Lithuanians are concerned about Russia’s plans to allow army use abroad
The www.lrytas.lt quoted the BNS the Lithuanian politicians are showing signs of concern over a bill proposed by the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that would permit to use the Russian armed forces...
View ArticleLithuanian troops should remain in Afghanistan until 2013
The Lithuanian Government has decided today to maintain its military presence in Afghanistan until 2013. The Cabinet of Minister’s in today’s session agreed to back a drafted strategy for Lithuania’s...
View ArticleLithuania denies claims about a secret CIA prison for Qaeda suspects
The US ABC News announced on August 20 that allegedly a secret CIA prison operated in Lithuania until 2005. The Lithuanian officials have denied those allegations. The station informed that the...
View ArticleLithuanian Prime Minister conveys his condolences to Estonia
The Lithuanian Prime Minister Kubilius conveyed his sincere condolences to the people of Estonia over death of two Estonian soldiers in Afghanistan. The two solders died previous Sunday in Kandahar...
View ArticleThe Russians claim to know a secret CIA prison’s location in Lithuania
The Russian state run ‘Russia Today’ TV channel claimed that it knows the location of the secret CIA prison, so called ‘black side prison’. The channel runs a story claiming that this ‘black side...
View ArticleABC News – Lithuania hosted a CIA prison and we fully stand by our reporting
The Lithuanian media informed that the USA TV network ABC News is very likely to renew topic of CIA secret prison (black site) possibly located in Lithuania for a more than a year until late 2005. The...
View ArticleUS abandons its plans in Central Europe, ‘it is not the best message for...
The United States’ decision to abandon its plans to deploy a missile defence shield in Central Europe was met in Lithuania with caution and with a doze of pessimism. The Prime Minster Kubilius stated...
View ArticleUS State Secretary assured of US commitments to its allies
US decision to scrap missile defence system plans in Central Europe was not due to Russia’s stance, the US State Secretary Hillary Clinton assured Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas on...
View ArticleNATO hasn’t a defence plan to defend the Baltics but it would if necessary
The new NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is on a visit to the Baltic States. His visit is taking place when the NATO’s new strategic concept is under preparation. The new strategy should...
View ArticleLithuania calls for a closer military cooperation with Nordic countries
The Lithuanian Minister of Defence has expressed its wish for a closer military cooperation between the Baltic and Nordic nations. The Ministry has issued a press release after the traditional...
View ArticleSweden would intervene militarily to help the Baltic States
Sweden has changed its defence policy and would intervene military to help its Nordic neighbours and the Baltic States, the Swedish Svenska Dagbladet paper writes. The paper reminded that the last...
View ArticleLithuania’s Russians Are Kremlin’s Weapon?
Lithuania’s weekly paper of Russian minority Litovskiy Kuryer on 19 November published an article about a recent presentation of a project called “Humanitarian Aspects of Russia’s Foreign Policy...
View ArticleParliamentary Committee received information about secret CIA prisons in...
The LNK TV station reported that according to its sources the Lithuania’s Parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee was informed today about the secret CIA prisons in Lithuania. The...
View ArticleG.Aleknonis-The Prisons of CIA. Truth under the counter
„At that time in Lithuania two equal forces stood in front of each other – bourgeois nationalists and the labour people. And if our paratroopers wouldn’t have interfered, nobody knows what could have...
View ArticleNATO strengthens Russia’s military
Russia considers NATO as an enemy, but NATO is boosting Russia’s military strength said Lithuania’s Ambassador to NATO Linas Linkevičius on 23 March on a live conference hosted by delfi.lt news portal....
View ArticlePart of SSD’s report should be available to public – committee chair
Part of the State Security Department’s activity report should be available to the public, Arturas Paulauskas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense said in an interview on...
View ArticleLithuania’s ex-formin dismisses successor’s apology in Poland as irresponsible
Former foreign minister Audronius Azubalis on Monday criticized the apology made by his successor Linas Linkevicius in Poland, saying the words meant the situation of the Polish national minority in...
View ArticleLithuania is preparing responsibly for EU presidency
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, informed lrp.lt. The meeting focused on the situation in Europe, topical issues for the EU, Lithuania’s...
View ArticleLithuania and Greece hold security policy consultations in Athens
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...
View ArticlePresident Grybauskaitė outlines her second term agenda: fighting poverty,...
As her second term begins, President Dalia Grybauskaitė held a press conference on Monday, in which she indicated six key items for the next five years, DELFI reports. “I sometimes call my first term...
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