Over 250 soldiers and civilian staff of the armed forces are to take part in an international special forces exercise Flaming Sword this spring.
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Over the past few years Lithuania has been buying plenty of new weaponry for its armed forces, but the purchase of ammunition reserves to go with them has not kept pace.
About 67% of the Lithuanian population fully or in part agree on the need to increase defence funding to 2% of the gross domestic product (GDP), shows a poll published by the Ministry of National Defence.
The Ministry of National Defence spent €20,000 supporting Lithuanian racer Benediktas Vanagas' participation in the prestigious Dakar Rally.
Lithuania could become a regional logistics centre for the US military, says Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas.
Lithuania sent over 200,000 packages of medication to Ukraine on Friday in response to a request by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health.
Three new Eurocopter helicopters, purchased by the Lithuanian Air Force, are to be put into use patrolling and performing rescuing operations.
The Lithuanian army is to buy 340 trucks produced by the German company Daimler AG in a deal worth €60 million, the Ministry of National Defence has announced.
Military conscription, which was reinstated in Lithuania last year, was one of the reasons behind a hike in emigration, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius believes.
When Lithuania had huddled up under NATO’s wing, it felt more secure and even unconcerned as to where it would get more funding for its army or how it could modernize it. The events in Georgia and Ukraine, however, jolted the Baltic country out of its lethargy and forced it to look at how it can str...
The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence is releasing lists of potential draftees on Monday. Last minute changes due to a technical error will not delay the release.
Lithuania expects to conclude its deal with Artec over acquiring infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) Boxer in July, the country's army chief Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said. Before that, the army needs to finish talks with the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) which will ...
On Monday, the latest list of Lithuanian men selected for the draft will be published. Though the list will include 3,000 men, 600 have already volunteered to fill those positions. Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas expressed his hope that, in 2016, the Lithuanian military's draft requiremen...
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry said that NATO jets patrolling airspace over the Baltic Countries scrambled 160 times to intercept Russian planes in 2015, up 14% on the previous year.
The management of Lithuania's airfields will be entrusted to municipalities after a decision by the government‘s Strategic Committee. However, Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis said that municipalities would not be forced to take the responsibility for the airfields.
Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence has released data on interceptions of vessels and aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders from December 21 to 27. Such reports, released every week or two, give insight into the frequency and nature of the Russian Air Force's operations in the Balt...
The Lithuanian government announced on Monday that it would scrap 1,290 positions in government agencies from April of next year.
At the beginning of the year, Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence released a booklet for civilians and military personnel alike called Prepare to Survive Emergencies and War with tips on surviving hostile invasions and other calamities. Now, the ministry has released an updated version with new...
Russia is using the conflict in Syria as a testing ground for its military, which represents a growing danger for Lithuania, says the chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, Artūras Paulauskas.
A new list of candidates for the military draft will be compiled in three weeks, the Ministry of National Defence announced on Monday. However, people who were on the old list but have not reported for medical check-ups will not get off the hook and will be hit with fines.
