Algirdas Butkevičius and Zhang Gaoli
Economy

PM Butkevičius invites China to send food experts to Lithuania

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on weekend invited China’s Deputy Prime Minister to send experts to check the Lithuanian dairy and meat processing companies before autumn. […]

Laimdota Straujuma, Algirdas Butkevičius
Uncategorized

Lithuanian PM suggests holding first joint sitting of Lithuanian and Latvian governments

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius participated in the 6th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) in Jurmala, Latvia. He met with his Latvian counterpart Laimdota Straujuma to discuss intergovernmental cooperation and bilateral and multilateral meetings that are planned to be held in Lithuania. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuania opening official OECD membership talks

A delegation headed by Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius left for Paris on Wednesday to open membership negotiations with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). […]

Edmundas Vaitekūnas
Politics

Education minister candidate rejects post

Edmundas Vaitekūnas, the chairman of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK), who was delegated by the Labour Party to assume the post of the education and science minister, has refused to stand as a candidate, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius confirmed on Monday. The PM says that a new candidate has already been nominated. […]