Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the National Security and Defence Committee
Politics

Lithuanian institutions demand extra funding to address terrorism threats

Reacting to the terrorist attacks in France, Lithuania’s Parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee has requested additional funding for the State Security Department, the Lithuanian Police Anti-Terrorist Operations Unit, Aras, and the State Border Guard Service. The committee requests to designate 14.4 million euro to these institutions in next year’s budget. […]

State Border Guard Service
Politics

Reform of Lithuania’s Border Guard Service approved

On Wednesday, the Lithuanian Government approved structural reforms of the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) which had been put forward by Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis. The reform is expected to help save funds on management costs, increase staff wages, boost their motivation, augment external border protection with material and human resources. […]

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Society

Lithuania steps up patrols on Polish border due to illegal migrants

Lithuania has stepped up patrol on its border with Poland after spotting a new refugee route from Southern Europe to Scandinavia, and has also taken other undisclosed measures, Renatas Požėla, head of the country’s State Border Guard Service, said in an interview with BNS on Thursday. […]

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Economy

Lithuanian services could not afford Italian spying equipment

Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service, police, State Border Guard Service, State Security Department and military intelligence were looking into possibilities to secretly purchase, via intermediates in Lithuania, secret surveillance equipment produced in Italy but the deal failed as it was too expensive, the 15min.lt news website reports, citing WikiLeaks. […]