BNS The European Union’s (EU) efforts of enhancing the common defence policy strengthen, not undermine trans-Atlantic solidarity with the United States, the head of the European Defence Agency Claude-France Arnould said in Vilnius. She is in Lithuania to discuss the country’s upcoming presidency over the …
A deputy chair of the Committee on European Affairs in the Lithuanian Seimas thinks the militarisation of Belarus is aimed at NATO member states. He spoke to www.charter97.org about the Belarusian ruler’s threats to Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. The Lithuanian MP thinks Lukashenka makes such …
The missile defence system under development in Poland may become a regional project, however, the time is too early for negotiations with partners, Polish Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said during a visit in Lithuania. “We are open to see the project becoming a project of …
BNS Lithuania plans to join NATO’s anti-piracy Operation Ocean Shield near the coats of Somalia 2014, the Baltic country’s Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas says. “We plan to join in 2014. By that time, we will have gained experience in the European Union’s operation …
BNS Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius has stressed the importance of closer cooperation between the European Union and NATO at an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Dublin. At the meeting, Linkevicius raised the issue of EU-NATO relations and called for making …
On 20 March in Athens, Director of the Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department Gediminas Varvuolis presented to Greek officials highlights of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy of Lithuania’s EU Presidency, scheduled events, and discussed bilateral security dialogue of the two countries as …
Lithuania is experiencing increasing threats from cyber espionage and information attacks financed by foreign intelligence services, aiming to form a negative opinion about the country’s foreign policies and national defense, shows a report published by the government. The document, which will be submitted to the …
On March 18-22 military personnel of King Mindaugas Motorised Infantry Battalion assigned to the European Union Battlegroup (EUBG) will be attending evaluation exercise in Pabradė Training Area, informed kam.lt. Approximately 120 members of King Mindaugas Battalion will conduct standby in a high-readiness unit of the …
Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas says that Europe does not consider the United States’ decision to renounce one of the elements of its anti-missile defense system a “treason”, and existing plans perfectly ensure protection of NATO’s European part. According to the minister, at a …
On March 19-20 Chief of Defence of the Kingdom of Denmark General Peter Bartram will be conducting a visit in Lithuania, informs kam.lt. The guest will meet with Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Arvydas Pocius, and other …
President Dalia Grybauskaite says the United States’ decision against deploying elements of an anti-missile defense system in Poland, the so-called missile interceptors, should not affect NATO’s plans to defend its whole territory, including Lithuania. “The US decision on the review of the implementation of the …
In a meeting with the Ambassadors of the three Baltic States on March 11 in the Hague Defence Minister of the Netherlands Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert made a formal notification of the decision of the Netherlands to ensure security of Lithuania’s, Latvia’s and Estonia’s airspace by contributing …
On 6 March in Baku, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with leaders of Azerbaijan and emphasized Lithuanian’s support for the country’s EU bid, informed urm.lt. Linkevičius held meetings with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov, Defence …
On March 6 and 7 Chief of Defence of Germany General Volker Wieker is conducting a visit in Lithuania. The guest has already met with Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas and Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Arvydas Pocius and other representatives of …
On March 6 and 7 Chief of Defence of Germany General Volker Wieker will be paying a visit to Lithuania, informed kam.lt. The guest will meet with Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Arvydas Pocius and other representatives …
During the visit to Tbilisi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius held meetings with the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze, informs urm.lt. The meetings discussed bilateral relations, the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, and …
Giorgi Papalashvili | the Lithuania Tribune Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Linas Linkevičius advises PM and president of Georgia to make a statement together about the foreign course of Georgia. Linkevičius had an official visit to Caucasus. The first country he went was Georgia. As …
Lithuania hopes for closer economic cooperation with the United States, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Vydas Gedvilas said on Monday following a meeting with US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah Ann McCarthy. “Being glad about successful cooperation between the United States and Lithuania in the areas …
Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius says he was surprised by his Estonian counterpart’s recent statement to the new US secretary of state on Tallinn’s aspiration to move part of the Baltic air policing mission. According to Linkevicius, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet’s …
Lithuania has several neighbours. Relations with three of them – Belarus, Poland, and Russia – are tense or hostile, writes Kestutis Girnius for DELFI. We get along better with Latvia, but the relations are just correct rather than warm. We lack the close co-operation that marks the interrelations among the Northern …
