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Lithuania's outgoing Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas plans to leave for London to work as the country's special police attaché to the United Kingdom after his term of office ends later this month.

The Lithuanian police announced on Wednesday that they have seized 1.5 tons of hashish shipment worth around 20 million euros (22.6 million U.S. dollars), the largest in the country's history.

In response to a series of seemingly homophobic arson attacks in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Lithuanian LGBT community are importing hundreds of rainbow flags and distributing them for free around the country. Participants in the campaign are defiantly displaying the flags on balconies and in windows, s...

Lithuania's elite sees Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department (VSD), as being the most influential among the country's civil servants and lawyers, Delfi.lt reported on Monday.

Lithuanian police detained 19 people linked to an organized crime group during a large-scale operation in the country's second-biggest city of Kaunas on Tuesday.

The detention of two men suspected of planning an attack on law-enforcement officials in Klaipėda sends a message that attempts to intimidate officers will not be tolerated, Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas said on Wednesday.

Representatives of the trade union of the Lithuanian police force held a protest action at the Independence Square in Vilnius on Sunday against intimidation of officers.

Lithuania's crime rate last year increased by 5,000, with the rise attributed to the introduction of criminal liability for drinking and driving, Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas says.

The Lithuanian Interior Ministry early next year plans to analyze the results of a police reform completed this year, which will have an impact while evaluating Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas' performance.

Lithuanian Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas sees the frequent use of cash as a key factor in the shadow economy and proposes to consider imposing restrictions on marketplaces and construction, transport and car trade businesses, which he says are the sectors where grey activities are most ...

Government chancellor Milda Dargužaitė, central bank governor Vitas Vasiliauskas and public procurement chief Diana Vilytė are ranked as Lithuania's most influential civil servants, Delfi.lt reported on Monday.

In an effort to add new vehicles to its transport depot, Lithuania's police plans to purchase about 500 automobiles for patrol tasks this year.

An agreement has been reached with Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas to suspend the police reform until the middle of 2017, says Lithuania's new Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas.

Here are 10 of the most important, controversial or widely discussed Seimas (parliament) decisions made during 2015. This list was compiled by 15min.lt.

Cutting the number of police officers working an administrative duties will put more officers on the street next year, according to Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday appointed Linas Pernavas as chief of the country's police. He so far served as chief police commissioner for Kaunas County.