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MP Artūras Paulauskas says his statements several weeks ago about a possible landing of Russian forces on the Lithuanian coast were "hypothetical".

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has refused to comment on reports that Russians could have landed on Lithuanian territory on the Curonian Spit, saying that no comments should be expected from officers either.

MP Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, suggested in an interview that Russian forces could have landed on the Lithuanian coast of the Curonian Spit during military exercise.

Unfriendly neighbouring countries are the biggest current threat to Lithuania, said Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee on Žinių Radijas.

On Wednesday, the State Security Department (SSD) presented a report on threats to national security to the Seimas' National Security and Defence Committee.

While there are some close ties between leaders of several Lithuanian trade unions and their Russian colleagues, they constitute no threat to national security, says MP Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee.

A proposal has been prepared in the Seimas that would allow detention or restriction of freedom for socially dangerous individuals and legalize asset seizure and other restrictions without declaring any allegations.

One of the founders of the Lithuanian army has said the Defence Minister, Juozas Olekas’s position that a professional army is sufficient and conscription is not needed is irresponsible in current international conditions.

Former KGB officer Mikhail Golovatov, who is a suspect in the January 13, 1991, massacre in Lithuania, has set up a fund to help other suspects in the case, according to MP Artūras Paulausas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee.

Russia is using the conflict in Syria as a testing ground for its military, which represents a growing danger for Lithuania, says the chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, Artūras Paulauskas.

The State Security Department (VSD) of Lithuania, which is in charge of monitoring and dealing with national security threats, presented a report this week, outlining methods used by Russia to fund pro-Kremlin and anti-Western propaganda in Lithuania.

After hearing a report from the State Security Department (VSD) about how Russia disseminates propaganda in Lithuania, MP Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, says that illegal methods are used to fund media outlets and recruit journalists.

Chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence Artūras Paulauskas has suggested that in 2021 the Mechanised Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf would be supplemented with a logistics battalion, while the Motorised Infantry Brigade, with a motorised infantry battalion and an artillery batta...

Artūras Paulauskas, the head of the National Security and Defence Committee in the Lithuanian parliament, has said to the Žinių Radijas radio that a ground operation against the Islamic State (ISIS) will have to be launched and Lithuania will probably not be able to stay away.

Reacting to the terrorist attacks in France, Lithuania's Parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee has requested additional funding for the State Security Department, the Lithuanian Police Anti-Terrorist Operations Unit, Aras, and the State Border Guard Service. The committee requests to...

MP Artūras Paulauskas, head of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, says that parliamentary groups of Lithuania have agreed that the country will draft conscripts in 2020-2021. Under current agreement, military draft was introduced for the period between 2015 and 2020.

A structural reform plan for the State Security Department will be presented to the members of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday.

All procedures of buying about 100 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) are conducted in line with the law and in transparent manner, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee.

On Wednesday, the Lithuanian Parliament's Committee on National Security and Defence will be briefed about the purchase process of armoured fighting vehicles (AFV) and other weaponry.