Press Releases

2009-12-07 President urges all political forces to accept responsibility for next year’s state and social security budgets

In the meeting with leaders of parliamentary groups of the Seimas, President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė underlined that the state budget for 2010 would decide whether Lithuania would manage to overcome the economic downturn or, on the contrary, fall deeper into it, and urged all political forces to assume political responsibility.

2009-12-07 Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated President of Finland on national holiday

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President Tarja Kaarina Halonen of Finland on the occasion of Independence Day.

2009-12-04 President: Lithuanian schoolchildren of Belarus are Lithuanian ambassadors

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė met with schoolchildren of Lithuanian schools of Pelesa and Rimdžiūnai, Belarus. “You are every dear to us. You speak, learn and sing in Lithuanian. But you have to try to learn and work harder because you are our children, Lithuanian ambassadors,” President Dalia Grybauskaitė said addressing the visiting Lithuanian schoolchildren of Belarus.

2009-12-02 President said good-bye to the outgoing Czech Ambassador

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė had a farewell meeting with the outgoing Ambassador of the Czech Republic, Alois Buchta.

2009-12-02 Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President of United Arab Emirates

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations, both personally and on behalf of the people of Lithuania, to Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, on national holiday: the 38th anniversary of the formation of the Emirates.

2009-12-01 Lithuania will continue working towards stability in Afghanistan

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė received Ambassador of the United States of America to Lithuania, Anne Elizabeth Derse. The Ambassador presented U.S. Administration plans and its future strategy towards Afghanistan.

2009-12-01 Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated President of Romania on national holiday

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President Traian Băsescu of Romania on the occasion of Unification Day.

2009-11-30 Lithuania stands in solidarity with Ukraine commemorating the Holodomor

On the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Great Famine (Holodomor) in Ukraine, President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė wrote a letter to the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, to express respect, support and solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

2009-11-30 President extends condolences to Russia over train crash

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė expressed condolences to President Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation over the crash of the train “Nevskij expres” that happened on 27 November.

2009-11-30 President received credentials from Saudi Arabian Ambassador

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė received letters of credence from the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Abdul Rahman S.A.Al Hadlg.