Russia could use Interpol to crack down on Lithuanian officials

The Interpol General Assembly session to elect the new president of International criminal police organization (Interpol) will take place in Dubai this Wednesday. Minister of the Interior Eimutis Misiūnas says that all efforts are currently being made to prevent election of Alexander Prokopchuk, a candidate put forward by the Russian Federation, as the new...

Lithuania Improves the National Emergency Plan for Nuclear Accidents

The National Emergency Plan for Nuclear Accidents focused on nuclear incidents possibly happening at the Astravets in Belarus has been recently improved by the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (MoI) and the Fire and Rescue Department under the MoI. The upgraded edition of the Plan will be submitted for the consideration to the Lithuanian...

A project to strengthen response to hate crimes and hate speech in Lithuania was launched

On September 14th the project "Strengthening response to hate crime and hate speech in Lithuania" was presented at the Ministry of the Interior.

Director of Europol: Lithuania Is an Example of Cooperation

Catherine De Bolle, Director of the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), is visiting Lithuania. Possibilities for closer cooperation were discussed at the meeting with the Minister of the Interior Eimutis Misiūnas.

Ministrial Forum Supported Lithuania's Proposal to Set Up Common European Standards For Land Border Surveillance

Ministrial Forum of the Member States of the Schengen Area with External Land Borders was held on May 17-18th in Vilnius. 9 Schengen countries with the eastern border of the EU agreed all together to seek and coordinate actions in the context of the negotiations on increased financing for border...

Facebook as a Supporting Tool in a Search of Missing Children

The Ministry of the Interior (MoI), the Police Department under the MoI, the representatives of the Missing Person’s Families Support Centre as well as the leaders of the social network Facebook joined forces and successfully reached an agreement on the launch of the AMBER Alert Facebook in Lithuania, serving as a modern search system for missing children. It is...