Lithuania's parliament restated its plans to meet the commitment to NATO in terms of raising defence funding and reasserted the importance of strategic partnership with the United States.
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About 4,000 Lithuanian and Allied troops will attend Iron Sword 2016 exercise held in Lithuania in late November through early December, the Defence Ministry said.
The United States Embassy has called for an explanation of how the semi-automatic weapons M14 used by US snipers and donated to Lithuania's Armed Forces ended up in the hands of private individuals, delfi.lt news portal said.
Lithuania plans to spend over 100 million euros on Norwegian and US air defense systems NASAMS.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces are starting an exercise of reconnaissance units on Monday involving about 200 troops.
The story of overpriced kitchen utensils has markedly pulled down the public confidence in Lithuania's Armed Forces and Defence Minister Juozas Olekas, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday.
The Lithuanian parliament's biggest opposition group, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), has collected signatures for initiation of the interpellation procedure against Social Democratic Minister of Defence Juozas Olekas.
A purchase of kitchen utensils by the Lithuanian Army two years ago may end up a subject of criminal investigation after public procurement watchdogs found the state paid eight times the market price to a company that has won over 50 public contracts.
Another officer of Lithuania's Armed Forces left for the European Union-led Sophia operation to curb illegal migration in the Mediterranean Sea region. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Lithuania's Armed Forces decided to reclaim ownership of an airfield in Kazlų Rūda which was intended to be converted into a Formula 2 race track.
Lithuania will not respond to an asylum request via YouTube video from an Afghani refugee saying he has worked with Lithuanian troops in Afghanistan, despite having flown in another Afghani interpreter who made his plea several weeks before.
Russia and Belarus are likely to target infiltrating Lithuania's Armed Forces via new recruits and conscripts, according to the Lithuanian Security Institutions’ annual report on Wednesday.
A Vilnius court on Friday sentenced Andrey Osurkov, a former paramedic of Lithuania's Armed Forces, to three years in prison for spying for Belarus.
Mandatory military service lists in Lithuania for 2016 will be finalized on 7 January 2016. As in 2015, next year 3,000 young men will join the 9-month mandatory service.
Lithuania's Armed Forces on Tuesday signed a contract on procuring PzH2000 self-propelled howitzers from the German Armed Forces.
All procedures of buying about 100 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) are conducted in line with the law and in transparent manner, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee.
Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says that the country is choosing infantry fighting vehicles from more than two options.
Lithuania is choosing infantry fighting vehicles from two offers, says Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas.
Lithuania's defence minister has been forced to reassure that the country's military does not discriminate against gay men after an army psychiatrist claimed that homosexuality was an exclusion criteria in selecting servicemen.
Sergeant Rolandas Nakvosas is the Squad leader of the 2nd Surveillance Squad of the Heavy Artillery Company, King Mindaugas Hussar Battalion of Lithuania.