The first coronavirus cases have been confirmed within the Lithuanian army as a civilian staff member and a Dutch solder have been diagnosed, the Ministry of National Defense said on Sunday.
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Lithuania's army is buying up to 11,400 helmets for over 2,3 million euros, Sigitas Dzekunskas, director of the country's Defense Materiel Agency under the Ministry of National Defense, told BNS Lithuania.
Three soldiers of Lithuania's professional army suffered burns of their hands and faces on Wednesday during preparation of simulation gear for exercises, the Defence Ministry said.
The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Vytautas Keršanskas Junior Policy Analyst, Policy Analysis and Research Division. We asked Mr. Keršanskas to elaborate on the reintroduction of military conscription in Lithuania.
120s: Military draft back, Reports of new bombings, Attack stopped, People in Debaltseve fight to survive, Putin's dummy burned down in Ukraine.
Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence seeks broader mandate for the army when the country is not officially at war, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reports.
Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine have agreed to set up a joint military brigade. After years of negotiation, the agreement will be signed in Warsaw on Friday.
Lithuania's government formally approved the State Mobilization Plan this week, the Defence Ministry said.
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has inaugurated the new Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas during a formal change of command ceremony on Thursday in the Cathedral Square, Vilnius.
Lithuania's Armed Forces will purchase infantry combat vehicles in the framework of modernization of its Land Forces, the Defense Ministry has announced on Monday.
Fifty members of the Grand Duchess Birutė Uhlan Battalion are continuing training for a standby for the European Union Nordic Battlegroup (EU BG) in the first semester of 2015 which is going to be formed by Ireland, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Finland, and Sweden, the Ministry of National Defence infor...
Integration team of the NATO Joint Force Headquarters Brunssum (the Netherlands) visited the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipėda, the port's directorate said on Thursday.
On 12-20 July, a NATO Forward Integration Team (NFIT) from Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) Brunssum (the Kingdom of the Netherlands) is visiting military units, ranges, and facilities in Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence announces.
Dust in the training range, another day wearing out with the heat of July, a bulletproof jacket weighing down your shoulders with its 20 kg, your helmet suddenly heavier and rivers of sweat running down your face and body...
Some experts call the current tensions between Russia and the West the new Cold War. Meanwhile, NATO countries, especially the ones that are on the outskirts of the Alliance, are concerned about the lack of funding for defence. Would two per cent of the GDP, in the face of Russian aggression, be eno...
TLT/DELFI.lt visited the Ministry of Defence to talk with Brigadier General Gintautas Zenkevičius about the current situation in the Lithuanian Army and its capacity to defend the nation.
TLT/DELFI.lt visited the Ministry of Defence to talk with Brigadier General Gintautas Zenkevičius about new acquisitions planned by the Lithuanian Army.
TLT/DELFI visited the Ministry of Defence to talk with Brigadier General Gintautas Zenkevičius about new acquisitions planned by the Lithuanian Army.
Lithuania’s army stopped developing and improving after funding was cut due to the recent recession, incoming Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says.
