Ministry of the Interior

  • Politics

Restructuring would leave Lithuania with public service staff of 20,000 – intermin

Reform of the public service in Lithuania would leave the country with about 20,000 civil servants, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas…

7 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania’s Public Service reform: smaller staff, centralized selection

Lithuania will have fewer public servants, the selection will be centralized, their employer will be free to set salaries and…

7 years ago
  • Society

Policeman’s death puts focus on officers’ safety

A killing of a policeman while on duty last week has drawn attention to the issue of officers' safety. Lithuania's…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Seimas speaker ‘concerned’ about funding for domestic security

Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, says that she is concerned at the Finance Ministry's refusal to allocate extra…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania launches new initiative against vote-buying before elections

The heads of Lithuania's ministries for interior and justice and the Central Electoral Commission signed on Thursday a memorandum on…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania to receive more refugees this month

More refugees will be resettled in Lithuania within the coming month, according to the country's Ministry of the Interior.To read…

9 years ago
  • Society

Stricter speeding fines and lower tolerance proposed by Ministry of Interior

The Ministry of the Interior has a new legal proposal that would lead to a reduction of speeding tolerances to…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian Prime Minister’s adviser appointed as deputy Interior Minister

The board of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party has decided to appoint the prime minister's adviser, Justas Pankauskas, to…

9 years ago
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  • Opinion

Growing controversy over rejection of Lithuanian citizenship claims by Litvaks

Lithuania's citizenship laws recognize the right of people who lived in Lithuania in the period 1918-1940 and their offspring to…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Syrian refugee family arrive in Lithuania under EU resettlement programme

A Syrian family of five have arrived in Lithuania from Turkey under the European Union's (EU) resettlement programme. [...]

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

PM says police unions ‘politicking’ with criticism of new interior minister

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has accused police unions of "politicking" for criticizing the appointment of Tomas Žilinskas as the…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Tomas Žilinskas appointed Lithuania’s new interior minister

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has appointed Tomas Žilinskas, the director of the Interior Ministry's Public Security Policy Department, as the…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Outgoing interior minister faces probe by electoral commission

Outgoing Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis could have breached official ethics by using the Ministry's public relations resources for campaigning, according…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian PM submits nomination for interior minister

Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has proposed Tomas Žilinskas, an employee of the Interior Ministry, for the post of interior…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Order and Justice leader submits two more candidates for interior minister

Order and Justice leader MEP Rolandas Paksas suggested two more candidates for the interior minister's job to Prime Minister Algirdas…

9 years ago
  • Society

Skvernelis proposes immigration fast lane for skilled foreign workers

The Lithuanian Ministry of the Interior has proposed simplifying temporary residence permit procedures for foreigners in an effort to facilitate…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian PM pushes for Skvernelis’ early resignation ‘due to politicking’

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has already submitted a proposal to the presidential office to dismiss the Interior Minister Saulius…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Paksas proposes three more candidates for interior minister

The leader of Lithuania's ruling Order and Justice party, MEP Rolandas Paksas, said on Monday he had proposed three new…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian police crack down on small speed limit breaches

Drivers in Lithuania may soon face fines for smaller speed limit infractions than before. [...]

9 years ago
  • Politics

MP Povilas Gylys proposed for minister of the interior

The Lithuanian prime minister is meeting with MP Povilas Gylys who has been proposed for the post of minister of…

9 years ago