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The Lithuanian Police Department, which is set to buy at least 120 new cars, drafted conditions for the tender for a single supplier, the Public Procurement Agency said.

The routines in Šalčininkai was disrupted by an unprecedented commotion on the 11th of April. Men armed with guns stormed the city police station, took over a part of it stunning the officials and local residents.

A Lithuanian man suspected of killing four members of his family has been detained, police said on Tuesday.

Lithuania's authorities have launched an international search for a 27-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting four members of his family, a spokesman for the Police Department said on Tuesday morning.

In an effort to add new vehicles to its transport depot, Lithuania's police plans to purchase about 500 automobiles for patrol tasks this year.

A large sinkhole opened up near Barclays' building in Upės Street in central Vilnius, forcing the evacuation of people from the building.

An agreement has been reached with Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas to suspend the police reform until the middle of 2017, says Lithuania's new Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas.

Lithuania's Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis has decided to run for parliament in the upcoming elections with the Peasant and Green Union.

Police authorities have published new police guidelines for tackling alcohol dependency in the force, ordering officers not to consume alcohol up to 10 hours before service, banning them from buying alcohol in uniform, and pushing them to report officers that are drunk at work.

A Lithuanian police officer, who was sent to assist with the refugee crisis in Slovenia, sustained a minor injury. His hand was pinned by a barrier while on duty at a refugee camp on Monday.

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.

Reacting to the terrorist attacks in France, Lithuania's Parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee has requested additional funding for the State Security Department, the Lithuanian Police Anti-Terrorist Operations Unit, Aras, and the State Border Guard Service. The committee requests to...

Twenty Lithuanian police officers from mobile units of Police Headquarters of Vilnius, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Alytus Counties will be sent to Slovenia following the request from Slovenia's Ministry of the Interior.

In cooperation with foreign counterparts, Lithuania's police have busted a distribution network of pornography involving minors, with suspicions brought against 12 individuals so far.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens, under which responsible institutions will be obliged to provide the Migration Department with their conclusions on individuals who have applied for a residence permit in Lithuania.

Lithuanian police on Sunday prevented a mass brawl between Polish and Russian football hooligans.

Lithuania's police on Monday launched a pre-trial investigation into the recent hacking of the website of Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The website itself is now shut down for upgrading.

Lithuania's police have offered their assistance to Swedish counterparts investigating the murder case of a Swedish teenager, in which two Lithuanian citizens are named as suspects.

A Lithuanian child taken away from his foster carers in Norway and secretly driven to Lithuania and his mother will not be handed over to Norway, a spokesman for the Police Department said.

The Lithuanian army's Logistics Board handed over about 500,000 munitions for automatic weapons to the police at an arsenal in Linkaičiai on Thursday.