Grybauskaitė: EU budget among key achievements of Lithuanian presidency
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the Tuesday’s approval of the European Union’s (EU) multiannual budget at the European Parliament is one of the most important achievements of the...
View ArticleGrybauskaitė: 2014 budget has to be the budget of euro adoption
On Friday, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius, reports The Baltic Course with reference to the news agency ELTA. During the meeting, President...
View ArticleGrybauskaitė: Ukrainian leaders are taking country nowhere
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has lashed out at her Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yanukovych, who came to the Vilnius Summit, but refused to sign the association and free trade agreement...
View ArticleGrybauskaitė: EU won’t make deals with Ukrainian leaders
BNS The European Union will not make any deals with the Ukrainian administration, said Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė. “We really hope for Ukraine to make decisions sooner or later,...
View ArticleGrybauskaitė is not surprised by Balčytis’ nomination
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she welcomes any candidate in the upcoming presidential elections as providing a broader choice for voters. Speaking to journalists in Kaunas on...
View ArticleZygmantas Balčytis – Grybauskaitė’s biggest challenge
There’s likely to be a second round of the presidential elections in May 2014, and the Social Democrat Zygmantas Balčytis shouldn’t do badly at all, according to a discussion that took place on...
View ArticlePresident Grybauskaitė: Ukrainian leaders responsible for unjustifiable violence
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated on Wednesday that the brutal force applied against peaceful protesters in Kiev is unjustifiable and is the direct responsibility of Ukraine’s...
View ArticleGrybauskaitė: Law on national minorities is against Constitution
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the Seimas would violate the Constitution by passing the Law on National Minorities, which is based on the legal acts that were in effect before...
View ArticlePresident: Ukraine’s leaders responsible for the situation in Kiev
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated on Wednesday that the Ukrainian administration is responsible for the situation in Kiev, strongly condemning the bloodshed in the Ukrainian capital....
View ArticleLithuanian politicians welcome Ukrainian parliament’s steps
BNS Lithuanian leaders on Tuesday applauded the Ukrainian parliament’s decision to revoke the anti-protest laws, however, Lithuanian opposition leader Andrius Kubilius who is currently in Kiev stated...
View ArticlePresident Grybauskaitė: Injuries show the use of brutal force in Ukraine
BNS Injuries show the use of brutal force against the protesters in Ukraine, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday after visiting the first injured Ukrainian citizen in Vilnius...
View ArticleLithuania’s leaders to meet with the heads of Germany and Russia
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is going to Germany on Friday to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel, while Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is scheduled to meet his Russian counterpart,...
View ArticleLithuanian President: Violence in Ukraine crossed all boundaries
BNS Violence in Ukraine has crossed all boundaries, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says, urging the government to talk to the opposition. In her words, the international community should take...
View ArticleLithuanian President: Ukraine is on the verge of a civil war
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said that Ukraine is nearing the verge of civil war. “The developments in Ukraine are unjustifiable; I would even call it criminal. This applies to both...
View ArticleLithuanian president vows to back “tightest sanctions” against Ukrainian...
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she will support the “tightest sanctions” against the Ukrainian administration following the bloodstained clashes between the protesters and the...
View ArticleLithuanian President: EU sanctions against Russia send a serious signal
BNS The sanctions against Russia announced at the European Union (EU) summit in Brussels on Thursday send a serious signal to the country that the whole of Europe sees its actions in Crimea as open and...
View ArticleLithuanian presidential hopeful Balčytis grows less in popularity than...
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė aiming to win a second term at the President’s Office remains the most popular hopeful, shows a fresh poll, however, the population’s preferences for the...
View ArticleLithuanian president criticizes Security Dept’s counterintelligence operations
BNS Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday criticized the State Security Department’s counterintelligence operations, saying that the agency is not fulfilling all the functions envisaged...
View ArticleRussia starting factual occupation of Crimea – Lithuanian President
BNS Russia is starting factual occupation of Crimea, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in comment of the referendum that took place in the Ukrainian region on Sunday. The Western world has...
View ArticleUS Ambassador: US gas will not reach Lithuanian LNG terminal before late 2015
BNS Liquefied natural gas from the United States could reach Lithuania by late 2015, when the US is scheduled to begin gas exports, said US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah McCarthy. Currently, US...
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