The Lithuanian government decided on Wednesday to continue taking in refugees from the Middle East under the EU's resettlement program.
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Eimutis Misiūnas (born 1973) is a Lithuanian jurist and politician, Minister of Interior of Lithuania (Skvernelis Cabinet). He was a teacher at Mykolas Romeris University and at the International School of Law and Business. He was a judge of Vilnius city court. Misiūnas is an expert of police law. He is a graduate of the Lithuanian Police Academy (now Mykolas Romeris University).
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday signed a decree on dismissing Milda Vainiutė from the position of justice minister.
The Lithuanian Interior Ministry proposes to establish a new Migration Service by merging the capacities of the police, border guards and the current Migration Department.
Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas thinks that the Migration Department should be a separate agency, but he will in mid-March present the government with several alternative options for overhauling the existing system.
Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiunas is skeptical of plans to introduce online voting, saying that it cannot be done until there is a 100 percent guarantee of security.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday called on Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas to be more active in addressing the challenges of growing immigration and pay less attention to finding someone to blame or replacing officials.
Lithuania's police reform has produced positive results, but some risks remain unmanaged, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said on Thursday.
Evelina Gudzinskaitė does not plant to resign as director of the Lithuanian Migration Department under the Interior Ministry after receiving a negative assessment of her work.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė will propose legal amendments, calling for open selection of specialists hired to the public sector under employment contracts, the President's Office said on Wednesday.
Lithuania's Migration Department plans to introduce early online registration for temporary residence permits instead of the current live queue.
Lithuania's government will Wednesday discuss the proposal of cutting the number of posts of government officials.
As the European Union (EU) is preparing to revise the asylum system, Lithuania remains in the club of the organization's Eastern members that are against automatic distribution of refugees among member-states.
Russia plans on publishing a list of Lithuanians who will be banned from entering the country, a move taken in response to Lithuania's so-called Magnitsky list that includes 49 Russian citizens not allowed to come to Lithuania over human rights violations and money laundering.
Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas on Friday banned 49 Russian nationals accused of human rights violations and money laundering from entering the country.
Lithuania's ministers of interior affairs, education and culture decided on Thursday to work out an action plan of all three ministries on financing of the Vilnius region.
Visa-issuing delays in the Migration Department subordinate to the Interior Ministry is a result of poor management, says Lithuania's Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas. The department's director says she has not had time to hire additional staff, as the minister only signed a decree on a bigger sta...
Migration procedures for foreigners coming to Lithuania to work have been simplified, while companies hiring staff from abroad can be included in the so-called white list.
Here are some of the major events to watch for in Lithuania's politics, culture and society in 2018:
The crew of the Dreamland play of the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre have turned to the country's top officials with a request to help Afghan national Zabi Ahmadi performing in the play to receive asylum in Lithuania.
