Minister of the Interior Eimutis Misiūnas today met the Ambassador Extradordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Lithuania Amir Maimon and discussed cooperation of the countries in the area of law enforcement.

On Tuesday, during the plenary sitting of the Seimas, together with other members of the new government, Minister of the Interior Eimutis Misiunas, having replaced Tomas Žilinskas in this position, swore in and officially took office.

Today the delegation headed by the Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks visited the Ministry of the Interior. During the meeting with the ending his term Minister of the Interior Tomas Žilinskas, implementation of Lithuania's international obligations in the fight against domestic...

On November 24–25, Chancellor of the Ministry of the Interior Affairs (MoI) Algirdas Stončaitis together with the representatives of police and the State Border Guard Service under MoI participated in the meeting of the Baltic Sea Task Force on Organized Crime (BSTF) which took place in Moscow.

November 24–25, in Vilnius, the meeting of high level officials of the Prague Process took place. Participants of the meeting – representatives of the EU and non-EU countries, the European Commission, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees office, the International Migration Policy Development Centre – summarized the results of the Prague Process activity in 2012–2016 and discussed the...

On their reciprocal visit to Vilnius, the leadership of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Moldova were interested to learn about the management of Lithuanian internal affairs divisions and improving the effectiveness of their work, as well as the practice of the Emergency Response Centre, preparedness...

European Union Justice and Home Affairs Council, which had meeting on Friday in Brussels (Belgium), was presented the European Commission's proposal to establish a European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS).

During the European Union (EU) Council meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday the EU ministers of the interior and justice discussed prospects of the resettlement of refugees from third countries.

During his visit at the Ministry of the Interior, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Wei Ruixing discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation with the Minister Tomas Žilinskas.

Lithuanian Minister of the Interior Tomas Žilinskas, Latvian Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Kaspars Gerhards and Estonian Minister of Public Administration Arto Aas discussed regional development and local self-governance issues.

On Monday in Tallinn (Estonia), ministers of the interior of the three Baltic countries Tomas Žilinskas, Rihards Kozlovskis Hanno Pevkur and the representatives of the United States Department of Homeland Security discussed the issues of strengthening European Union external border.

Today the new United States of America (USA) Embassy’s in Lithuania adviser on political and economic issues Edward Janis visited the Ministry of the Interior (MoI). The aim of the visit – to discuss the situation of human trafficking and anti-human trafficking measures carried out in Lithuania.