German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will arrive in Lithuania in May to visit the first servicemembers of Germany’s Bundeswher stationed in the country, President Gitanas Nausėda announced Tuesday
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President Gitanas Nausėda rejects the proposal that value added tax (VAT) would be raised to fund Lithuania’s defence needs. He suggests taxing business instead.
Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas on Friday presented the concept of military commandant’s office. This volunteer system would be activated in case of martial law and contribute to Lithuania’s defence.
A massive group of illegal migrants have aggressively tried to cross into Poland from Belarus, says Interior Ministry Agnė Bilotaitė, calling the incident an attack orchestrated by the Belarusian regime.
On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda opened the Baltic Sea High Level Energy Security Meeting at Vilnius Town Hall, said the president’s press service.
Minister of National Defence of Lithuania Laurynas Kasčiūnas is paying a visit to Ukraine on Wednesday where he met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas hopes that German armament manufacturer Rheinmetall will open its munitions factory in Lithuania by the end of 2025.
The Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence on Monday elected MP Arvydas Pocius as its new chair. Parliament is yet to approve the appointment.
National Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas on Monday greeted in German the first troops of Germany’s brigade upon arrival in Vilnius. The minister stated he would do anything in his power to make them feel comfortable in Lithuania.
The National Audit Office announces it has carried out an audit “Strengthening State Border Security”, which assessed the implementation of surveillance systems in Lithuania at the external border of the European Union (EU).
On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. The president and the Ukrainian prime minister discussed Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the situation on the frontline, the need for military and financial support, Ukraine’s reconstruction and joint Lithuan...
The Ministry of National Defence has announced that first soldiers from the German brigade assigned to Lithuania will arrive in Vilnius next week.
On 25-31 March, the NATO Air Policing Mission fighter aircraft were scrambled six times to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the National Defence Ministry reports.
Security and defence cooperation between Lithuania and Norway is highly important to the entire NATO alliance, says President Gitanas Nausėda as he met with Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon.
German defence company Rheinmetall has announced plans to build an ammunition factory in Lithuania. Deputy Minister of the Economy and Innovation Karolis Žemaitis revealed that the final decision on the plant should become known in near future.
The Ministry of National Defence says it has no information on a health incident at last year’s NATO summit in Vilnius related to so-called Havana syndrome, which reportedly affected a US official.
On 29 March 2004, Lithuania became a full-fledged member of the North Atlantic Organisation, NATO. The strongest defensive alliance in the world, of 32 members by this time, is Lithuania’s security guarantee, underscores the Ministry of National Defence.
MP Saulius Skvernelis believes that a 5 percentage point raise of the corporate income tax may be considered after Lithuanian companies showed their determination to contribute to defence funding. The leader of the party Democrats For Lithuania argues that higher taxation would create a sustainable ...
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė welcomes the recent initiative of Lithuanian businesses urging politicians to agree on raising defence spending to 4% of gross domestic product (GDP). However, she prefers to keep the ambition realistic and reach consensus on at least 3% of GDP at the start.
Conservative MP Arvydas Anušauskas, former minister of national defence, suggests that Conservative MP Arvydas Pocius, former chief of defence, would be appointed as chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence.
