Three Ghanaian nationals travelling by train from mainland Russia to the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad for FIFA World Cup matches have been denied entry to Lithuania, the border guard chief said on Monday.
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Lithuanian border guards' helicopter Eurocopter 135 is leaving for an international mission in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, the State Border Guard Service said.
Lithuanian border guards detained a group of illegal migrants from Russia and their driver, a Latvian citizen, late on Thursday at Kalvarija border checkpoint on the Lithuanian-Polish border.
Lithuanian and Russian officers gathered in the border city of Pagegiai on Wednesday to discuss handling of bigger flows of travelers to the Russian Kaliningrad region for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
A Russian border patrol vessel on Monday entered Lithuania's territorial waters, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said.
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) is buying over 100 new vehicles for 3.6 million euros of European Union (EU) funds, including 79 cross-country vehicles and 37 minivans.
On 27 March 2018 officials from eleven state institutions gathered at SE Oro Navigacija to discuss actions to be taken in the event of an aircraft accident or an extreme situation in Lithuania. Also analysed at the meeting were lessons learned after international security awareness exercise, a press...
Lithuanian border guards have busted a large warehouse in the Kaunas district, which they suspect was used for storing and resale of smuggled cigarettes.
Lithuanian border guards detained on Wednesday a trailer with 14 freezing illegal migrants hidden in the semi-trailer as it tried to cross from Belarus to the country.
The Lithuanian Cabinet approved on Wednesday principles for a migration system reform that envisages making one body responsible for citizenship matters and visa and identity document issuance.
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service is looking to purchase 77 new SUVs to renew its fleet of vehicles used to control illegal migrants and smuggling, the 15min news website reported on Friday.
The Friday's search for the missing paraglider pilot around the Lithuanian seaside resort of Nida resulted in discovery of the paraglider in the Baltic Sea by officers of the Russian Kaliningrad region.
Lithuanian search-and-rescue services are looking for a paraglider pilot who went missing on his way from Vilnius to the seaside resort of Nida, Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) state-owned air navigation service provider said on Friday morning.
Lithuanian officers discovered a shell at the border with Belarus and looked after the dangerous discovery until it was destroyed, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said.
As the deadline for the construction of a fence along the border between Lithuania and the Russian Kaliningrad region is expiring this week, Lithuanian border guards say it would be completed on time.
Lithuania will tighten access into its state border guard zone starting next year, narrowing the range of persons s allowed into the zone and introducing a fee for entering its frontier waters.
Lithuanian border guards have been allowed to use weapons and other measures against unidentified drones, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said.
Lithuanian border guards will reintroduce controls at the border with Poland for four hours on Tuesday as part of an exercise.
Lithuania has officially admitted that its border guards had violated the Belarusian border, pledging to take measures to prevent such incidents in the future.