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  • Society

Emigration from Lithuania falling

Emigration from Lithuania has been on a decline, while more illegal immigrants have been crossing into Lithuania on their way…

9 years ago
  • European Union

EU Council to finalize refugee quota for Lithuania next week, interior minister says

The meeting of the European Union's (EU) Justice and Home Affairs Council next week should establish the number of refugees…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania can learn from Israel’s experience in cyber security, interior minister says

Lithuania's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis, who is currently on a visit in Israel, says that Lithuania could learn from the…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian financial crimes agency chief stays in post

After an official inquiry, Lithuania's Interior Ministry has decided that Kęstutis Jucevičius, the head of the Financial Crime Investigation Service…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Interior minister discusses training for Lithuanian officers with US ambassador

During a meeting of Lithuania's Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis with US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah McCarthy last week,…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuanian leadership sceptical about EC’s refugee relocation proposal

Accepting refugees is not the only way to contribute to the resolution of the existing refugee crisis, and the allocated…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania government decides to change regional division to keep EU aid

The Lithuanian government has decided to change the regional division of the country to ensure that it does not lose…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian interior minister says his reform efforts are hindered by his nonpartisanism

Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis admits that when discussing the improvement of officers' situation at the Cabinet of Ministers,…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Government backs closure of Migration Department

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday backed the Ministry of the Interior's proposal to close the Migration Department and its functions…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s migration system to be reformed

On March 25, the Government will consider the reform of the migration system and the Migration Department. Based on the…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Head of Financial Crime Investigation Service to undergo polygraph test

News website Alfa.lt has reported that Director of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT), General Kęstutis Jucevičius, will undergo a…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s Interior Ministry turns to prosecutors over suspicious public procurement contracts

Lithuania's Interior Ministry has turned to the Prosecutor General's Office over the ministry's two public procurement contracts related to IT…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Deputy police chief Požela appointed head of Lithuania’s border guard service

Deputy Commissioner General of Lithuania's police Renatas Požela is to be appointed head of the country's State Border Guard Service,…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania may stop acquisition of Russian border surveillance equipment

The installation of surveillance equipment with Russian-produced seismic sensors has not been started yet. And its acquisition might be halted…

10 years ago
  • Politics

President and prime minister remain most popular politicians in Lithuania

President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius continue to top the list of the most favoured politicians…

10 years ago
  • Society

No Lithuanian nationals joining terrorist groups, interior minister says

Lithuania's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the country has not yet faced the phenomenon of foreign fighters and has…

10 years ago
  • Society

Russian criminal boss gets residence permit in Lithuania

Akhmed Yevloyev, a high-ranking Russian criminal known as a "vor v zakone," or “thief in law", has been issued with…

10 years ago
  • Energy

LNG terminal is properly guarded, Lithuanian interior minister reassures

The liquefied natural gas terminal in Lithuania's western port of Klaipėda is properly guarded, the country's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Counterfeit euros made outside Lithuania, interior minister says

After Lithuania joined the euro area on 1 January 2015, about 20 counterfeit euro notes have been discovered in the…

10 years ago
  • Society

Interior minister denies reports that Russian criminals are granted residence in Lithuania

Russian citizens Akhmed Yevloyev and Oleg Shamanin have not been granted residence permits in Lithuania, the criminals are not on…

10 years ago