulates Ukraine on visa-free travel, calls for further reforms

June 12, 2017 BNS EN 0

President Dalia Grybauskaite on Friday congratulated Ukrainians on the start of visa-free travel to the European Union and urged them to continue reforms in order to join the EU and NATO. […]