Volunteer Force Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

Reinstating conscription in Lithuania: bringing society back into defence?

October 17, 2017 Tomas Jermalavicius 0

In 2015, with the security environment on NATO‘s eastern frontiers deteriorating as a result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Lithuania made a rather sudden and dramatic decision to resume the mandatory military draft and thus […]

Some 1,500 NATO troops to train to defend Suwalki gap this summer

March 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

Around 1,500 NATO troops this summer will train to defend the so-called “Suwalki gap“, a land corridor whose protection would be critical for defending the Baltic countries from Russia, the commander of the Lithuanian Land Force said. […]

Ukraine plans to create civilian, volunteer forces on Lithuania’s model

November 24, 2016 BNS EN 0

Ukraine is planning to create civilian paramilitary and volunteer military forces on the model of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union and the National Defence Volunteer Force. […]

EU Mobility Package – business urges to react immediately

December 4, 2019 0

The government’s decision to increase allowance rates given to posted drivers needs to be changed, while the EU’s constraints on the transport sector based on the EU Mobility Package must be evaluated responsibly. Otherwise, Lithuania […]

Lithuanian choir conductor brings Baltic choral tradition to the Netherlands

December 3, 2019 0

November saw the powerful début of the Baltic Project Choir, founded and led by Lithuanian choir conductor Sigita Žurauskaitė, in the northern city of Groningen, the Netherlands. The two-night program is part of a long-anticipated […]

What authority remains: do the “Farmers” still obey Karbauskis?

November 26, 2019 0

Farmer leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has for a long time been perceived as a politician with a firm hand, whose orders are obeyed without question by his Seimas group members. However, the drama over dismissing Seimas […]

Results of the confrontation: cabinet collapse could lead to another

November 24, 2019 0

How can you so confidently descended into a final confrontation when afterwards you lose it with such certainty? How can you not feel the impending loss, Lietuvos rytas asked in its editorial lrytas.lt? Such questions […]

The blame for hell in Alytus falls on the towers of Vilnius

November 22, 2019 0

Lithuania is not adequately prepared to handle a large scale ecological or technical accidents. This was displayed once again by the fire just recently put out in Alytus’ used tires recycling plant after it had […]

NATO is not brain-dead, Mr Macron!

November 20, 2019 0

From the Baltic Way to the Berlin Wall and then all the way to the restoration of independence on 11 March 1990, which was ultimately followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Those were […]