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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.
The Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) last week signed a contract on behalf of Lithuania with German ARTEC GmbH on acquisition of additional 27 Boxer Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs), named Vilkas in Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence reports.
Director of the National Cyber Security Centre (NKSC) under the Ministry of National Defence Liudas Ališauskas and Pavel Štěpáník, deputy director for strategic affairs and cooperation at the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB) of the Czech Republic, signed a Memorandum of Underst...
On 26 September, in Szczecin, Poland, Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas signed a Letter of Intent with Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius, State Secretary at the Ministry of Defence of Poland Stanisław Wziątek and a representative of Denmark laying out main guidelines and term...
Earlier this week, during the visit in Kyiv, Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas met with Minister of Defence of Ukraine Rustem Umerov and Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin, stated the Ministry of National Defence.
A new shipment of missiles intended for the Javelin man-portable medium-range anti-tank system was delivered to Lithuania on Wednesday. They are worth around USD 7 million, the Ministry of National Defence said.
President Gitanas Nausėda supports the National Defence Ministry’s proposal to pull out from the international treaty banning the use of cluster munitions, his office said Monday.
The Ministry of National Defence has registered a proposal for the Government to withdraw from a convention banning the use of cluster munitions. The draft legislation is currently being coordinated with responsible authorities, it said.
On 17 June, next Defence Attaché of the United States of America Lt Col Jesse Allgeyer was accredited to Lithuania at a ceremony at the Ministry of National Defence and his predecessor Lt Col Stephanie Baugh was farewelled after serving in the position for three years, said the Ministry of National ...
The Ministry of National Defence has announced that first soldiers from the German brigade assigned to Lithuania will arrive in Vilnius next week.
On 25-31 March, the NATO Air Policing Mission fighter aircraft were scrambled six times to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the National Defence Ministry reports.
The Ministry of National Defence says it has no information on a health incident at last year’s NATO summit in Vilnius related to so-called Havana syndrome, which reportedly affected a US official.
More than twenty non-governmental organisations have asked President Gitanas Nausėda not to appoint MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas as minister of national defence. The politician’s values are in conflict with human rights, they say.
President Gitanas Nausėda will decide later this week on the candidacy of MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas for the defence minister’s post. Incumbent Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas announced his resignation last Friday.
Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas, who has announced his resignation, no longer rules out the idea of a reshuffle and heading a parliamentary committee instead. However, he still disapproves of any backdoor deals.
The Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania says there is no reason for concern over reports about Belarusian military movement in areas bordering Lithuania.
The Ministry of National Defence raised the flag of Sweden on Friday to congratulate the country on becoming the 32nd member of the NATO Alliance.
Some companies operating in Lithuania, clearly aware that they are helping Moscow to evade sanctions, are organising the export of equipment, technology and other products to Russia. Part of them engage in the schemes on their own initiative, the latest national threat assessment by intelligence age...
The Russian war in Ukraine is a threat to the Euro-Atlantic security, therefore additional allied capabilities reinforcing the eastern flank of NATO remain. NATO allies stand ready to defend every inch of NATO territory and their military presence on the ground in Lithuania deters potential adverse ...
The Ministry of National Defence suggests eliminating conscription exemptions for students so they could not postpone their military service. Yet there are the opposite initiatives in parliament. MP Artūras Žukauskas, chair of the Seimas Committee on Education and Science, believes that university s...
