Police

'More police officers on the streets next year'

Cutting the number of police officers working an administrative duties will put more officers on the street next year, according to Police Commissioner...

Officers of Lithuania's elite squad forced to take second jobs

Officers of the Anti-Terrorist Operations Unit of the Lithuanian police, Aras, are supplementing their income by working for private security companies and...

Lithuanian police discarding Kalashnikov rifles after two unfortunate incidents

Police officers in Lithuania will no longer be issued automatic rifles, following two high-profile incidents last week. The Kalashnikov guns were handed...

Lithuanian woman married to Belgian refused passport with original spelling of last name

The Migration Board of Vilnius County Central Police Commissariat has refused to issue a passport with a letter w in the last name of a Lithuanian woman...

Kazakh citizen wanted by Interpol detained in Lithuania

Kazakh citizen Syrym Shalabayev was detained in Vilnius on Tuesday after more than two years of being wanted by the Interpol.