The Ministry of National Defence has drawn up the 2024 military conscription list, which will be published on 10 January.
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Latvian security authorities have detained a Russian citizen on suspicion of espionage, dpa reports.
Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas welcomes the idea of a new defence tax as it would help fund the introduction of universal conscription and the acquisition of more air defence systems.
Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says politicians should be very careful when commenting on actions of state institutions amid heated public discussions over a video showing a child being forcibly taken away from his mother.
The Ministry of National Defence held a High-level Seminar for the Eastern Partners and their engagement in the EU Common Security and Defence Policy in Vilnius on 29-30 November. It was attended by senior officials on behalf of Lithuania, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, the ministry reports.
A new defence tax would be realistic only if backed by all parliamentary parties, says Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, noting that she supports the discussion that has recently broken out.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė on Monday attended the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industry Awards, the first event of this kind held in the country.
По данным осеннего рейтинга журнала Top, в стране появились три новых миллиардера – основатели Tesonet Томас Окманас и Эймантас Сабаляускас (их имущество оценивается в 1,05 млрд. евро у каждого) и президент MG grupė Дарюс Моцкус - 1 млрд. евро, сообщает портал Alfa.lt.
В третьем квартале года в литовских стартапах работало 17,7 тыс. талантов. Средняя зарплата в стартап-секторе в настоящее время составляет 3,8 тыс. евро до уплаты налогов, за год она выросла на 12% или 400 евро, сообщает ассоциация "Unicorns Lithuania".
Next year, the Ministry of National Defence will sign an additional agreement with Germany on social conditions for troops of a German brigade to be stationed in Lithuania.
The Ministry of National Defence has announced the launch of development of additional military infrastructure in Rukla. It will be dedicated for artillery and logistics battalions of the Mechanised Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf and for NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group.
President’s chief national security adviser Kęstutis Budrys supports the proposal that conscripts would be allowed to own automatic rifles. The bill has been tabled by Conservative MPs Paulius Saudargas and Laurynas Kasčiūnas
The Ministry of National Defence plans to earmark more than EUR 3.1 billion in the next decade for the acquisition of military supplies. Ammunition will account for 90% of military stocks, while the rest will include engineering equipment and explosives.
On 19 October, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs met with Minister of Culture Agnese Logina at Riga Castle to discuss the priorities of the Minister of Culture, in particular the current situation with the development of the Latvian Media Policy Guidelines for 2023-2027 and support for Latvian re...
Closing some of the border checkpoints is a question of time amid threats posed by the Wagner mercenary group’s presence in Belarus, says the parliament’s security committee chair. Full border closure would be considered if the situation escalates, he says.
The flights of Belarusian helicopters reportedly breaching Polish airspace may have been an attempt by the Lukashenko regime to test its western borders, the chair of the parliament’s security committee says.
The overnight Russian air attacks on the port of Odessa left some 60 thousand tonnes of grain destroyed, most of which was intended for China, says the chair of the Seimas security committee.
US President Joe Biden arrived for bilateral talks with President Gitanas Nausėda in the Presidential Palace on Tuesday morning.
With a week remaining until the NATO Summit in Vilnius, which will take place on 11-12 July, representatives of responsible institutions presented how they have been preparing for the high-level event.
President Gitanas Nausėda disagrees with assumptions that a weakened Putin regime may cause an even greater threat.