Defence
Lithuanian government proposes 30 pct pay rise for intelligence officers
The Lithuanian government proposed on Wednesday to increase intelligence officers’ salaries by almost one-third. […]
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Politics
Lithuanian PM glad doctor protests free of politics
The mass protest action held in Vilnius on Thursday over salaries of health professionals and other reforms in the health care sector did not turn into a political event, says Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
CORPORATE
Kęstutis Girnius. Hybrid wars should not be fought in the dark
Sometimes it is not difficult to predict future developments. With the State Security Department [VSD] naming the Russian Zapad 2017 exercise the main challenge to Lithuanian national security in February, I understood that they are […]
Politics
Constitutional Court opens MP Bastys’ impeachment case
The Lithuanian Constitutional Court began on Tuesday a public hearing on MP Mindaugas Bastys‘ impeachment case. […]
Economy
Lithuanian energy minister promises to seek compromise on vetting strategic companies’ deals
Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas says that a compromise satisfying all parties would be sought in parliamentary debates on proposals to obligate companies important for national security to notify authorities about large transactions. […]
Defence
Lithuanian security chief: We must avoid hysteria when discussing threats
Darius Jauniškis, the director of the Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD), says that intelligence agencies are increasingly open to communication with the public as they cannot remain invisible services in this information age. […]
Society
Unreliable persons entered Lithuania due to migration system gaps – security chief
Unreliable individuals have entered Lithuania due to gaps in the country’s migration system, says Darius Jauniškis, chief of the State Security Department (VSD). […]
Society
Dargužaitė, Vasiliauskas, Vilytė top list of Lithuania’s most influential civil servants
Government chancellor Milda Dargužaitė, central bank governor Vitas Vasiliauskas and public procurement chief Diana Vilytė are ranked as Lithuania’s most influential civil servants, Delfi.lt reported on Monday. […]
Politics
12 Lithuanian MPs failed to apply for access to classified info
Thirteen Lithuanian parliamentarians have not applied for permits to work with classified information, although they should have the permits to perform their functions, Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department, said on Thursday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian firms plan to go ahead with data center project
AmberCore DC and Arcus Novus, the developers of a data center project suspected of links to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), have reached a deal with prosecutors to annul their transactions that had received a negative opinion from a government commission, the State Security Department and the Prosecutor General’s Office. […]
CORPORATE
Karoblis about “Zapad”: there are no visible signs that it would be a prelude to a serious conflict
United States Secretary of Defence James Mattis has visited Lithuania for the first time. The visit of a high ranking officer is another confirmation that America pays special attention to the security of the Baltic […]
Politics
Seimas panel on MP Bastys impeachment to invite security chief next week
A special commission set up by the Lithuanian parliament for MP Mindaugas Bastys‘ impeachment will invite Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department, and another intelligence officer to testify during its meeting next week. […]
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Laurinkus: there are no signs of war in Ukraine spilling into the Baltic States
„Two wars are happening at the time. The nearly World War in Syria, where a number of states are involved, and in Ukraine. Is it possible for the latter travel closer to us? I do […]
Defence
Warning of ‘exclusive rights’ for Poles was on separatism risk – security chief
By the warning of “exclusive rights” to local Poles in the annual assessment of national security threats, the Lithuanian State Security Department meant the possible risks of separatism, not the name-spelling with non-Lithuanian characters or bilingual street signs, says the department’s director Darius Jauniškis. […]
Politics
Seimas panel head describes intelligence file on MP Bastys as ‘serious’
The Lithuanian State security Department (VSD) has provided a vast amount of “really serious” information on MP Mindaugas Bastys‘ ties with Russian citizens and controversial business people, the head of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence said on Friday. […]
Defence
State security agency expects to fully move into new building by 2020
The Lithuanian State Security Department expects to fully move into its new building complex in Vilnius by 2020, the agency’s director said on March 23. […]
Defence
Backing separatists in Eastern Ukraine means acting against Lithuania
The Lithuanian State Security Department‘s director says that those who support separatists in Eastern Ukraine are acting against Lithuania and Western values. […]
Politics
Seimas panel wants to question Lithuania’s ex-security chiefs in Bastys’ probe
The Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, appointed to analyze the national security threats posed by MP Mindaugas Bastys‘ links, wants to interview incumbent and former chiefs of the State Security Department. […]
CORPORATE
VSD conclusions on Bastys only top of the iceberg. Who else is suspect of links to Russia?
After the State Security Department (VSD) refused to grant Mindaugas Bastys a permit to work with classified information due to his suspicious links to Russian energy industry companies, Kremlin propagandists and criminals, there have been […]
Politics
Lithuanian laws allow disclosing info on people not cleared for classified docs
Lithuanian laws allow making public information about people seeking access to classified documents, the director of the State Security Department (VSD) said on Friday. […]