Politics notices and news from Lithuania.
Lithuania should introduce universal military conscription from 2030, opposition Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats leader Laurynas Kasčiūnas said Tuesday as he registered legislative amendments proposing an overhaul of the country’s draft system.
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said restoring full diplomatic representation between Lithuania and China should not be directly linked to changing the name of Taiwan’s representative office in Vilnius, stressing that normalising relations is a pragmatic goal.
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More than 200 American troops will arrive in Lithuania starting Tuesday as Washington resumes its military troop rotations in the Baltic country, President Gitanas Nausėda said.
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Lithuanian Transport Minister Juras Taminskas said on Monday that he hopes the installation of a new government in Latvia will improve cooperation on the troubled Rail Baltica project, reports Lithuanian public media LRT.
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Vilnius hoped a change of government in Latvia would help unblock the Rail Baltica railway project that has been plagued by delays, Lithuanian Transport Minister Juras Taminskas said on Monday.
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South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace has signed memorandums of understanding with four Lithuanian companies to cooperate on producing and integrating air defence systems, the companies and the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industry Association said on Monday.
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International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Lithuania's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating at A+ with a stable outlook, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday.
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Lithuania's expansion of its air force base in Šiauliai will allow it to accommodate 500 to 750 NATO troops “on a rotational basis”, the Defence Ministry said on Monday.
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Lithuania expects a vote in the EU on ending seasonal clock changes in late June 2027, the Transport and Communications Ministry said.
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Politicians, military officials and industry leaders are gathering in Vilnius for a two-day conference on Baltic defence strategies and lessons from Russia's war in Ukraine, starting on Monday.
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