defence

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he does not believe that Moscow could use the same methods it used in Ukraine to destabilize situation in the Baltic states. His comments come after British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon warned about the danger that Russia might pose to Lithuani...

As the head of Latvia's foreign policy committee says Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia could be Russia's next target, after the annexation of Ukraine's Crimea, the Baltics' defence ministries tell Radio Sweden what defence help they want from Sweden.

The Lithuanian army will expand its forces by 450 troops every year, the country's Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said on Monday, presenting activity guidelines for the coming six years.

Military cooperation of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia is crucial, as Russia views the three Baltic states as yet another field for military operations, says Saulius Gasiūnas, director of the Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Department at the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence.

Lithuania has risen to the 19th position among 28 NATO member countries in terms of defence spending after increasing its defence budget.

“The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress—and in the American body politic writ large—to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serio...

Commenting on the discrepancies between the defence funding figures provided by different institutions, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that additional funding for defence will be strictly used according to NATO standards.

Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday adopted a package of legal amendments drafted by the Ministry of National Defence on the use of military force in peacetime, providing for a more specific regulation of the use of weapons, explosives and military equipment.

The world's most militarized country is Israel, according to the Global Militarization Index compiled by experts at the Bonn International Center for Conversion.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius does not believe Lithuania could be openly attacked by a foreign country.

Lithuania's Armed Forces should enrol about 1,000 new privates every year, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said at a discussion in parliament on Friday.

Lithuanian army commander General Jonas Vytautas Žukas is convinced that as the country's government is set to update the state's armed defence concept, they must envision not just more weapons, but also more soldier training.

The Lithuanian parliament's National Security and Defence Committee is holding a discussion on implementation of the agreement signed by political parties to increase defence spending.

During a sitting on Thursday, Lithuania's State Defence Council discussed the latest information about the changes in the the security situation of the country and the region. The council has decided to review the conception of the armed state defence, which was adopted back in 2011, and update it t...

President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended a conference Civil Defence in Hybrid Warfare held by the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union and thanked the organisation for successfully involving Lithuanian citizens in national defence. The head of state emphasised that the most powerful weapon available to Lithuani...

The focus of the people of Lithuania and their readiness to deter aggression is the most efficient deterrence, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in her opening speech at an international conference on civil defence.

As defence funding grows, the proportion of expenditure on appropriations, for sustaining the armed forces and for military purchases, will meet NATO standards in 2015. Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says this will allow Lithuania to retain its capabilities and augment the reserve.

Lithuania's Minister of Defence Juozas Olekas says that his French counterpart told him at a meeting earlier this week that Paris was searching for ways to solve the issue of Mistral warships that France had built for Russia but suspended the handover following outcry from EU and NATO allies.

Since the beginning of September, NATO fighter jets stationed in the Baltics have taken to the skies 30 times to identify Russian aircraft flying near Baltic borders, the Latvian Defence Ministry's portal Sargs.lv informs.

Conservative members of the Lithuanian parliament have suggested increasing the number of soldiers participating in basic military training.