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WorldCoaches brings Winter, Blinker and Mendes da Silva to Lithuania

June 18, 2019 Lithuania Tribune 0

In a series of events, Dutch football legends, Aron Winter, Regi Blinker Sander Westerveld, David Mendes da Silva and others, will play eFP soldiers at the Iron Wolf Brigade soccer field on July 5 and […]

Braun takes over as commander of NATO battalion in Lithuania

August 3, 2018 BNS 0

Lieutenant Colonel Rene Braun of Germany took over as commander of NATO’s multinational battalion in Lithuania in a ceremony in Rukla on Thursday. […]

King Willem-Alexander and the President Grybauskaitė at the Presidential Palace. Photo @ Presidential Palace

King of the Netherlands to meet with Dutch soldiers deployed in Lithuania in Rukla

June 15, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

On June 15 His Majesty King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander while conducting a state visit in Lithuania will meet with Dutch soldiers serving in the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group in Rukla. His Majesty will be escorted by President of the Republic of Lithuania HE Dalia Grybauskaitė, Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis and Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lt Gen Jonas Vytautas Žukas during the visit to the Lithuanian Armed Forces Lithuanian Great Hetman Jonušas Radvila Training Regiment in Rukla, the Ministry of Defence of Lithuania announced. […]

Russia stationing Iskander for permanent presence in Kaliningrad – Lithuanian defmin (Updated)

February 5, 2018 BNS 0

Russia stationed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its Kaliningrad region on Monday and intends to leave them there permanently, Lithuania’s defense minister and the president said. […]

Lithuania to build new barracks in Rukla

September 29, 2017 BNS 0

New barracks are planned to be built in Rukla, in central Lithuania, in 2019, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday. […]

Commander of Norwegian tank platoon knows what she would do if she saw Russian tanks in Lithuania

June 2, 2017 Vaidas Saldziunas 0

Reis opp, Tiden er inne! (Norwegian: “Get up, the time is now!”). Lt. Silje Johansen Willassen would use this slogan to motivate her 15 soldiers from the mechanized infantry company before battle, which is deployed […]

Leadership of NATO battalion under establishment in Lithuania arrives in Vilnius

January 25, 2017 BNS EN 0

Leadership of the international NATO battalion to be established in Lithuania arrived in Vilnius from Germany on Tuesday. […]

Belgian troops to come to Lithuania this week as part of NATO battalion

January 24, 2017 BNS EN 0

Troops from the Belgian Armed Forces are to arrive in Lithuania by ferry via the port of Klaipėda this week, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said. […]

Stationing NATO troops in Rukla, Lithuania to benefit businesses

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

As the town of Rukla, central Lithuania, awaits deployment of more than 1,000 NATO troops, the military town has already improved the infrastructure and plans to do more work for 5.8 million euros before the arrival of the entire battalion in mid-2017, Verslo Žinios business daily said. […]

First troops of intl battalion expected in Lithuania next week

January 18, 2017 BNS EN 0

The first troops of the international Allied battalion should arrive in Lithuania next week, army officials said in Rukla on Wednesday. […]

National security enhancement – and the labyrinths: what politicians agree on and what lights the spark

May 26, 2022 0

The working groups have finalised the parties’ agreement on strengthening national security. Still, in the event of a divergence of views, the two important benchmarks will be dropped and replaced by more abstract formulations of […]

After Sweden and Finland’s NATO decision, the West faces a crossroads

May 23, 2022 0

Changes and breakthroughs that were barely imaginable just a few months ago are on the increase. But the direction in which global processes are moving is still shrouded in fog. This is true both of […]

Intelligence assesses a brand new threat in Lithuania: known names of dozens of people

May 19, 2022 0

After the State Security Department (DSS) explicitly identified the threat of possible terrorist attacks by far-right groups in the near future for the first time this year, experts consider that the intelligence services would not […]

Finland’s announcement of its plans comes as a warning: Lithuania needs to rethink its security concept now

May 14, 2022 0

On 13 May, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said they support the idea of the country joining NATO. Experts say that the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO would significantly […]

It’s still same Russia

May 10, 2022 0

Be it Putin, Stalin or a tsar, Russia repeats its crimes and lies. That is why Moscow’s imperialism must end forever – on the occasion of the Victory in Europe write Members of the European […]

G. Landsbergis: Why don’t we learn our lessons?

May 10, 2022 0

The capitulation of the Nazi regime in Rheims, France and Berlin, Germany, on the 7th and 8th of May, in 1945 is considered the Victory Day all over the free world. It really commemorates a […]