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Assessing when Lukashenko’s hybrid attack might run out of steam: options for retreat are already being explored

December 28, 2021 lrytas.lt 0

Nearly two months have passed since a state of emergency was imposed on Lithuania’s border with Belarus due to an influx of migrants. On December 1, the Government proposed to extend it for another month, […]

Lithuanian officers to hold radioactive explosion tabletop exercise

August 6, 2018 BNS 0

Officers from the Lithuanian interior system will carry out a tabletop exercise in September on how to respond to an explosion of a radioactive bomb during a mass gathering. […]

PM to set up crisis centre under Government

December 19, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis intends to set up a Crisis Management Centre under the government, which would be activated in case of an emergency. […]

Government commission decides against national state of emergency in Utena

August 8, 2014 ELTA EN 0

At a meeting on Friday the Emergency Commission of the Lithuanian Government decided against declaring a national state of emergency due to African swine fever (ASF) in Utena district. […]

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 […]