Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis has welcomed an increase in defense spending, planned in the European Union's new budget as the Commission proposed last week.
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Lithuania has joined the European Union (EU) initiative OCEAN2020 aimed at boosting naval technological research in surveillance and interdiction missions.
Lithuania has suggested establishing a so-called military Schengen project within the European Union (EU) to facilitate movement of military capacities, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the European Union must invest more in its defense and do so more efficiently.
Lithuania's government supports the European Commission (EC) initiative to set up a European Defense Fund, which Brussels believes would enable countries of the community to make more efficient investments in the weaponry they purchase.
