Public Security Service

The Government on Wednesday approved the interior minister’s nominations for the new leadership of the Police Department, the Fire and Rescue Department (PAGD) and the Public Security Service (VST).

The Interior Ministry presented Joint Special Forces at an event in Vilnius district on Wednesday. These forces currently consist of officers from the Special Purpose Unit of the State Border Guard Service (VSAT), police anti-terrorist unit Aras and the Public Security Service’s (VST) rapid response...

On Thursday evening, 19 October, a pro-Palestine rally was held in Vilnius Cathedral Square. Its participants then marched in a silent procession through Gediminas Avenue to commemorate Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip killed in Israeli airstrikes.

Minister of Finance Gintarė Skaistė presented the 2024 draft budget at a sitting of the Government on Thursday.

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.

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...

Some 250 control posts will be set up across Lithuania on weekends and during the holidays to enforce movement restrictions, Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite said on Tuesday.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has signed into law a legislative package introducing tougher penalties for those flouting quarantine rules and broadening the list of authorities that can impose fines for violations, Antanas Bubnelis, the president's spokesman, confirmed to BNS.

In recent days, the Public Security Service (VST) presented Minister of Interior Eimutis Misiūnas with detailed information on dismissed former VST detachment head, colonel Sandrius Survila.

The Lithuanian government decided on Wednesday to submit a package of legislative amendments aimed at clarifying the legal regulation of martial law to the parliament for approval.

The Lithuanian government plans to clarify the legal regulation of martial law to define in more detail the competences of the leaders, the composition of the armed forces and the use of special measures under a state of war.

Lithuania's Interior Minister Tomas Žilinskas said during a visit in the port city of Klaipėda on Friday that the Public Security Service and Klaipėdos Nafta (Klaipėda Oil) were doing a good job protecting the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.

Lithuanian Interior Minister Tomas Žilinskas and Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis are going to Klaipėda on Friday to inspect security arrangements at the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

A recent incident near an oil terminal owned by the Polish company Orlen has drawn attention to security at the facility which is a vital part of Lithuania's energy infrastructure. If the company cannot protect it, the Lithuanian state may have to step in, the interior minister has commented. To rea...

The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service is opening a week-long training on Tuesday during which border guards will resume the control of the border with Latvia in the districts of Zarasai and Rokiškis.

Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he has been informed about how many employees in the Public Security Service were suspected of disloyalty to Lithuania.

After the second reading, the Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) backed next year's draft state budget which was revised by the Government. The revisions include reduced structural deficit and additional appropriations for education and internal security institutions.

The West now faces bigger problems than Ukraine’s future or Russia’s plans for its neighbours. The growing threat of terrorism makes Russia more and more indispensable to its Western partners. That’s dangerous for the Baltic states because there’s no way that the Kremlin will renounce its aggressive...

After accusations of disloyalty and corruption were publicly voiced against the leadership of the Public Security Service (VST) and the institution itself, President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said that circumstances and facts must be examined before making judgements. She also criticized the new head o...