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These days mark the 85th anniversary since the start of World War II in Europe. For several years so far, many analysts and policymakers have been talking about the chances for another military conflict, in which Russia could become the main challenger of the Western world. The plans for European de...

Dutch-operated long-range air defence system Patriot will be deployed in Lithuania for the exercise Baltic Connection 24 on 7-19 July.

Lithuania's forecasted GDP contraction due to the coronavirus crisis will bring the country's defense budget down, forcing the military to revise some development plans and save funds, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Friday.

Lithuanian political parties' commitment to raise defense spending to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2030 will be fulfilled, the ruling Farmers and Greens Union's leader said on Monday.

The Nordic and Baltic countries have possibilities to expand their cooperation in the area of security and defense but the initiative should come from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, a Swedish lawmaker heading the Nordic Council, says.

An agreement that Lithuania's parliamentary parties signed a year ago to set out the country's defense policy for the next decade is not being implemented, the leader of the biggest opposition party said on Thursday.

New Lithuanian-Polish agreements on defense will be signed during Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė visit to Poland this week, Grybauskaitė's chief foreign policy adviser Nerijus Aleksiejūnas said Tuesday.

A US Congress delegation is visiting Lithuania on Thursday for talks with Lithuanian officials on the security situation.

The Pentagon has signed a contract worth over 307 million US dollar on the production of Javelin antitank missile systems for the sale abroad.

Lithuania's Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas will pay a visit to Poland on Thursday where he is scheduled to meet with the command of the Polish armed forces and discuss joint training and the protection of the Suwalki Corridor.

The Baltic countries are asking for NATO's multinational battalions deployed to the region to be reinforced with air and naval forces, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said.