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Police seize hashish cargo worth 20 mln EUR

February 13, 2019 Xinhua 0

The Lithuanian police announced on Wednesday that they have seized 1.5 tons of hashish shipment worth around 20 million euros (22.6 million U.S. dollars), the largest in the country’s history. […]

Lithuanians flood their country with hundreds of rainbow flags as police investigate homophobic arson attacks

September 11, 2018 Romas Zabarauskas 0

In response to a series of seemingly homophobic arson attacks in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Lithuanian LGBT community are importing hundreds of rainbow flags and distributing them for free around the country. Participants in the campaign are defiantly displaying the flags on balconies and in windows, sharing photos with the hashtag #LGBTdraugiškaLietuva (LGBT friendly Lithuania). […]

Darius Jauniškis, Vitas Vasiliauskas, Dainius Žalimas

Poll ranks security chief Jauniškis as Lithuania’s most influential civil servant

August 27, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s elite sees Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department (VSD), as being the most influential among the country’s civil servants and lawyers, Delfi.lt reported on Monday. […]

One of Europe’s most dangerous gangs disbanded in Lithuania – police chief

April 19, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian police detained 19 people linked to an organized crime group during a large-scale operation in the country’s second-biggest city of Kaunas on Tuesday. […]

Lithuanian police won’t tolerate attempts to intimidate officers – police chief

April 12, 2018 BNS 0

The detention of two men suspected of planning an attack on law-enforcement officials in Klaipėda sends a message that attempts to intimidate officers will not be tolerated, Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas said on Wednesday. […]

Lithuanian police protest against intimidation of officers

March 12, 2018 BNS 0

Representatives of the trade union of the Lithuanian police force held a protest action at the Independence Square in Vilnius on Sunday against intimidation of officers. […]

Two sides of police reform

March 5, 2018 Kazys Kazakevicius 0

With the heads of the Interior Ministry and Police Department boasting that the police reform initiated several years ago has met expectations, representatives of police labour unions point to issues in the reform, Lietuvos Žinios […]

Lithuania’s 2017 crime rate up after criminalization of drunk driving – police chief

January 23, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s crime rate last year increased by 5,000, with the rise attributed to the introduction of criminal liability for drinking and driving, Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas says. […]

Lithuanian Interior Ministry to assess police reform in early 2018

December 19, 2017 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Interior Ministry early next year plans to analyze the results of a police reform completed this year, which will have an impact while evaluating Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas‘ performance. […]

Skvernelis’ real team: increasingly more companions in important posts

December 4, 2017 Jurga Tvaskiene 0

There is nothing wrong to enlist the aid of tried and tested companions after taking a high post. Questions do arise, however, when individuals who recently worked in law enforcement structures and have not passed […]

Police chief proposes to restrict certain businesses, cash transactions

October 24, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuanian Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas sees the frequent use of cash as a key factor in the shadow economy and proposes to consider imposing restrictions on marketplaces and construction, transport and car trade businesses, which he says are the sectors where grey activities are most widely spread. […]