President Gitanas Nausėda has welcomed the state budget plan for 2025-2027 passed by the Seimas on Thursday, hailing the Government’s decision on additional funding for defence.
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Two deputy ministers of national defence have taken office, the ministry reports. They are Tomas Godliauskas, former national security adviser to the president, and Karolis Aleksa, former head of the defence policy group at the Ministry of National Defence.
On Wednesday, the storage facility of counter mobility equipment in Rūdninkai Training Area, south of Vilnius, was presented to members of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence. MPs were informed that these facilities are an integral part of the Baltic defence line.
On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Estonian President Alar Karis and Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs in Klaipėda for a regular annual meeting of the Presidents of the three Baltic States. The three leaders discussed the security situation in the region, support for Ukraine, energy inde...
President Gitanas Nausėda had a telephone conversation with Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, as she begins her second term in office. The two leaders discussed the security and defence of the European Union, as well as the situation in Georgia, said the presidency.
On Friday at the Presidential Palace, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Social Democratic MP Dovilė Šakalienė, the candidate for the defence minister’s position.
Social Democratic MP Dovilė Šakalienė, a potential candidate for the defence minister’s position, thinks that Donald Trump becoming the president of the United States again might push Europe to boost her own security.
On Thursday evening, President Gitanas Nausėda participated in an informal meeting of the European Council, where EU leaders discussed relations with the United States, the situations in Moldova and Georgia following recent elections, and other matters concerning the EU’s external policy, said the p...
Ukraine and Lithuania have signed a quadripartite agreement on cooperation in the field of defence industry. Officials also hold talks on the production of the Palianytsia, Ukrainian long-range drone missiles, the defence minister has said.
On 24 October, Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas met with Minister of Defence of Moldova Anatolie Nosatîi on an official visit in Lithuania.
Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas thinks that Lithuania’s defence spending will increase next year and may reach 3.5% of the gross domestic product (GDP).
President’s chief national security adviser Kęstutis Budrys warns that if the situation with the defence industry and defence funding does not change, the Lithuanian division that is being establish may reach its full operational capability six or ten years later than by the planned deadline of 2030...
Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Gen Raimundas Vaikšnoras suggests that the 2025 state budget should set out higher funding for the national defence system. Increased appropriations would allow the political leadership to respond to the needs of the military and implement additional decisions in case th...
Lithuanian state-owned explosives manufacturing company AB Detonas, assessing the geopolitical situation and the necessary security needs, is planning investments in the defence industry, and is preparing to build a plant for manufacturing the trinitrotoluene (TNT) explosive, the Ministry of Transpo...
Lithuanian residents have donated more than EUR 16,000 to the Defence Fund in four days since its launch on 1 October. Minister of Finance Gintarė Skaistė notes that the Defence Fund will primarily rely on revenue from taxes, while donations and defence bonds will be an additional source of revenue.
Lithuania is buying another short-range system MSHORAD and a third NASAMS system, the Ministry of National Defence has said. The ministry signed two new contracts to buy the air defence systems earlier this week.
The Seimas has voted to ratify a bilateral agreement on defence cooperation with Germany that outlines legal rights of the German brigade’s troops and their families stationed in Lithuania.
National Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas says other allies will join the Netherlands in deploying Patriot long-range air defence systems in Lithuania next year.
A special website of the Defence Fund inviting financial contributions is set to be launched on 1 October, the national defence minister said Monday.
On Thursday, 26 September, Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen met with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius who is visiting Lithuania. The speaker expressed gratitude to Germany for its role in European defence.
