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US may deploy 7 fighter-jets in Lithuania during Zapad drills – president
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. […]
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K. Girnius. Trump and Lithuania – how we should act
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 […]
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Lithuania’s president supports new US sanctions for Russia at Tallinn meeting with Pence
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday restated support to the new sanctions taken by the United States against Russia. […]
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Lithuanian soldier suddenly passes away of pancreatitis during training in Italy
Sergeant of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Staff Battalion unexpectedly passed away during a training in Italy on Friday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s president to discuss defense, cyber security, energy with US Pence in Tallinn
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. […]
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Defense Minister expects Trump to dispel doubts on US commitments during visit to Poland
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. […]
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NATO chief, President Grybauskaite to observe Iron Wolf exercise
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. […]
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Slovenia’s president astonished in Vilnius by scope of concerns over Russia
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. […]
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NATO jets scrambled once from Lithuania last week over Russian warplanes
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. […]
Foreign affairs
President Dalia Grybauskaite congratulates Ukraine on visa-free travel, calls for further reforms
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. […]
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