Lithuanian army

The biggest military purchase in the history of the Lithuanian army will present plenty of opportunities to local entrepreneurs. After the Lithuanian government decided to open talks on acquiring almost one hundred German Boxer infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), negotiators say they will try to secu...

On 14-16 December, over 850 conscripts are beginning to serve in the Lithuanian military after the last stage of draft. Another 50 conscripts will be deployed to military units in the first week of 2016.

Responding to France's request for assistance, Lithuania is going to deploy up to 40 soldiers to Mali. The number has been approved at Friday's meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Lithuania's National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says that the army's decision which infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to purchase will depend on several factors, such as safety, power, prices, and delivery time.

Lithuanian military day and the 97th anniversary of the restoration of the Lithuanian army was commemorated on Monday.

Lithuanian citizens, who are allowed to allocate 2 percent of their income tax for organizations of their choice, have distributed 15m euro this year, benefiting some 22,000 institutions and NGOs. The biggest beneficiary this year is the Lithuanian army.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the United States' Department of Defense issued a statement saying that Washington is ready to sell Stryker infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to Lithuania for USD 599m.

In 2015, people more actively donated to the Lithuanian army by transferring 2 percent of their personal income tax. The number of such contributions has increased seven times.

The Lithuanian army has confirmed that United States is setting up a centre to service American troops deployed in the Baltics.

A Lithuanian officer who was injured in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan is expected to be transported to The Landstuhl Regional Medical Centre in Ramstein, Germany, on Wednesday. The Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces learned about this from Bahram military hospital were the officer is bei...

A Lithuanian army officer was injured in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Sunday, DELFI reports.

Having a decent army reserve is very important for Lithuania, therefore conscription must remain in effect even after five years when the military draft programme, introduced this year, expires, according to President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

International military war games The Baltic Piranha are kicking of in Lithuania on Thursday that will involve troops from Belgium, Luxembourg and the United States.

Belarusian and Swiss military representatives will this week check the weaponry available in Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence said.

Lithuania has decided to buy several dozen self-propelled howitzers Pzh2000 from Germany. Representatives of the Lithuanian and German Defence Ministries are scheduled to sign the deal in Vilnius on Tuesday.

Hungarian fighter jets JAS-39 Gripen, stationed in Lithuania as part of NATO's Baltic air policing mission, were on Monday scrambled from Šiauliai to accompany a Russian reconnaissance plane.

Six hundred volunteer troops are starting their initial military service in three battalions in Lithuania this week, the Ministry of National Defence said.

After former chief of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Valdas Tutkus expressed his doubts about the transparency of the armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) purchase tender, Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that he should have involved relevant institutions. The politician has also asked the Public Proc...

Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas has denied statements made by director of the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industry Association, Lieutenant General Valdas Tutkus, who has said that the decision on specific infantry fighting vehicles had been made a year ago.

The Baltic states have asked NATO's leaders and chiefs of defence of the Alliance's member-states for constant rotation of Allied forces, although decisions will be made by politicians, Lithuania's Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas stated on Saturday.