Politics
Lithuania must be at forefront of EU integration – president (Updated)
Lithuania must be at the forefront of EU integration, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
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Politics
Lithuanian parties have unique opportunity to rise to new life – president
Lithuanian political parties have a unique opportunity to rise to a new life after recent political corruption scandals and they need volunteers, just like the Armed Forces do, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Stirring of political corruption waters reveals ‘unseen Lithuania’ – president
A high-profile corruption case has revealed an “unseen Lithuania” where efforts are continuing to sell the state and take control of it, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in her annual State of the Nation Address to the Seimas on Tuesday. […]
Politics
President to give her State of Nation Address
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will on Tuesday deliver her annual State of the Nation Address to the Seimas. […]
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Public relations experts: it is time for Grybauskaitė to reveal what she knows
In anticipation of Tuesday’s annual address by President Dalia Grybauskaitė, the last of her presidency, public relations experts are musing, what the head of state should say, wanting to settle matters in political life, which […]
Politics
LVŽS leader calls Lithuanian president’s statement “nonsense”
Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), on Friday called President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s statement that his presence in the Seimas might run counter to the Constitution “nonsense”. […]
Politics
LVŽS leader’s activity might run counter to Constitution – president
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Friday the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis‘ activity in the Seimas might run counter to the country’s Constitution due to his business interests. […]
Defence
Without unity NATO might lose relevance, Lithuanian president says
NATO might lose its relevance as unity within the Alliance is weakening, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė warned on Friday. […]
Defence
NATO’s upcoming summit: 3 key challenges for Lithuania
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is visiting Warsaw on Friday to meet with the leaders of another eight Central and Eastern European countries to discuss preparations for NATO‘s July summit. […]
Politics
Seimas speaker calls president’s move on Istanbul Convention “nice gesture”
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s decision to put the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) before the country’s parliament for ratification was “a nice gesture”, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says, but does not promise his vote for it. […]
Foreign affairs
PM keeps mum on his Istanbul Convention vote
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis keeps mum on how he plans to vote during the ratification of the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) in the parliament. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president submitting Istanbul Convention to parlt for ratification
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is putting the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) before the country’s parliament for ratification, the presidential office confirmed it to BNS Lithuania on Thursday. […]
Foreign affairs
WPL leader in Vilnius: our mission is to get more women into politics
The mission of the Women Political Leaders (WPL) Global Forum is to bring more women into politics and to encourage those already in politics to increase their influence in decision-making, its president said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
CORPORATE
Kęstutis Girnius. The CIA and the VSD
World media rarely pays particular attention to Lithuania. Last week was an exception, but it was neither a reason to celebrate, nor to be proud. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that secret […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president: over 150 countries still have laws discriminating against women
More than 150 countries in the world still have laws that discriminate against women, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president calls influence probe ‘political opinion’, waits for concrete proposals
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė describes a recently completed parliamentary investigation into interest groups’ influence on political processes as “a political opinion of the Seimas” with no legal implications and waits for concrete proposals. […]
Foreign affairs
Vilnius hosts Women Political Leaders Summit
The annual Women Political Leaders (WPL) Summit is getting underway at the Lithuanian parliament building in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Foreign affairs
Women from almost 100 countries gather in Lithuanian for leaders’ forum
Women from over 90 countries are gathering in Lithuania on Wednesday for an international leaders’ forum. […]
CORPORATE
L. Bielinis on NSGK investigation: we are witnessing just the start of a conflict
The Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) parliamentary investigation and the accompanying “Farmer” and Conservative urgings to take up deeper analysis only show that this is simply the first stage of a conflict between […]
CORPORATE
US and Western Europe’s disagreements: whom should Lithuania stand by?
“Solely Brussels is no good, but solely Washington is also no good. […] It is necessary to manoeuvre between the two positions,” political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius says, commenting on how Lithuania should act in the […]