State border

On Monday, 7 October, border guards detained a Latvian national who illegally crossed the state border from the Russian side in Skilbeni County, LETA was informed by the State Border Guard Service.

Russia’s actions are seen as a deliberate, targeted, escalatory provocation to intimidate neighbouring countries and their societies, the Foreign Ministry has said in a statement amid media reports of Russia’s intention to redraw its sea borders with Lithuania and Finland.

President Gitanas Nausėda says Russia’s plans to unilaterally extend its maritime border into Lithuanian and Finnish waters may be part of a wider-scale action against NATO. Lithuania’s ambassador to NATO has already expressed Vilnius’ concern about the unfolding situation to his colleagues in the A...

On 13 March, Wednesday, Lithuanian border guards stopped 15 irregular migrants from entering the country via Belarus, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).

As is Lithuania is set to introduce restrictions for people's inter-municipal movement, the government's representatives say there are no plan to restrict foreign travelling.

Lithuania extended on Wednesday border controls at international airports and the seaport of Klaipeda until August 14.

Lithuania's police officers and border guards will more thoroughly check incoming people on the country's border with Poland, Lithuanian Interior Minister Rita Tamasuniene says.

Lavoriskes-Kotlovka border checkpoint on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border will be opened on Tuesday.

A court in southern Lithuania has this week slapped fines of 7,500 euros on two men for illegally crossing the state border, the Prosecutor General's Office said on Friday.

As the Baltic states have lifted the restrictions for their citizens to travel to other Baltic states, there are no queues on the Lithuanian-Latvian border yet, but they are likely to form over the upcoming weekend, Rustamas Liubajevas, chief of Lithuania's State Border Guard Service, warns.

Border control in Lithuania has been extended until 6 p.m. on May 14, the country's Interior Ministry announced on Friday.

Eight EU member states, having an external EU land border, have backed Lithuania's initiative to seek more funding for border protection and the creation of a border surveillance standard during their meeting in Vilnius.

Lithuania has officially admitted that its border guards had violated the Belarusian border, pledging to take measures to prevent such incidents in the future.

Nearly 1,000 trucks lined up at the border to enter Lithuania from Belarus on Monday morning due to system updates in Lithuanian checkpoints.

Lithuania plans to purchase new equipment to improve the protection of the state border, according to the plan of measures for the implementation of the governmental programme published on Thursday.

Lithuania's government is holding an exit meeting in Medininkai, a city on the border with Belarus, on Wednesday to look into protection of the state border.

Eugenijus Liubenka has been appointed as a special state border protection attaché of the Republic of Lithuania to Lithuania‘s representation to the EU.

The protection of state borders must be stepped up in the wake of the ongoing influx of illegal immigrants, Lithuanian Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that Lithuania currently is not considering the option to close its borders due to the refugee crisis.

In case of a refugee influx, Lithuania would be ready to resume temporary border controls, says Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis.