National Security and Defence Committee

Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the Social Democratic political group in the Seimas, says that he does not intend to step down as a lawmaker even if a parliamentary probe finds that his actions pose a threat to national security.

Members of the Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee will meet with the chief of the United States Defence Intelligence Agency on Friday.

The Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, appointed to analyze the national security threats posed by MP Mindaugas Bastys' links, wants to interview incumbent and former chiefs of the State Security Department.

Lithuania's parliament adopted amendments allowing members of the Riflemen's Union to keep semi -automatic guns in their homes last summer, however, not a single rifleman has been granted a permit yet.

The state-run company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) that has lately drawn attention from the media and the law-enforcement over lack of transparency was also engaged in million-euro deals with Baltkran company registered in the Russian Kaliningrad region, delfi.lt news portal said...

Lithuania's parliament is opening discussions into the updated National Security Strategy, a document that was last revised in 2012.

Lithuania's government will Wednesday discuss the updated draft National Security Strategy.

The Lithuanian parliament's National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday examined the circumstances of the recall of Colonel Saulius Pikturna from the post of defense attache to Russia after he married a Russian citizen and failed to notify Lithuania of his new marital status.

Russia keep stepping up its military presence in Eastern Europe and will proceed with the plans regardless of what NATO does, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament's National Security and Defence Committee. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking h...

As Lithuania's parliament is debating amendments to gun control legislation, the country's Riflemen Union argues that if its members and military volunteers were allowed to keep semi-automatic weapons, it would greatly boost Lithuania's defence capacity.

The Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD) has proposed restricting access to guns of individuals who are seen as posing a threat to national security.

MP Artūras Paulauskas says his statements several weeks ago about a possible landing of Russian forces on the Lithuanian coast were "hypothetical".

Russian OMRP Spetsnaz units may have landed on the coast of Juodkrantė two years ago. This suggestion by the chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee Artūras Paulauskas, has caused considerable turmoil and concern.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has urged politicians to refrain from speculating on security issues, following a number of suspected border violations by Russia.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has refused to comment on reports that Russians could have landed on Lithuanian territory on the Curonian Spit, saying that no comments should be expected from officers either.

MP Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, suggested in an interview that Russian forces could have landed on the Lithuanian coast of the Curonian Spit during military exercise.