Press Releases

2011-12-09 Political consensus reached how to deal with EU debt crisis

The heads of state or government of EU Member States in the capital of Belgium early Friday morning agreed on more stringent financial discipline and saving measures needed to overcome the debt crisis in the eurozone.

2011-12-06 The President: gender equality should be promoted by personal example

President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed the participants of the ESCO round-table discussion "Making Women's Voices Heard" on gender equality and equal opportunities. The experts from the EU's Eastern Partnership, Mediterranean Sea regions and Lithuania have shared their unique experience, success stories, and provided a roadmap for further initiatives in the sphere of gender equality.

2011-12-06 Dalia Grybauskaitė and Hillary Clinton discussed regional security issues

President Dalia Grybauskaitė and the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, currently participating in the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting, discussed regional security issues and preparedness for the NATO summit to be held in Chicago next spring. According to the President, NATO's visibility and real presence are highly important as the number of the armed forces and weapons located in the neighborhood of Lithuania and the Baltic States is increasing and intense military training is conducted.

2011-12-06 Negotiations on protracted conflicts have moved forward during Lithuanian OSCE chairmanship

President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed the participants of the Ministerial Council meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). According to the President, in the entire course of OSCE chairmanship the resolution of protracted conflicts has been a key priority for Lithuania, therefore it is very important that after five and a half years of inactivity official multilateral negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement were renewed in Vilnius.

2011-12-02 Unity of the Baltic States will ensure implementation of important regional projects

Presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, continuing a traditional meeting of the leaders of the Baltic States, discussed the issues of regional security and cooperation in implementing energy and transport projects. After the meeting, the EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas presented to the Presidents the railway project “RailBaltica” intended to connect the Baltic countries, Helsinki and Warsaw.

2011-12-02 Lithuania and Latvia to stand united in negotiations on a new EU financial framework

President Dalia Grybauskaitė, currently attending the meeting of the Baltic Presidents, discussed with President Andris Bērziņš of Latvia the issues of bilateral cooperation, the situation in the eurozone, and the likely impact of the crisis on the economy of the Baltic countries. The leaders of Lithuania and Latvia also talked about the measures intended to enhance the supervision of financial institutions.

2011-12-01 Interconnections with European networks – guarantee of energy security for the Baltics

President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended the meeting of Presidents of the Baltic States in Estonia. Discussing the goals and new challenges of the Baltic States the Presidents underlined that energy security and the ending of energy isolation of the region was currently a key priority for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

2011-11-30 The President received letters of credence from the first Tajik ambassador to Lithuania

Dalia Grybauskaitė received letters of credence from Ambassador Kozidavlat Koimdodov of Tajikistan. During the meeting, the President and the Ambassador discussed bilateral relations and the perspectives of economic cooperation between the two countries.

2011-11-29 The President received letters of credence from Ambassador Kornelis Spaans of the Netherlands

President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from the Ambassador of the Netherlands, Kornelis Willem Spaans. According to the President, Lithuanian business people mostly choose the Netherlands of all foreign countries to invest in and the Netherlands is among the largest investors in Lithuania, therefore it is important to continue developing and promoting bilateral business relations.

2011-11-28 New IT Innovation Center for Eastern Europe to be opened in Lithuania

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Vice Presidents Qu Wenchu and Lu Yong of an IT giant – Chinese company “Huawei” – to discuss the perspectives of cooperation and investments in the sphere of innovations.