State Border Guard Service

The State Border Guard Service (VSAT) is proposing to restrict the access of residents to parts of the external border with Russia.

The National Audit Office announces it has carried out an audit “Strengthening State Border Security”, which assessed the implementation of surveillance systems in Lithuania at the external border of the European Union (EU).

Nine foreign nationals tried to cross into Lithuania from Belarus over the past four days, from 29 March to 1 April, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports. All the attempts were made on Monday.

The State Border Guard Service (VSAT) says 19 foreign nationals tried to cross into Lithuania from Belarus over the past day, 19 March.

The State Border Guard Service (VSAT) will allocate additional personnel to ensure public order at the border during the protest of Polish farmers, who plan to start a blockade of a motorway connecting Poland and Lithuania on Friday.

Six irregular migrants attempted to access Lithuania via Belarus on Tuesday, 27 February, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).

Three migrants attempted to cross from Belarus to Lithuania illegally on Monday, 26 February, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).

Border guards stopped two foreign nationals trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.

Nearly 60 percent of statutory officers are set for pay rises from 1 January, with the wage bill totalling more than EUR 500 million this year. This is almost half of the internal system’s budget, says the interior minister.

Border guards stopped two foreign nationals trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.

Four foreign nationals were turned away after trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.

On Monday, 22 January, three Belarusian border officers violated the Lithuanian border and entered the country’s territory in Ignalina district, the State Border Guard Service of Lithuania (VSAT) reported Tuesday.

The numbers of irregular migrants trying to cross into Lithuania may rise again in the spring, as the geopolitical situation remains unchanged, says the head of the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).

The Ministry of the Interior will step up the protection of Lithuania’s border with Russia’s Kaliningrad region this year. Border infrastructure and surveillance systems will be renewed for this reason, and more border guards hired.

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President Gitanas Nausėda says the situation with blocked Ukrainian trucks on the Polish border is difficult as the countries involved lack the will to settle the dispute.

Lithuanian border guards prevented 45 irregular migrants from accessing the country via Belarus in the last three days.

Lithuania has increased the threat level after the 77 km Balticonnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia was damaged earlier.

The Ministry of the Interior will propose to the Government to consider closing two more checkpoints at the border with Belarus. On Monday, Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė is visiting Warsaw, to meet with Polish, Latvian and Estonian counterparts to discuss border security amid the continuin...

Restrictions on Belarusian citizens arriving to Lithuania may be tightened if agencies responsible for national security see a need for this, says MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP).