If Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann formally withdraws it offer to sell armoured fighting vehicles to Lithuania, the country will have another nine offers to choose from, National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said on Sunday.
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During the European Union Defence Ministers' meeting in Riga, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas presented his German colleagues with Lithuania's proposal regarding purchase of self-propelled artillery systems.
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.
Lithuania and Germany are negotiating a deal on the purchase of artillery systems, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence said on Monday, adding that he was due to discuss the issue with his German counterpart next week.
US arms control specialists will visit Lithuania this week to perform a training inspection flight under the Open Air Space Treaty.
Lithuania's Armed Forces should step up its artillery capacities by purchasing 155mm self-propelled howitzers, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said on Tuesday.
On February 2 through 3 Commander of the Mechanised Infantry Brigade (MIB) Iron Wolf Colonel Raimundas Vaikšnoras is taking part in a conference arranged by the staff of the Danish Army Division in Copenhagen. Col Vaikšnoras, commander of a Latvian brigade and commander of an Estonian brigade will a...
This week, Lithuania's government intends to discuss draft laws on the Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian agreement to set up a joint military brigade.
Lithuanian servicemen escaped injuries during the suicide attack in the airport of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday. However, the blast shattered windows of their residential container, the Ministry of National Defence said on Monday.
Starting in 2015, Lithuania's Armed Forces will enrol young men and women who meet requirements, even if they do not have initial military training, the Ministry of National Defence said.
Vilnius City District Court on Wednesday sanctioned arrest of a Lithuanian army officer suspected of spying and another person he provided information to.
Lithuanian prosecutors have detained several individuals suspected of spying for a foreign government. One of the suspects is an officer of the Lithuanian Army.
The first shipment of the Polish-made air-defence missile systems GROM have arrived in Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence said on Monday.
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences, introducing fines for failure to obey a soldier's orders.
Upon completion of the active duty in the NATO Response Force Lithuanian Naval ship LNS Jotvingis, a flag ship of Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group One (SNMCMG1), is returning to Klaipėda, Lithuania. Lithuanian Naval Officer Commander Giedrius Premeneckas will continue to command SNMCMG1 fro...
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.
Institutions of the Lithuanian interior system, namely, the State Border Guard Service, the Public Security Service and the VIP Protection Department, will be more actively involved in the training organized by the Armed Forces.
The first shipment of Polish air defence system Grom will arrive in Lithuania by the end of the year, perhaps even next week, said Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas after a Government meeting on Monday.
Up to 350 Lithuanian soldiers and civilians, working for the national defence system, will be able to take part in international operations as part of NATO's Rapid Response Force, an EU battle group or NATO and EU military commands, under a resolution adopted by the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday.
An international winter survival exercise involving roughly 90 soldiers from Canada, Lithuania, and Hungary is currently running in the King Mindaugas Hussar Battalion, city of Panevėžys and the surrounding area, the Ministry of National Defence informs.
