Very High Readiness Joint Task Force

Rugsėjo 7 d., Generolo Silvestro Žukausko poligone Pabradėje pristatytas NATO itin aukštos parengties greitojo reagavimo pajėgų poreikiams skirtos infrastruktūros vystymo projektas.

Priešas sugriovė tiltą netoli Telneseto kaimo centrinėje Norvegijos dalyje. Vokiečių ir norvegų kariai atvyko per vėlai, kad išgelbėtų strateginį objektą. Glomos upės pakrantėje įsikūrusiems karo inžinieriams teko suręsti mobiliąją perkėlą. Jeigu vyktų tikras karas, jiems būtų tekę suktis greičiau. ...

The NATO summit in Warsaw has been lauded as historical, a breaking point that gave the Baltic states and Poland a reason to celebrate and stop fearing potential aggression from Russia.

На последней перед варшавским саммитом встрече министры обороны НАТО одобрили план размещения небольших сил альянса в Балтии и Польше. Соседи России хотели бы большего, но пока довольны и этим.

NATO's rapid response force is not ready to be used to counter a possible Russian attack in the Baltics and Poland, according to two alliance commanders speaking to the Financial Times.

Ludo Segers talks to the Dutch ambassador about taking over the presidency of the European council, on why David Cameron’s speech on getting a new deal for Britain with the EU was not anti-European, on how the Netherlands security interests are intrinsically intertwined with those of Lithuania and t...

The Baltic air policing mission was "a very good experience" for Italian pilots, Chief of Defence of Italy General Claudio Graziano said in Vilnius on Tuesday.

“The Establishment of a NATO headquarters in Lithuania and six other Allies testifies that NATO is taking all necessary steps to provide security to its member states and to be prepared to implement the tasks necessary to deter anyone attempting on the security and territorial integrity of any of th...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday opened the NATO Force Integration Units (NFIU) in Vilnius. This and five other NFIUs in Central and Eastern European countries have been set up in response to Russia's actions in Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will on Thursday officially announce the opening of the NATO Force Integration Units (NFIU) in Lithuania and five other Central and Eastern European countries that want greater NATO presence in the region to deter Ru...

NATO command centres officially start operating in Lithuania and five other Eastern European countries on Tuesday.

Lietuvoje atidaromame NATO štabe dirbs apie 40 karių, iš kurių maždaug pusę deleguos sąjungininkai. Planuojama, kad štabe dirbs atstovai iš daugiau nei 10 NATO valstybių, antradienį pranešė Krašto apsaugos ministerija.

Allied high readiness elements might come to Lithuania next year for training and certification of a NATO headquarters being established in Lithuania, its Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Mindaugas Petkevičius says.

The progress made in the establishment of a NATO headquarters, the NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) in Vilnius, its leadership, tasks and organization will be presented to national defence leadership, foreign defence attachés in Lithuania, and media at the headquarters of the Joint Staff of the Li...

Chief of the General Staff of the Portuguese Armed Forces General Artur Neves Pina Monteiro is arriving in Lithuania on Monday for an official visit at the invitation of Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas.

Introducing the Government's annual activity report for 2014 at the Seimas, parliament, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius started with the mention of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal project, the adoption of the euro and augmentation of Lithuania's defence capabilities.

Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces General Mieczyslaw Gocul arrived in Lithuania on Wednesday on a formal visit to discuss points of defence cooperation and security situation in the region.

During a visit to Vilnius, U.S. Mission to NATO DCM Lee Litzenberger acknowledged that the hybrid war Russian President Putin is fighting in Ukraine has prompted discussions about how Article 5 of the Washington Treaty can be applied. And these questions have no answers yet.

A top NATO general will come to Vilnius on Tuesday and is scheduled to meet with the Lithuanian army leadership to discuss the security situation in the region and the deployment of NATO capabilities in the country.

The Lithuanian army will expand its forces by 450 troops every year, the country's Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said on Monday, presenting activity guidelines for the coming six years.