Defence

Ban on ‘disloyal individuals’ owning guns proposed to Lithuanian parliament

The Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD) has proposed restricting access to guns of individuals who are seen as posing a threat to national security. […]

Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin
CORPORATE

Russia: how to manage its move from aggressor to European partner

Lithuania security analysts say that views of Russia in the West have been transformed over recent months by international events – from one of an aggressor undermining European security to a partner in Europe’s struggle against terrorism. […]

Defence

Russia, Belarus ‘trying to infiltrate Lithuanian army via new recruits’

Russia and Belarus are likely to target infiltrating Lithuania’s Armed Forces via new recruits and conscripts, according to the Lithuanian Security Institutions’ annual report on Wednesday. […]

Rossiya journalists waited for forum participants outside hotel in Vilnius
Foreign affairs

Russian journalists who crashed opposition forum expelled from Lithuania

Journalists of the Russian TV channel Rossiya who tried to get into a Russian opposition forum in Lithuania have been blacklisted and asked to leave the country, the State Security Department said. […]