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Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen believes outgoing Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas should not be appointed chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK). His recent statements threw an unnecessary shadow of suspicion on public procurement in the defence system, sh...
Retired US General Ben Hodges, despite his official retirement, remains deeply involved in NATO logistics and advising on security matters in Eastern Europe. In an exclusive interview with DELFI, he emphasizes the crucial role of Finland and Sweden's NATO membership in bolstering the alliance's defe...
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 Social Democratic Party (LSDP) will not support the Bank of Lithuania’s proposals to raise personal income tax in order to increase defence funding. LSDP leader Vilija Blinkevičiūtė believes that the current coalition should have adopted a tax reform in order to secure additional funding for def...
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.
Rotational NATO air defence model consisting of Patriot air defence systems will commence in Lithuania in 2024, Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas has announced.
Latvia is looking to invest some EUR 300 million over the next five years to strengthen its eastern border with Russia and Belarus, as per Defence Ministry plans approved by the government on Tuesday.
Over 10,000 active reserve soldiers will receive their call-up notices for training in April and May, the military said Tuesday. More than 2,500 cadets are expected to be called up to the spring exercise Thunder Storm 2024, the largest national exercise organised since Lithuania regained its indepen...
On 26 February-3 March, NATO Air Policing Mission fighter aircraft were scrambled five times to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, reports the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania.
Drawing from bitter lessons of the past, Lithuania and Poland understand that indecision, disunity, or concessions to aggressors like Russia only serve to embolden them and escalate conflicts, emphasised Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė during her meeting with Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk in V...
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk insists that the solidarity between Vilnius and Warsaw is not in question. His statement comes amid a recent public debate in Lithuania on the legal possibility for Polish troops to come to the neighbouring country’s aid in the event of an attack.
President Gitanas Nausėda on Monday called for concrete solutions to respond to the geopolitical reality rather than ‘apocalyptic statements.'
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...
President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda emphasises that the West is lagging behind Russia in terms of production of military equipment and ammunition. The president highlighted this during a visit to Paris on Monday evening, where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Monday evening, President Gitanas Nausėda participated in an international conference of European leaders in Paris at the invitation of President of France Emmanuel Macron to discuss ways of strengthening support for Ukraine, said the Office of the President.
Too few Lithuanian defence industry companies cooperate directly with the country’s military and defence institutions, a deputy minister for economy and innovation says.
In the event of a Russian attack, Lithuania must be ready to defend itself for at least two weeks, says a former commanding general of US Army Europe.
The Parliament is hosting the 9th Vilnius Security Forum on Friday with a focus on NATO’s general deterrence strategy and its challenges.
The Kremlin’s aim is to polarize the society and create distrust in the country’s institutions, the national defence minister said Thursday in comment on the recent activity of Russian special services in the region.
NATO countries do not face a direct military threat, whereas the Alliance’s defence capabilities have increased enough to convince Moscow that it would not achieve victory in an armed conflict, Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg told the news website delfi.lt in an exclusive interview.
