Press Releases

2009-10-14 President Grybauskaitė received letters of credence from U.S. Ambassador

President Dalia Grybauskaitė received letters of credence from Ambassador Anne E. Derse of the United States of America. Anne E. Derse joined the State Department in 1981. In 2006, she was assigned as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan. She also worked at the U.S. Mission to the European Union and served in the U.S. embassies in Iraq, Trinidad and Tobago, and Singapore.

2009-10-13 President Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulates U.S. President Barack Obama on the award of Nobel Prize

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated President Barack Obama of the United States of America on the award of the Nobel Prize.

2009-10-12 The President congratulated King Juan Carlos I of Spain on National Day

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended on behalf of herself and the people of Lithuania congratulations to King Juan Carlos I of Spain on National Day. “Your national holiday is celebrated on the day which also marks a major historical event – the Discovery of America,” Dalia Grybauskaitė wrote in her message of congratulations.

2009-10-09 NATO is interested in investing in defence of the Baltic region

We have been assured that NATO is still interested in investing in defence of the Baltic region, says President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė having met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The President and NATO Secretary General met at NATO Air Force Base in Zokniai today.

2009-10-08 President and NATO Secretary General to visit Military Air Force Base in Šiauliai

This Friday, October 9, President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will visit the Military Air Force (MAF) Base in Šiauliai. The Head of State will be accompanied by the Minister of National Defence Rasa Juknevičienė, the Chief of Defence Major General Arvydas Pocius, Lithuania’s permanent representative at NATO Linas Linkevičius, and other members of the delegation.

2009-10-08 Energy security – common goal pursued by Lithuanian and Estonian leaders

We have been in the European Union for five years already but we are still isolated in energy terms; we have to connect Baltic and Western European electricity networks as soon as possible and to create an open Baltic electricity market, says President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė having met with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves as part of her working visit to Estonia.

2009-10-08 Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated President of Croatia on Independence Day

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President Stjepan Mesić of Croatia on Independence Day.

2009-10-07 Lithuania and Finland to cooperate in energy and innovation

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė on a working visit to Finland says that Finland is a very important partner of Lithuania in strengthening cooperation with Nordic countries and that Finnish experience in the field of energy and innovation is also very useful to Lithuania. While in Helsinki, President Grybauskaitė met with Finland’s President Tarja Halonen to discuss opportunities for Lithuanian-Finnish cooperation in implementing concrete projects, especially in the field of development of alternative energies.

2009-10-06 President leaves for working visits to Finland and Estonia tomorrow

Tomorrow, October 7, Wednesday, President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė goes on working visits to Finland and Estonia.

2009-10-03 Lithuanian President welcomes Ireland's referendum results

Following a "yes" vote to the Lisbon Treaty by Irish citizens in a nation-wide referendum, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said: "The decision of the Irish people opens the road to the whole of Europe to become more effective and to implement the necessary institutional reforms. The dialogue which will be facilitated between member states within the European Union will not only make it easier for Europe to recover more rapidly from the economic downturn, but will also help avoid such large-scale crises in the future. For Lithuania, the Lisbon Treaty creates the required preconditions to participate actively and effectively in the EU decision making process. I will devote my utmost attention to have the agreements set forth in the Treaty successfully translated into practice. I hope that those EU member states which have not as yet completed the ratification process will do so in the near future."