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US tanks in the port of Brėmerhafene of Germany

US armoured brigade a ‘proportionate response’ to Russia – NATO DSG

January 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

The deployment of American tanks and fighting vehicles to Central and Eastern Europe is a proportionate response to Russia‘s aggressive actions toward the Baltic countries and NATO as a whole, a high-raking NATO official, on a visit to Lithuania, said. […]

Prof Landsbergis suggests inviting Russian MPs to Jan 13 memorial events

January 12, 2017 BNS EN 0

Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first post -independence leader, has suggested inviting Russian parliamentarians to memorial events of January 13 coup. […]

Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis and advisor Kęstutis Kudzmanas listening to the Russian Ambassador

Seimas speaker: meetings with ambassadors a chance to bring up Jan 13 coup

January 11, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says he is astonished by the criticism over his meetings with the Russian and Belarusian ambassadors ahead of the Freedom Defenders Day, noting that the meetings were held to remind the diplomats about their countries’ unwillingness to extradite defendants in the January 13 attempted coup trial. […]

Zones of radioctive termination of the Astravyets nuclear power plant

Belarus sees no problems with N-plant safety, electricity sales – ambassador in Vilnius

January 11, 2017 BNS EN 0

Belarus is convinced in the safety of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction close to the Lithuanian border and sees no problems in connection to sales of electricity generated there, Belarusian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Korol said on Tuesday. […]

Central, Eastern European politicians urge Trump to stop concessions to Russia

January 11, 2017 BNS EN 0

Central and Eastern European politicians have urged United States President-Elect Donald Trump to stop making concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he could view the steps as weaknesses and undertake provocations against the Baltic states and Poland. […]

Minister of Defence plans to set up military procurement agency

January 10, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis is planning to establish a separate agency to coordinate military purchases, saying that centralization would help ensure better controls. […]

At the Committee on National Security and Defence during the debate

Lithuania updates security strategy

January 10, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s updated National Security Strategy will highlight corruption and social exclusion as threats, the chairman of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence said on January 9. […]

Russian Federation Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsovand the Seimas' Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis

Lithuania, Russia should start with improving atmosphere of bilateral relations – envoy

January 9, 2017 BNS EN 0

Russia’s State Duma should set up a group for inter-parliamentary relations with Lithuania in the near future and the two countries’ lawmakers should start with improving the atmosphere of bilateral relations, Russia‘s ambassador to Vilnius said on Monday. […]

Lithuania blocks plans for data centre over links to Russia’s FSB

January 9, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s authorities have taken steps to halt plans for building what would be the country’s largest data centre near Vilnius following an intelligence warning that it may be hooked up to a Russian spying centre. […]

Lithuania can cooperate with Russia in culture, medicine, tourism – ex-ambassador

January 5, 2017 BNS EN 0

Even amid the complex relations with Russia, Lithuania can still cooperate in fields of culture, medicine and tourism, says the country’s former ambassador to Moscow, MP Antanas Vinkus. […]

US Troops on the Gediminas Av. in Vilnius

Analyst – arrival of US Special Forces is not a signal to the Kremlin

January 5, 2017 LT Daily 0

The news that US Special Forces will arrive in Lithuania is not at all directed to the Kremlin, but Lithuania itself, military analyst Darius Antanaitis told LRT Radio. According to him it is likely that […]

Is the anchor of Baltic States security – Sweden – safe itself?

January 4, 2017 LT Daily 0

The threat posed by Russia is the most realistic threat facing Sweden today, however the Swedish response, reflected by the country’s defence budget, is held to be inadequate says LRT Radio contributor in Sweden Vaida […]

Lithuania confirms deployment of US special operators

January 3, 2017 BNS EN 0

After the Russian actions changed the security situation in Lithuania for the worse, troops of the United States’ Special Operations Forces were stationed in Lithuania, the Defence Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. […]

Flag raising ceremony on the Geidiminas' castle 2017

What to observe in Lithuanian politics in 2017

January 2, 2017 BNS EN 0

BNS Lithuania news agency lists the most important 2017 projected events on the political and public arena in Lithuania. […]

German PzH2000 shooting for the first time in Lithuania

Lithuanian national security – what awaits in the future

January 2, 2017 LT Daily 0

Processes proceeding far from Lithuania and right by its borders lead to the conclusion that challenges to national security have not disappeared. Today it is hard to predict how things will proceed thus national defence is one of the priorities of national security policy. […]