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Lithuanian president: Swedish royal visit is consolidation of bonds between the countries

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden who are on a three-day state visit in Lithuania. During their meeting, the president and the Swedish royal couple discussed the results and prospects of long-standing and close bilateral cooperation. This is the second state visit by the King and Queen of Sweden in our country after 23 years, the presidential press service said. […]

Swedish royal couple arrives in Vilnius

October 7, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The aircraft with the Swedish royal couple landed at Vilnius International Airport today, at around 1 AM local time, the Lithuanian president’s office has confirmed to Elta. […]

Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden and Queen Silvia

Sweden’s royal couple starting state visit in Lithuania

October 7, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden and Queen Silvia are arriving in Vilnius on Wednesday for a state visit. […]

President Grybauskaitė: Kremlin does not understand language of diplomacy

October 7, 2015 ELTA EN 0

There is no other European leader who is speaking to Russia in a stricter manner than Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. Sometimes this irritates politicians who believe that relations with the Kremlin require more moderation, the Swish daily Neue Zuercher Zeitiung says. […]

Lithuanian president: Russia’s involvement in Syria will make refugee crisis worse

October 6, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Russia‘s recent involvement in the war in Syria will only worsen the plight of refugees who are making their way to Europe in thousands, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]

President Grybauskaitė says Swiss army ‘nice example’ for Lithuania

October 6, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is leaving for a visit to Switzerland on Tuesday, says that the Swiss army, which is based on military conscription, is a “nice example” for Lithuania. […]

President says Lithuanian parliament should vote on prosecutor general candidate openly

October 5, 2015 ELTA EN 0

After the Lithuanian parliament rejected two nominees for the post of prosecutor general, President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that MPs should vote on such nominations openly rather than in a secret ballot, as is currently the case. […]

Concerns about Lithuania’s budget deficit

October 5, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

After the Finance Ministry has submitted proposal for the 2016 state budget, which envisages a slightly bigger fiscal deficit than this year, the National Audit Office says this raises the risk for long-term sustainability of government finance. President Dalia Grybauskaitė warns that Lithuania might exceed the limit provided by the EU’s fiscal compact. […]

President Grybauskaitė congratulates Germany on reunification anniversary

October 5, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 3 October President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to Federal President Joachim Gauck on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of German reunification celebrated on Unity Day, the presidential press service said. […]

President Grybauskaitė’s visit to Switzerland to focus on security and innovation

October 2, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is going on an official visit to Switzerland on Tuesday, 6 October, at the invitation of Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga. […]

PM’s advisor lambastes Lithuanian president’s UN speech

October 2, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Raimundas Lopata, political scientist and advisor to Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, has slammed the foreign policy of President Dalia Grybauskaitė, saying in an interview published on Friday that her recent speech at the United Nations was “sterile”. […]

Lithuanian leaders congratulate China on national day

October 1, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has extended congratulations to President Xi Jinping of China on the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. […]

Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia

Sweden’s royal couple to visit Lithuania

October 1, 2015 ELTA EN 0

At the invitation of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and his wife Queen Silvia will arrive on an official state visit to Lithuania on 7-9 October. […]

Lithuanian president: Reform of United Nations unavoidable

September 30, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

In her address to world leaders at the UN General Assembly, President Dalia Grybauskaitė underlined that the United Nations was not adapted to the challenges of today and needed immediate reform. […]

Savchenko suggests Russia be ‘stripped of veto right’ at UN

September 30, 2015 BNS 0

Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who is held in prison in Russia, has urged the international community to “strip” Russia of its veto right at the United Nations (UN) Security Council. […]

Lithuanian president says Putin’s speech at UN ‘neo-Stalinist’

September 29, 2015 BNS 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s speech at the United Nations (UN) is “neo-Stalinist” and characteristic of celebration of last century’s dictatorships, says Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

West will not renounce Ukraine in exchange for Russia’s help with ISIS, Grybauskaitė’s adviser says

September 29, 2015 BNS 0

The West will not renounce its commitments to Ukraine in exchange for Russia‘s help in fighting the Islamic State, an adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who’s attending UN events in New York, said on Tuesday. […]

Lithuanian parliament rejects president’s nomination for chief prosecutor

September 29, 2015 BNS 0

The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday rejected the nomination of Edita Dambrauskienė, 46, chairwoman of Kaišiadorys District Court, who was proposed by the president to the post of prosecutor general. Fifty MPs voted in favour of her candidacy, 49 were against and 19 abstained. […]

Russia’s sincerity in UN ‘very hard’ to believe, Lithuanian president says

September 28, 2015 BNS 0

In light of the situation in Ukraine, it is “very hard” the believe the sincerity of Russia‘s statements about peace initiatives in the Middle East, says Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė attending events of the United Nations (UN) in New York. […]

EC decisions will help to manage migration crisis, Lithuanian president says

September 24, 2015 BNS 0

The strategic decisions made by the European Council on Wednesday will help to manage the migration crisis, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]