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Lithuania held on Saturday a state funeral for anti-Soviet partisan commander Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas.

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.

Lithuanian soldiers taking part in the EU's anti-migrant smuggling operation Sophia have found an illegal shipment of weapons, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

Lithuania should step military and security cooperation with the Nordic countries, Defence Minister Raimondas Karoblis said after meeting with Iceland's top security, defense and military official in Vilnius on Friday.

The presence of US troops in the region is already virtually permanent, General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe said in Vilnius on Thursday, as Lithuania has asked for deployment of troops in its territory on permanent, not rotational basis.

Lithuania's Armed Forces expect German troops to cooperate in the training of Lithuanian troops to use the purchased infantry fighting vehicles Boxer.

Finland and Sweden will consider the possibility of their troops training along with NATO forces being deployed to Lithuania, the country's chief of defense said.

Speaking about the date of introducing universal conscription in Lithuania is still too early, says Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the country should introduce universal military conscription during the government's current term of office.

Raimundas Karoblis’ name has so far not been well known in Lithuania. A career diplomat with over 20 years of experience, he himself was surprised by the proposal to become Minister of National Defence. He is inheriting a ministry with both an impressively rising budget and at the same time – the ta...