Second Investigations Department

After Lithuania's parliament over six months ago rejected the proposal of publishing the names of former KGB agents who had admitted their past, MP Zbignev Jedinskij has again initiated the amendment.

An international conference is held at the Lithuanian parliament on Wednesday to discuss the society's resistance to hybrid threats from Russia.

Russia's ambassador in Vilnius says that Lithuanian intelligence reports are an attempt to justify the country's anti-Russian policy.

Only a very small number of former KGB agents who have not come forward could be working in the public service, the director of the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Centre said on Monday.

Lithuania's State Security Department is skeptical about the possibility to introduce electronic voting, says the department's director Darius Jauniškis.

Lithuania's parliament has opened a government's proposal to raise wages for intelligence officers.

Russia is searching for ways of infiltrating young men holding dual citizenship of Lithuania and Russia in Lithuania's Armed Forces through compulsory initial military service, suggests the annual assessment of national security threats published on Monday.

Russia's readiness to open combat action against the Baltic states within 24-48 hours sends a signal to both Lithuania and NATO, says Lithuania's Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis.

Lithuania's intelligence on Monday warned about possible provocations held in conjunction with the Russia-Belarus war games to take place close to Lithuania's borders in September, adding that the training scenario includes an armed conflict with NATO.

Captain of the Second Investigations Department under the Lithuanian Defence Ministry died in his office on Wednesday of what is believed to be suicide, the Defence Ministry said.

The Lithuanian parliament's board met with military intelligence officers in Vilnius on Wednesday, focusing on threats of cyber attacks, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has said.

The Lithuanian State Defence Council on Monday approved the country's intelligence needs and priorities for this year.