Lithuanian border guards registered an unmanned aircraft entering the country's territory from the Russian Kaliningrad region in early hours of December 29.
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Lithuanian border guards on September 23 detained a Latvian woman for illegally transporting three Indian asylum-seekers from Latvia across Lithuania to the border with Poland, the State Border Guard Service said.
Oleg Gazmanov, a Russian pop singer known for his glorification of the Kremlin and the Soviet Union in his songs, was not allowed to enter Lithuania on Wednesday. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
A group of several hundred Germans are crossing Lithuania in a drive from Berlin to Moscow to express support to Russia and dissatisfaction with Western policies towards Moscow. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Lithuanian border guards have spotted an increasing number of drones flying from Belarus into Lithuania's airspace.
Lithuanian border guards on Monday stopped a Russian biker from entering Lithuania from Belarus.
Two members of the Night Wolves, a Russian motorcycle club that supports Russian president Vladimir Putin, were denied entry into Lithuania on Saturday when they failed to identify the purpose of their trip and were found to be wearing certain Soviet symbols, like a red star.
Illegal migrants coming from Belarus were the biggest problem for Lithuania a couple of years ago, but the direction of illegal migration flows has changed and an increasing number of illegals now cross Lithuania's border from Latvia, the commander of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service said o...
Despite fears that Russian forces could have landed on Lithuanian soil through the Curonian Spit the threat of Russian agents or forces penetrating Lithuania by train is real, according to the head of Lithuania‘s border guard service.
Russian OMRP Spetsnaz units may have landed on the coast of Juodkrantė two years ago. This suggestion by the chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee Artūras Paulauskas, has caused considerable turmoil and concern.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has urged politicians to refrain from speculating on security issues, following a number of suspected border violations by Russia.
Russian helicopters crossed into the Lithuanian territory from Kaliningrad on Tuesday. They were spotted visually, but not by a radar, the Ministry of National Defence has confirmed.
Free movement within the European Union's Schengen zone is facing a challenge, unless the EU effectively protects its external borders, says Renatas Požėla, the chief of Lithuania's State Border Guard Service.
Eugenijus Liubenka has been appointed as a special state border protection attaché of the Republic of Lithuania to Lithuania‘s representation to the EU.
With Slovenia, Macedonia and Croatia all banning migrants from transiting through their territory, refugees and immigrants may try to come through the eastern border of Lithuania as they seek other routes into the European Union, according to the Lithuanian Interior Minister.
As the European Union blocks the flow of illegal immigrants from Libya to Italy and negotiates similar agreements in Turkey and Greece, some fear that migrants may try a new approach towards entering the European Union that would take them through Russia and potentially the Baltic states.
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service is opening a week-long training on Tuesday during which border guards will resume the control of the border with Latvia in the districts of Zarasai and Rokiškis.
