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The Tv3.lt news website was hacked on Thursday evening to post a fake news story about Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis.

Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Damir Krsticevic and Mirko Sundov, the Chief of General Staff of the country's Armed Forces, are coming to Lithuania on Thursday evening.

The Lithuanian defense minister had no grounds to suspend Colonel Audronis Navickas, a former Lithuanian Air Force commander, from his duties during an investigation into plans to send military helicopters to Russia for repairs, the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court ruled on Friday.

Implementation of the defense projects planned for 2018 will be short of about 30 million euros, Lithuania's Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Thursday after meeting with top commanders of the country's Armed Forces and its units.

Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis is on Friday taking part in a meeting of the Baltic defence ministers in the Latvian city of Liepaja.

Dutch defense minister and chief of defense will Wednesday visit their country's troops serving in Lithuania.

Croatian troops have joined the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battalion stationed in Lithuania, the Defence Ministry said.

Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis is on Thursday leaving for the United States to attend the Reagan National Defence Forum.

Transferring to universal conscription to Lithuania's Armed Forces would be possible after 2023 by granting an additional 0.2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), says Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis.

Several hundred people gathered in the Cathedral Square in downtown Vilnius on Thursday noon to mark 99 years since the re-establishment of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.

Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis says that universal military conscription in Lithuania is only possible if the country spends more than 2 percent of its GDP on defense.

Lithuania expects to achieve by mid-2018 a breakthrough in NATO talks on the Baltic Sea region's air defense principles, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Wednesday.

The three Baltic countries are discussing how to contribute to the international community's fight against the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East.

Lithuania's Armed Forces plans on purchasing at least 200 US-made armored all-terrain vehicles, the Defense Ministry said.

Lithuania's Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis on Tuesday urged the Baltic and the Nordic states to enhance collective defense.

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov of the Republic of Macedonia is paying a working visit to Lithuania on Friday.

Mid-range air defense systems will cost Lithuania 110 million euros, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Thursday after signing a contract on the acquisition of Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile Systems (NASAMS).

Lithuania's Defense Ministry has proposed a new version of the bill on martial law, which would replace the current language of the law adopted 17 years ago.