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Lithuania's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the country has not yet faced the phenomenon of foreign fighters and has no reports of a single Lithuanian citizen fighting on the side of terrorists. Nevertheless, in his words, Lithuania takes the threat very seriously and understands that...
Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Roman Chuprynenko during his meeting with Lithuanian Deputy Interior Minister Julius Morkūnas was presented with Lithuania's experience in the area of reforms of regional development and local governan...
The national television news service announced that the Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania has promised to ascertain who and for what reason issued a residence permit to Akhmed Yevloyev, a Russian citizen who is alleged to be a high-ranking crime lord.
Akhmed Yevloyev, a high-ranking Russian criminal known as a "vor v zakone," or “thief in law", has been issued with a residence permit by the Migration Board of the Vilnius County Police Headquarters, a spokesman for Lithuanian Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis confirmed to BNS on Saturday.
Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis has ordered a review of public procurement tenders for IT services in the ministry's institutions over the last five years. The minister says that the fact that the same company won disproportionally many contracts raises suspicion about preferential treat...
Lithuania's Interior Ministry has suggested instituting criminal liability for unfair influence on sports results.
Lithuania's Interior Ministry is considering a requirement for basements of new houses and underground parking areas to be adapted to sheltering people from explosions.
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Lithuania's former police chief Saulius Skvernelis, 44, was sworn at parliament as the country's new interior minister on Tuesday.
New Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis has criticised the employment of former deputy minister Algimantas Juocevičius in Regitra, vehicle registration and driving licence issuing institution under the Ministry of the Interior.
Appointing a statutory officer as interior minister is an unusual decision, since in democratic countries, the so-called “repressive ministries” are mainly headed by politicians, says Lithuanian political scientist Algis Krupavičius.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday appointed Police Commissioner General Saulius Skvernelis as interior minister.
Leader of the Order and Justice party Rolandas Paksas has proposed Police Commissioner General Saulius Skvernelis as minister of the interior.
Finding a new interior minister will take a few days, Rolandas Paksas, leader of Lithuania's Order and Justice party, says, adding that a candidate could be nominated as early as next week.
Lithuania's Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas submitted his letter of resignation on Thursday. The minister says he's stepping down due to deteriorating health.
On Friday, the new Deputy Minister of Interior Paulius Beinaris (30), delegated by the Order and Justice party, submitted his letter of resignation which the minister accepted shortly. Beinaris says that he was forced to step down because of "hostile atmosphere".
The prosecutor in the so-called Ministry of the Interior case in Lithuania has decided not to demand the arrest of the suspects who subsequently received softer measures of suppression.
The parliamentary group of the conservative Homeland Union will initiate interpellation against Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas, unless he resigns himself. This was confirmed by opposition leader Andrius Kubilius.
Lithuania's Interior Minister Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas of the Order and Justice party says he has no intentions of resigning amid the corruption suspicions against former members of his political team.
Lithuanian Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says she would resign, if she were in the place of Interior Minister Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas, whose former associates were detained amidst corruption investigation on Tuesday.
