Again, this article will not be related to the structure, clans, their interrelations, and KGB basis in Putin’s current regime. This essay is a sequel of the previous piece which aimed to take another glimpse at Putin’s suspicious links with international terrorism.
Afghanistan
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Lithuania, as an active member of international community - NATO, the European Union, the United Nations - this year is planning to participate in six multinational operations and missions, about 100 Lithuanian troops will be deployed abroad, the Ministry of National Defence said.
Up to 100 Lithuanian troops will continue their service in Afghanistan next year, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas said during a meeting with Lithuanian soldiers serving in the NATO peace support operation in Afghanistan.
On 5 December, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas and his delegation is visiting Lithuanian military personnel serving in the multinational mission in Afghanistan, the Ministry of National Defence informs.
Lithuania intends to call off its mission performing development cooperation work in Afghanistan as of March 2015.
Although international law as a concept of general principles and customs has been known for centuries, reaching as back as Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome, discussions concerning its existence and common application reached its apogee only in the 20th century; however, neither the theoretical discus...
Up to 100 Lithuanian soldiers will serve in the NATO mission in Afghanistan next year, training Afghan forces, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said on Tuesday.
A Lithuanian-led group who trained helicopter pilots and helicopter technical maintenance personnel of the Afghan National Army has finished their mission.
A meeting of chiefs of defense of NATO member-states is starting in Vilnius on Friday to address efforts to step up security in Eastern Europe and the future of the mission in Afghanistan.
Ten years ago on 3 September 2004 at exactly 13:00 in Beslan, North Ossetia, Chechen terrorists allowed the bodies of local people who had been killed and left lying there for three days in front of a school, to be gathered up. On 1 September the 34 Chechen terrorists had taken about 1200 teenagers ...
Seven NATO states are to create a new joint expeditionary force of at least 10,000 personnel to improve NATO’s rapid deployment ability, the Estonian Defence Ministry said on Saturday. The new force will be led by the United Kingdom.
During his trip to Afghanistan, Lithuania's Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas on Thursday met with Ambassador Maurits Jochems, NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. (USA), Commander ISAF, and Jan Kubis, the Special Representative for Afghanistan ...
Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas on a visit in Afghanistan discussed perspectives of further cooperation with Afghanistan's Deputy Minister of Defence Enayatullah Nazari and Deputy Minister of Finance Shafiq Ahmad Qarizada, the Ministry of National Defence informs.
A delegation led by Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday to visit Lithuanian troops that are part of the NATO ISAF operation, the Ministry of National Defence said.
Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas presented Lithuania's priorities for 4-5 September 2014 NATO Summit in Wales to newly selected US general officers and flag officers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas has been appointed new chief of defence of Lithuania. He will start his five-year term on Jul. 24, the Lithuanian president’s press service said on Tuesday. He will replace Lieutenant General Arvydas Pocius.