SocietyLaw-enforcement officials on Thursday are conducting searches at the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor's Office. Tactical equipment of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion in Lithuania arrives from Germany2017-02-23, 10:31On February 24 military equipment of the mechanised infantry battalion of the Bundeswehr will be brought to Lithuania from Grafenwöhr (Germany) by railway. Roughly 60 items, including Leopard tanks, Marder IFVs, Dachs engineer tanks, and other vehicles, will equip one of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) maneuver companies. Lithuanian soldier awarded the Star of Afghanistan Medal by decree of the President of Poland2017-02-22, 12:18On February 21 Lithuanian Armed Forces Major Mangirdas Vaznys was awarded the Star of Afghanistan Medal by decree of the President of Poland HE Andrzej Duda. The officer who is currently serving with the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces received the medal for merits in the Resolute Support Mission, Afghanistan, 2016. Vilnius' local authority has selected the best concept for a monument to Jonas Basanavicius, one of the most prominent pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival movement of the late 19th century, that is planned to be erected in the capital's Old Town. The Lithuanian decision to ban broadcasts of the Russian television channel RTR Planeta for instigation of hatred is not in violation of the European Union's (EU) law, the European Commission said on Friday. On 15 February, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Ambassador Moushira Khattab, Egypt’s candidate for the position of UNESCO Director-General, who visited Lithuania to present her candidacy. “There may be more of information attacks as NATO improves security of its eastern borders,” Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis said on February 16 at a session of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting dedicated to the implementation of the NATO Summit in Warsaw decisions on enhanced deterrence and defence. The Lithuanian Minister and his German counterpart were solid in stressing together that hostile forces would try to compromise the NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battalion, so all Allies had to be ready to immediately counter information attacks. If the EU is to boost its capacity to act, restore citizens’ trust and make the euro zone economy more resilient to outside shocks, it needs to make full use of the Lisbon Treaty. But to go further, it needs to reform itself more fundamentally. This was the key message of three resolutions exploring the future development of the European Union approved by Parliament on Thursday. Today is 99th anniversary of independence of Lithuania. The NordBalt power interconnection between Lithuania and Sweden is out of service again due to a cable fault. |
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