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Most of the time history can’t be put to bed even though agreements to end wars have been concluded, victors have drawn new boundary lines, promises made, but they soon get either forgotten or swept under the rug, as if they weren’t there. The story of the northern part of former East Prussia (now k...
The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Kurt Volker, Executive Director of McCain Institute, Arizona State University. How realistic it is that we will get some heavy military equipment from NATO, we asked Mr. Volker.
The new commander of the Lithuania National Defence Volunteer Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Artūras Jasinskas, hopes to attract up to 3,000 troops to the volunteer forces during his five-year term.
Europe's new front-line states are the Nordic countries, Baltic countries, plus Poland, which share a common concern about a "revisionist and rapidly-rearming Russia", according to the Baltic Sea Security Report by the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).
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The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted amendments on the extension of the service time for professional troops.
The Lithuanian government has decided to reintroduce military conscription this year, after which the Ministry of National Defence compiled a list of almost 37,000 eligible young men who might be drafted for the military service this year. This has sparked much controversy and a heated debate in the...
The Lithuania Tribune/EN.DELFI TV presents a series of short documentary video reports about one squadron of the Lithuanian Special Operations Force (LITHSOF) – the Combat Divers Service (CDS). In this unique video project, for the first time you will have a glimpse at complex and multidimensional s...
120s: Russia's new tank: bluff but still bad sign, An-2 to be salvaged, Vaidas Baumila and Monika Linkytė at DELFI, Russian convoy heading towards Ukraine.
The month-long largest national exercise Lithuania has held this year, Lightning Bolt 2015, has ended. The exercise tested various types of situations, including swift mobilization of the Lithuanian reserve, response to a hybrid war and terrorist attacks, and also involved tactical training, the cou...
Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence has published on its website the official list of this year's draftees, which is available at sauktiniai.kam.lt.
Five more Ukrainian troops have arrived in Lithuania for treatment, Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence said on Friday.
Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence has proposed increasing the marginal numbers of troops of professional military service by 1,300 soldiers next year, with the minimum number of troops to be raised by about 500.
Deividas Šlekys, military expert and lecturer at Vilnius University, discusses the nature of warfare and how it has transformed under liberal democracy.
Lithuania has banned wearing separate elements of military uniforms and insignia in public. The provision was incorporated into amendments to the Law on the Organisation of the National Defence System and Military Service and the accompanying legislation.
With the Russian 9th of May celebrations of Soviet victory in World War Two approaching, many in the Baltic States are concerned about the potential risk of provocations or confrontation stemming from the more radical and disgruntled elements of the local Russian minority. Moreover, since Russia lau...
Sunrise vietovėje Floridoje vyko Jungtinių Valstijų studentų NCBA (National Collegiate Boxing Association) nacionalinis čempionatas (turnyras). Jame dalyvavo virš 30 universitetų ir Rytų (East), Vidurio Vakarų (Mid West) ir Tolimųjų Vakarų (Far West) divizionų. Vyrų grupėje boksininkai rungėsi 11 sk...
As tensions are brewing between Russia and the West, the three tiny states on the coast of the Baltic Sea - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - seem to be at the epicentre of this imminent showdown.
The decision of the Lithuanian Seimas to re-introduce conscription was welcome. It was a crucial step not only because of the growing geopolitical threat but more importantly because it builds a healthy, solid and Western society and a state that has confidence in itself.
The Lithuania Tribune spoke with Viljar Vebeel, Lecturer in the University of Tartu & Lecturer of European Union Policies in Estonian School of Diplomacy. What are the weaknesses and strengths of Baltic military cooperation, we asked Mr. Vebeel.
