The Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union (LSS) and the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) have signed a cooperation agreement, based on which the two organisations will enhance cooperation and members of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union will assist in protecting the state border. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens, under which responsible institutions will be obliged to provide the Migration Department with their conclusions on individuals who have applied for a residence permit in Lithuania. […]
Lithuanian border guards of the Medininkai checkpoint have refused entry to a truck carrying sawdust briquettes, which exceeded the radiation rate. […]
The month-long largest national exercise Lithuania has held this year, Lightning Bolt 2015, has ended. The exercise tested various types of situations, including swift mobilization of the Lithuanian reserve, response to a hybrid war and terrorist attacks, and also involved tactical training, the country’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
A Lithuanian Air Force helicopter looking for two missing pilots in the Baltic Sea on Wednesday did not find any floating objects spotted in water on Tuesday. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has commented that the search and rescue operation launched in order find a missing An-2 airplane and its two pilots has revealed that Lithuanian institutions responsible for search and rescue missions fail to properly cooperate and coordinate among themselves. […]
Several Russian bikers were spotted in central Vilnius on Monday, sparking speculation that they may be members of the Night Wolves, a nationalist Russian motorcyclist club organizing a road trip from Moscow to Berlin. While a number of members of the club have been stopped and sent back from the Lithuanian border, several Russian bikers were let in. […]
A total of eight motorcyclists were refused entry to Lithuania on Monday and Tuesday because they did not have all necessary documents, the State Border Guard Service said. […]
Amidst the European Union‘s (EU) efforts to solve the immigration crisis, the Lithuanian government is considering the possibility to assign a helicopter and a crew of the State Border Guard Service for rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, the prime minister’s spokeswoman said on Wednesday. […]
Following a warning issued by intelligence agencies about the efforts to recruit Lithuanian border guards in Belarus, the chief of the State Border Guard Service has tightened the rules for their travels abroad. […]
Security was stepped at Vilnius and Naujoji Vilnia Train Stations in Lithuania on Thursday in response to information that Russian army conscripts might be crossing to the Russian region of Kaliningrad via Lithuania, according to the lrytas.lt news website. […]
After the State Defence Council decided that conscription of 19-26-year-olds should be reintroduced for a 5-year period and as the Seimas is preparing to consider the issue, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says Lithuania has learned five lessons from the conflict in Ukraine. […]
Deputy Commissioner General of Lithuania’s police Renatas Požela is to be appointed head of the country’s State Border Guard Service, the government said on Thursday. […]
The installation of surveillance equipment with Russian-produced seismic sensors has not been started yet. And its acquisition might be halted following the evaluation of risks, Lithuanian Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed changes that would ban issuing residency permits to foreigners who are suspected of or charged with crimes, as well as put the Police Department, the State Border Guard Service and the State Security Department under the obligation of submitting conclusions about applicants to the Migration Department within 14 days. […]
Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis has ordered a review of public procurement tenders for IT services in the ministry’s institutions over the last five years. The minister says that the fact that the same company won disproportionally many contracts raises suspicion about preferential treatment. […]
Institutions of the Lithuanian interior system, namely, the State Border Guard Service, the Public Security Service and the VIP Protection Department, will be more actively involved in the training organized by the Armed Forces. […]
The European Commission has been informed abut the restrictions imposed by Russia on Lithuanian carriers who are subjected to strict customs checks, European Union Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas said on Thursday. […]
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