The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) has arrived in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda for a scheduled port visit.
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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 is starting in the Baltic Sea on Friday.
On 21 May, at 4:10 PM, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre of the Lithuanian Navy decided to terminate the above-water search operation to find two pilots of the Lithuanian aircraft An-2.
Lithuania's Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas turned to the Prosecutor General's Office asking to launch a pre-trial investigation into how the search and rescue operation of the aircraft An-2 and its crew was carried out.
Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas will visit the Navy's headquarters in the port city of Klaipėda on Wednesday to inspect the initial results and course of the efforts to locate the missing An-2 airplane and its two pilots, the ministry said.
An international naval exercise Baltic Fortress 2015 is starting in the Baltic Sea off the Lithuanian coast on Monday, involving 20 warships and three international staffs.
Sweden and Russia will discuss the hindrances for the laying of the NordBalt cable next week. Sweden's Foreign Ministry told BNS that the Lithuanian project should proceed without any obstacles.
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Lithuania officially ended over six-month long period of command of NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1). On January 22, Commander Giedrius Premeneckas (Lithuanian Navy) handed over command of SNMCMG1 to Commander Peter A.J. Bergen Henegouwen (Royal Netherlands Navy) at Den Helder naval ba...
Russian naval ships will go on more missions in 2015 than before, Chief of Russian General Staff General Valery Gerasimov said on Monday.
Upon completion of the active duty in the NATO Response Force Lithuanian Naval ship LNS Jotvingis, a flag ship of Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group One (SNMCMG1), is returning to Klaipėda, Lithuania. Lithuanian Naval Officer Commander Giedrius Premeneckas will continue to command SNMCMG1 fro...
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In October, the Swedish Navy, after several years of calm, once again mounted an operation to identify and avert under-water intruders operating in Swedish territorial waters. Media speculated wildly about the reasons why anyone (read Russia) should have a reason to conduct an operation in the Stock...
Amid increased frequency of Russian army provocations in the Baltic Sea, NATO will step up presence of its forces there in 2015, says Commander Maritime Command at NATO Headquarters Vice-Admiral Peter Hudson.
On 10 September, Vice Admiral Peter Derek Hudson (Royal Navy), the Commander of the NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM) at Northwood, conducted a visit in Vilnius, the Ministry of National Defence informs.
The Lithuanian Navy's ship Kuršis will attend events of the NATO summit in Wales, the Defence Ministry said on Monday.
On Wednesday, a combined exercise concluded in the territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of Lithuania in the Baltic Sea. The training event was attended by vessels from the Lithuanian Navy and Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1), said the Ministry of National Defence.
Thursday morning, German Navy Commander Gunther Brassel handed over command of Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1) to Lithuanian Navy Commander Giedrius Premeneckas during a brief ceremony conducted by NATO Allied Maritime Command’s Deputy Chief of Staff Submarines, Rear Admiral ...
On Thursday, Lithuania is taking charge of Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1). Commander Giedrius Premeneckas of the Lithuanian Navy will take over as Commander SNMCMG1 from German Navy Commander Gunther Brassel, the Ministry of National Defence informs.
A Russian submarine and corvette were detected near Latvia's economic zone on Sudnay, informs LETA, quoting Latvia's National Armed Forces.
