Pope Francis
Foreign affairs

PM readying to visit Vatican

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is readying for this week’s visit to Vatican to meet with Pope Francis. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė, Andrzejus  Duda
Foreign affairs

President going to Poland next year

President Dalia Grybauskaite intends to go to Poland next year to attend festivities to mark 100-year anniversary of the country’s statehood, inviting her Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, to attend the 100-year statehood anniversary in Vilnius on Feb. 16, the presidential press service said. […]

Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian EC member: EC starts drafting unified food quality assessment methodology

The European Commission has ordered the development of a unified food quality assessment methodology in the European Union (EU) to prevent different food standards in the community, said Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Lithuanian commissioner in charge of health and food safety. […]

Viktoras Pranskietis
Foreign affairs

Seimas speaker, Israel’s Knesset chair discuss need for direct flights

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis discussed with Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, the speaker of the Israeli parliament Knesset, the need to open direct air transportation between the two countries. […]