Security

Aviation security screening at Kaunas airport has become faster and more convenient for passengers, as three modern three-dimensional computer tomography-based aviation security scanners have been enabled at full capacity. During the check-in procedure, passengers no longer need to remove any electr...

On 4-11 February, NATO Air Policing Mission Detachment fighter aircraft were scrambled three times to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, reports the Ministry of National Defence.

Electric car charging service Ignitis ON suffered a cyberattack on Sunday, 11 February, and data of at least 20,000 clients has been leaked.

The Citizenship Commission convened on Friday and proposed that President Gitanas Nausėda would strip Russian businessman and former KGB employee Yury Kudimov of Lithuanian citizenship that was granted by exception.

Border guards stopped two foreign nationals trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.

Lithuanians are increasingly more confident about the national armed forces and military career, the number of citizens pro the universal conscription is also going up, while the support to Lithuania’s NATO membership and Ukraine’s membership prospects is especially high, the Ministry of National De...

Four foreign nationals were turned away after trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.

NATO Air Policing Mission Detachment fighter aircraft were scrambled twice to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea in the period from 29 January to 4 February, the National Defence Ministry reports.

The National Security Commission on Tuesday proposed the Government to close two more border checkpoints with Belarus at Lavoriškės and Raigardas, banning movement of pedestrians, cyclists, other vehicles and goods as of 1 March.

On Monday, 5 February, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė attended the opening ceremony of the military base in Rokantiškės, just east of Vilnius. In her welcoming speech, she highlighted the substantial investments, nearly half a billion euros, made in the past few years for the infrastructure, stated...

Lithuania has opened the first new military campus since it regained independence over three decades ago. The campus designed for Brigadier General Motiejus Pečiulionis’ Artillery Battalion is located in Pajūris, Šilalė district on Thursday.

The European Union should urgently fulfil its commitments and supply Ukraine with one million artillery pieces, stresses Asta Skaisgirytė, chief foreign affairs adviser to President Gitanas Nausėda.

The Lithuanian Trade Unions’ Confederation says a higher corporate tax on business and progressive taxes would be the right instruments to secure more funding for defence.

The State Security Department (VSD) has examined the ties of Aivaras Stumbras, the son-in-law and business partner of former president Rolandas Paksas, which may pose a threat to national security. According to investigative journalists from the public broadcaster LRT, Stumbras’ business projects ha...

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis hinted Lithuanian soldiers could be deployed to Gotland, Sweden’s largest island in the Baltic Sea, to protect it from Russia.

On Monday, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė convened a meeting of political parties, representatives of business and trade unions to discuss prospects of defence funding and sustainable funding resources. Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas estimates that defence spending should be increa...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis does not rule out that manufacture of Ukrainian drones could be partially relocated to Lithuania. The minister is visiting Ukraine on Thursday.

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Wednesday visited Sweden, where he met with Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Foreign Minister Tobias Billström, Defence Minister Pål Jonson and members of the Riksdag (Parliament), the ministry reports.

President Gitanas Nausėda thinks that Russia will be focused on the war in Ukraine for two more years but ultimately the Kremlin is willing to challenge NATO.

Labour Party’s leader Andrius Mazuronis believes that moving production of Ukrainian drones to Lithuania is a national security interest. According to him, this would create infrastructure for the production of modern drones in Lithuania and ensure that Russia would not be able to destroy the factor...