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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.
On Monday, 23 September, representatives of the Lithuanian Government and the United States’ defence industry company Northrop Grumman International Trading signed a memorandum on munitions production in Lithuania. A production line of 30 mm ammunition, which is valued several dozen of millions of e...
MEP Andrius Kubilius, who has been named the new EU defence and space commissioner, says the portfolio he has been given reflects priorities for the next parliamentary term – security of the European continent and the bloc’s economic competitiveness.
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis met with Defence Minister of Ukraine Rustem Umerov in Kyiv on Saturday, the ministry said in a press release.
Representatives of Lithuania and Germany on Friday signed an agreement on defence cooperation.
Chief of Defence of Lithuania General Raimundas Vaikšnoras will visit Prague, the Czech Republic, where he will participate in the three-day NATO Military Committee Conference. It will be attended by chiefs of defence of 32 countries of the Alliance.
National Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas is heading to Berlin Thursday to sign an agreement on defence cooperation between Lithuania and Germany.
The Ministry of Finance of Lithuania is drafting the state budget for 2025, with national defence and growing income being among top priorities.
