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A nighttime curfew will be in place in certain parts of Vilnius on 7-8 May due to a military exercise, city authorities have said.

Chief of Defence of Lithuania Gen Valdemaras Rupšys conducting a working visit to the United States met with Deputy Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Lt Gen Stephen D. Sklenka, reports the Armed Forces.

Over 10,000 active reserve soldiers will receive their call-up notices for training in April and May, the military said Tuesday. More than 2,500 cadets are expected to be called up to the spring exercise Thunder Storm 2024, the largest national exercise organised since Lithuania regained its indepen...

On 3 February, the Armed Forces noticed a suspicious login into a user account of its ILIAS distant learning system. The military confirmed this to the public broadcaster LRT.

Lithuanians are increasingly more confident about the national armed forces and military career, the number of citizens pro the universal conscription is also going up, while the support to Lithuania’s NATO membership and Ukraine’s membership prospects is especially high, the Ministry of National De...

Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkēvičs on Tuesday met with Lieutenant General Leonids Kalniņš, Commander of the National Armed Forces (NBS), at the Riga Castle, the presidency reports.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė says it would take around five years for Lithuania to be ready for universal conscription. This time span would see the training of the required number of non-commissioned officers and officers, installation of the necessary infrastructure and procurement of weapons, ...