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US-organized military drill opens in Baltic Sea

International exercise BALTOPS involving about 49 ships, 61 aircrafts and more than 5,000 troops from 17 NATO countries and the Alliance's partner-states...

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Lithuanian defence minister discusses cooperation with UK ambassador (1)

On 4 June Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas discussed NATO reassurance measures in the Baltic region, bilateral defence cooperation and other...

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1 of 3 new rescue helicopters arrive in Lithuania Air Force base

The new helicopter Eurocopter AS365N3+ Dauphin of the Lithuanian Air Force landed at the Šiauliai airbase on Tuesday, the Ministry of National Defence...

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NATO jets in Lithuania scrambled 5 times over Russian planes (1)

NATO fighter jets protecting the Baltic airspace were scrambled five times last week to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation, flying...

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Lithuanian officer begins service in new naval EU operation in Rome

Lithuania is joining the European Union -led Operation Naval Force in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED) by posting an officer to the headquarters of the...

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NATO starts one of biggest exercises Saber Strike 2015 in Baltic states (1)

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About 40 Lithuanian volunteer troops to attend exercise in US

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Lithuanian diplomat allowed to see spying suspect in Russia

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NATO jets scrambled from Lithuania over Russian military transport plane

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Human rights organization visits Lithuanian spying suspect in Moscow prison

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Lithuanian citizen formally charged with espionage in Russia

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Baltic and Ukrainian defence ministers to discuss Ukraine assistance

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NATO jets took off from Lithuania twice last week to accompany Russian planes

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Five foreign soldiers get metal poisoning during training in Lithuania

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Exercise Lightning Bolt 2015 ends in Lithuania

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Lithuanian defence minister apologises for poorly coordinated aircraft search operation (1)

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Body of one missing Lithuanian pilot found inside sunken plane

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Lithuania's prosecutors to launch investigation into airplane search operation

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No floating objects found in Baltic Sea in missing pilots search operation

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Russia claims to have caught Lithuanian spy ^{Spy wars "hotting up"}

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Missing Lithuanian plane found sunken in Baltic Sea, search for pilots continues

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Additional forces join search for missing Lithuanian plane

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Lithuania resumes search for missing An-2 plane in Baltic Sea

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Lithuanian soldiers train in international exercise in Norway

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Lithuania's defence minister grants conscription exemption for celebrities

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Lithuania's Defence Ministry releases military draft list

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Lightning Bolt 2015 wargames end with military operation in Švenčionėliai

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Conscription notices to be sent to 37,000 men in Lithuania

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French warship to visit Klaipėda port

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Large military exercise starting off Lithuania's Baltic coast