Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė highlights that officers responsible for domestic security must be properly trained to respond to all internal threats. Their qualifications must meet the highest requirements, she says. […]
Lithuanian citizens, who are allowed to allocate 2 percent of their income tax for organizations of their choice, have distributed 15m euro this year, benefiting some 22,000 institutions and NGOs. The biggest beneficiary this year is the Lithuanian army. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on the LRT TV programme Savaitė that he would do everything to keep Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis in his position. […]
The statement made by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Friday that Lithuania would not participate in any coalition against the Islamic State that would involve Russia has been scorned in Moscow. […]
Lithuania‘s police officers have expressed their support for Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis who handed his letter of resignation to the prime minister on Friday, following criticism by Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė and President Dalia Grybauskaitė. The Lithuanian Department of the International Police Association and the National Association of Officers‘ Trade Unions of Lithuania have distributed statements declaring support for Mr. Skvernelis. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Lithuania would not be willing to join any coalition against the Islamic State that would include Russia as long as Moscow engages in aggression against Ukraine and Georgia. […]
Lithuanian Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis handed his letter of resignation to the prime minister on Friday afternoon, the ministry has informed. […]
During World War Two, Nazi Germany‘s submarines would regularly attack Allied forces. In response, the Allies formed special brigades to monitor German submarines. One of these brigades included a serviceman named Zenonas Lukošius, a Lithuanian expatriate. He has become a hero of WWII. […]
A pre-trial investigation into the actions of police officers and handling of service weapons was launched after Thursday’s incident when a fugitive fled from a police vehicle with an officer’s automatic rifle. The investigation has been transferred to Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office. […]
The presidents of Lithuania and Latvia say the two countries will not agree to accepting more refugee quotas unless the European Union takes simultaneous measures to secure the EU’s external borders. […]
After a major search operation of a fugitive who on Thursday escaped from a police vehicle stealing officer’s assault rifle and his ultimate arrest on the same day, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has called on the police to improve police officers’ training. […]
Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis says that the police will launch an internal investigation into the actions of officers that led to the escape of a fugitive who also stole an automatic rifle. According to the minister, there is no reason for any resignations of high-ranking officers. […]
On 19 November, a shipment of euro banknotes arrived in Vilnius International Airport. From there, the euro banknotes, with a police escort, were safely delivered to the Bank of Lithuania‘s vaults, the country’s central bank said. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has named ways to prevent corruption on the LRT radio show “60 minučių”. […]
Recent scandals of alleged corruption surrounding the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) should not damage the party’s popularity, says Romas Mačiūnas, a sociologist at public opinion and market research company Baltijos Tyrimai. In early October, before the party came into the media attention following corruption accusations, the social democrats were supported by a quarter of all voters, a similar number as in September. […]
The Lithuanian Agriculture Ministry, the Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service and China‘s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine have signed a protocol requirements for exporting Lithuanian dairy products to China. […]
An extraordinary chase operation was held in Vilnius in Thursday evening. Around 3,000 police officers were searching for Igor Molotkov, a detainee who managed to grab a Kalashnikov rifle from the police and run. After five hours of manhunt, the fugitive was arrested near the Railway Station, on Palesos street. […]
On Friday, 20 November, at 11:00 a.m., Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet with Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at the Palanga Amber Museum. […]
The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, has adopted amendments to election laws that will prevent members of the European Parliament, municipal councils and town mayors from running for parliament without risking their mandates. […]
Copyright © 2025 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes