State Border Guard Service

  • Defence

Border guards ready to reinforce the border with Belarus: provocations are highly likely

The situation at the state border with Belarus and the Russian Federation is currently stable, but the possibility of provocations…

1 year ago
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A Russian living in Lithuania: you have no idea what’s going on in their social networks now

A ban on Russian tourists crossing the external borders of the European Union (EU) came into force in Lithuania on…

2 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian government to send revised martial law bill to parliament

The Lithuanian government decided on Wednesday to submit a package of legislative amendments aimed at clarifying the legal regulation of…

6 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania to clarify legal regulation of martial law

The Lithuanian government plans to clarify the legal regulation of martial law to define in more detail the competences of…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

UK citizen detained in Lithuania for illegally taking Iraqi family to Poland

Lithuanian border guards detained a UK citizen late on Tuesday, illegally taking an Iraqi family of four, who had asked…

6 years ago
  • Economy

Belarus’ road repairs may cause traffic restrictions at Lithuania’s Medininkai checkpoint

The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) has warned of possible temporary traffic restrictions at the Medininkai checkpoint on Thursday…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s Panemunė border checkpoint will not work for four hours

The Panemunė-Sovetsk border checkpoint on the Lithuanian-Russian border will not work for four hours on Thursday, Lithuania's State Border Guard…

6 years ago
  • Society

20 migrants from Iraq, Afghanistan detained in Lithuania

20 migrants from Iraq and Afghanistan were detained in Lithuania's northeastern district of Ignalina on Tuesday, the country's State Border…

6 years ago
  • Society

Six foreigners with forged documents detained at Vilnius Airport

Border guards at Vilnius Airport have detained six people who flew in from Greece, having forged Romanian and Italian ID…

6 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian court halts border guards’ CCTV tender worth EUR 2.5 mln

A Vilnius court has halted a tender announced by Lithuania's border guards for the installation of CCTV systems on the…

6 years ago
  • Society

Russian detained after smuggling 15 kg of amber from Kaliningrad to Lithuania

A Russian woman has been detained after smuggling around 15 kilograms of amber from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad into…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Vietnamese delegation to discuss migration issues with Lithuanian border officials

Vietnamese diplomats and officials will discuss migration issues with Lithuanian border officials during their visit to Lithuania starting on Tuesday.…

6 years ago
  • Society

Latvian citizen detained in Lithuania for transporting illegals from Vietnam

Lithuanian border guards detained four illegal immigrants from Vietnam and a Latvian citizen who was driving them on Saturday, the…

6 years ago
  • Society

Queues formed at Lithuanian border Thursday due to database failure

A database failure on Thursday caused queues of vehicles to form at Lithuania's border checkpoints, the State Border Guard Service…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania denies entry to 4 Pakistanis with Fan-IDs

Lithuanian border guards last night prevented four Pakistanis with World Cup Fan IDs from entering the country. [...]

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

No incidents reported as football fans return by train to mainland Russia

No incidents were reported last weekend as almost 2,000 football fans took trains to return from Kaliningrad, which hosted a…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania denies entry to 3 Ghanaian football fans without Schengen visas

Three Ghanaian nationals travelling by train from mainland Russia to the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad for FIFA World Cup…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian border guards’ helicopter leaving for Mediterranean mission

Lithuanian border guards' helicopter Eurocopter 135 is leaving for an international mission in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, the State…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian border guards bust illegal migrants from Russia, Latvian driver

Lithuanian border guards detained a group of illegal migrants from Russia and their driver, a Latvian citizen, late on Thursday…

7 years ago
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  • Sports

Lithuanian, Russian officers discuss preparations for 2018 FIFA World Cup

Lithuanian and Russian officers gathered in the border city of Pagegiai on Wednesday to discuss handling of bigger flows of…

7 years ago