NASAMS rocket system
Defence

5 biggest Lithuanian army acquisitions after Crimea annexation

After Lithuania’s Armed Forces and Norway‘s Kongsberg signed a contract on acquisition of medium-range anti-missile defense systems NASAMS last Thursday, BNS Lithuania provides a list of five biggest army acquisitions after the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia. […]

Žygimantas Pavilionis
Opinion

An idea for Russia – can Lithuania present it?

Recently we have been looking for an Idea for Lithuania. However often they are created in a vacuum where it appears that Lithuania does not live surrounded by various friendly or unfriendly neighbours which have various interests. Those ideas, however good, do not include geopolitics and international relations, upon which the development of our state greatly depends. […]

A girl with dolls from the Masha and the bear animation
CORPORATE

Lithuanian military representative: the information war is fought for hearts and minds

It has been known since ancient times that the greatest military victories are those achieved without firing a single shot. One of the means to do so is currently also one of the problems seen […]

Raimundas Karoblis
Defence

Defense minister to present initial assessment of Zapad drills

Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis will on Tuesday present an initial assessment of Zapad 2017, a Russia-Belarus joint military exercise that ended last week. […]

Antonio Guterresas, UN Secretary General
Foreign affairs

President Grybauskaite discusses Zapad drills with UN chief

President Dalia Grybauskaite met with United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres as part of her visit in New York and discussed the Zapad military exercise currently held in Russia and Belarus. […]