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  • Defence

Seimas to opens bill to raise wages for intelligence officers

Lithuania's parliament has opened a government's proposal to raise wages for intelligence officers. [...]

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Baltic States’ friendship: are we bound only by the Americans?

The military cooperation between the Baltic States is based on pressure from outside and not the political aims of the…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Danish PM says Danes protect not only Balts but also themselves by patrolling Baltic skies

Danish troops protect not only the Baltic nations, but also their own country as they conduct NATO's Baltic air-policing mission,…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

The year ended, the information war continues

One of the most significant events for Lithuania has been the deployment of the German-led NATO battalion. This was a…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Kęstutis Girnius. Hybrid wars should not be fought in the dark

Sometimes it is not difficult to predict future developments. With the State Security Department [VSD] naming the Russian Zapad 2017…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Cold shower for NATO – German media reveals the shocking goals of Kremlin manoeuvres

The Russian-Belarussian exercise Zapad is defensive and poses no threat to neighbouring countries and the hysteria being incited by the…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Four US fighters continue Baltic air-policing mission from Lithuanian airbase

Four US F-15C fighter jets continue NATO’s Baltic air-policing mission from the Siauliai military airbase after Lithuanian-American military drills involving…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s president ranks 68th on Forbes’ list of most influential women

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė ranks 68th among the world's 100 most powerful females published by the US magazine Forbes. [...]

7 years ago
  • Defence

US stops rotating troops in Lithuania, send them to drills – General

The United States have ceased permanent rotation of its Land Forces troops in Lithuania, however, will continue sending them to…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian security chief: We must avoid hysteria when discussing threats

Darius Jauniškis, the director of the Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD), says that intelligence agencies are increasingly open to communication…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Baltic security in the age of Trump

The election of Donald J. Trump as US President on November 7, 2016 has brought a year of living dangerously…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

President: we already have to discuss a military Schengen

The Zapad exercise displayed that we have to already begin discussing simplified movement of military equipment among EU countries, Lithuanian…

7 years ago
  • European Union

President off to EU summit to discuss Brexit, EU reforms

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė is Thursday leaving for the European Union's (EU) summit, which will discuss talks on the United…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

NATO-Russia relations: messages from Zapad 2017

National strategy requires us to analyze across all dimensions relations of power and observe the ways implemented to realize it.…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Russia says its warplanes followed intl practice during flight over Lithuania

Moscow said on Wednesday that two Russian military aircraft violated Lithuanian airspace in late September in order to avoid a…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian ambassador in Minsk handed note over Belarusian border violation

Lithuania's ambassador in Minsk, Andrius Pulokas, on Monday was handed a diplomatic note over a violation of Belarus' border. [...]

7 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania get Russian general’s vague calls to free border guard

Lithuanian authorities who have detained a drunk Russian border guards have received conflicting calls from Russia to free the young…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Zapad involved several times more troops than official numbers – Lithuanian officials

The Zapad 2017 military exercise held by Russia and Belarus last week involved several times more troops than official numbers…

7 years ago
  • 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…

7 years ago
  • Defence

NATO jets in Baltics scrambled 9 times last week over Russian aircraft

NATO fighter-jets patrolling Baltic airspace were scrambled nine times last week to intercept Russian military aircraft in international airspace over…

7 years ago