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Vilnius District Offers € to Recruit Border Guards

Officers guarding Lithuania’s border with Belarus are working routine overtime as recruitment difficulties affect services that also handle calls from nearby residents.

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Reporting by Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT, published November 1, put the combined shortfall at roughly 40 officers across the Padvarionys, Jurgis Kybartas and Kena border posts.

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