Ministry of the Interior

Kęstutis Kvietkus, who has been found to be serving in Russia’s military, has been stripped of his Lithuanian citizenship, the Ministry of the Interior said Tuesday.

The Ministry of the Interior had tightened migration control measures and it is estimated that this year nearly 36,000 foreigners were not allowed to live and work in Lithuania.

Seeking to enhance Lithuania’s preparation for emergencies, the Ministry of the Interior plans to organise a massive evacuation exercise this autumn.

The Ministry of the Interior will step up the protection of Lithuania’s border with Russia’s Kaliningrad region this year. Border infrastructure and surveillance systems will be renewed for this reason, and more border guards hired.

Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė on Monday met with Police Commissioner General Renatas Požėla to discuss the ongoing search of a 9-year-old girl who went missing a day earlier in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second largest city.

Responsible authorities have agreed to build a physical barrier on marshy areas at the borders with Belarus and Russia, the Ministry of the Interior said on Wednesday.

The Seimas approved on Thursday a package of amendments to the police law proposed by the Ministry of the Interior to integrate the Public Security Service (VST) into the Police Department.

Margarita Drobiazko has spoken out against proposals to strip her of Lithuanian citizenship, calling them a “witch hunt” and claiming she is not taking part in Russia’s propaganda activities.

Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė says her ministry has already drafted amendments to the law on foreigners’ legal status to enable a mechanism for issuing a foreigner’s passport to opponents of Alexander Lukashenko’s regime only.

Chairman of the Labour Party Andrius Mazuronis suggests that labour immigration policy should focus on countries that are similar to Lithuania, such as Belarus, otherwise he fears about national security risks.

The Ministry of the Interior will propose to the Government to consider closing two more checkpoints at the border with Belarus. On Monday, Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė is visiting Warsaw, to meet with Polish, Latvian and Estonian counterparts to discuss border security amid the continuin...

Opposition MP Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė of the Farmers and Greens proposes to criminalise incest, including a punishment of up to 6 years imprisonment.

The Ministry of the Interior has announced that 957 children in Lithuania were victims of various sex crimes in the last three years. 48% of sex crimes consisted of possession of pornographic content showing children.

The migrant pushback legislation adopted by the parliament must be enforced in full, says the Seimas speaker in her response to the Government’s recent decision to lift an exemption for certain migrants at the border.

Reform of the public service in Lithuania would leave the country with about 20,000 civil servants, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said.

Lithuania will have fewer public servants, the selection will be centralized, their employer will be free to set salaries and reduce bonuses, however, they will have more days off and money for good performance, according to the reform initiated by the Interior Ministry that will still need approval...

A killing of a policeman while on duty last week has drawn attention to the issue of officers' safety. Lithuania's minister of the interior is planning a meeting with police leadership and unions to discuss measures to prevent similar incidents.

Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, says that she is concerned at the Finance Ministry's refusal to allocate extra funding to shore up the country's domestic security. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

The heads of Lithuania's ministries for interior and justice and the Central Electoral Commission signed on Thursday a memorandum on cooperation in combating vote-buying during elections. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

More refugees will be resettled in Lithuania within the coming month, according to the country's Ministry of the Interior. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.