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Dalia Grybauskaitė (born 1 March 1956) is a Lithuanian politician and the President of Lithuania, inaugurated on 12 July 2009 and reelected in May 2014. She is the country's first female President and the first President of Lithuania to be reelected for a second consecutive term.
In an interview to LRT Television’s Dienos Tema, President Dalia Grybauskaitė stated that out of concern over teacher wages payment reform, she offered her aid to both the now dismissed Minister of Education and Science Jurgita Petrauskienė and to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. That said, the la...
Lithuanian farmers will not receive the sort of direct grants from the EU as were promised already in 2013. “This means that the EU will owe us,” Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė told LRT Radio before departing to negotiations on the EU’s new budget. However, the situation could be even worse...
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday the European Commission's proposals on direct payments to Lithuanian farmers are "unacceptable". The country's farmers are planning to hold a demonstration in Brussels on Thursday.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his Lithuanian counterpart Dalia Grybauskaitė met on Friday to discuss bilateral cooperation, Poroshenko's press service said.
The Seimas Committee on Budget and Finance will request President Dalia Grybauskaitė to answer questions on the financial crisis. She will be sent questions about the actions of commercial banks and the Bank of Lithuania by committee chairman Stasys Jakeliūnas. Former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius...
Lithuanian foreign policy is weakened by the fact that all the powers of its formation and implementation are focused in one location – the institution of the president, while its other centres – the cabinet and Seimas are passive, political scientist Raimundas Lopata tells lrt.lt. “Lithuania is a u...
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Friday to discuss the security situation in Eastern Ukraine and the Sea of Azov, said the President's Office on Tuesday.
Probably no one expected Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ decision to replace three of his cabinet ministers – education and science, culture, as well as environment. Even President Dalia Grybauskaitė, to whom the PM intends to hand the dismissal documents, stated that she only has no doubt about ...
As teachers' strike in Lithuania enters into the third week, the government is planning to hold the Minister of Education and Science accountable.
The Lithuanian president and prime minister have alerted on Tuesday that Lithuania must find alternative air transportation for its leaders following two incidents with its military planes in two days.
Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, is leading the race for the nomination by Lithuania's Social Democratic Party (LSDP) in the country's presidential election, the party revealed on Monday.
Hungarian President Janos Ader said on Tuesday that his country might consider buying liquefied gas from northern Europe, including Lithuania.
The campaign for presidential election in Lithuania officially started on Monday with seven candidates already lining up to take a seat from incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė.
On November 5–10, Shanghai is hosting the China International Import Expo 2018. Invitations to the expo have been sent to manufacturers from around the world and major leaders of the European Union and other states. The International import expo has the attendance of Lithuania’s President Dalia Gryb...
Poland on Friday thanked Lithuania for naming a street in its capital Vilnius after late Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga and several lawmakers said on Friday they are submitting new amendments to a healthcare network reform package to ensure that both public and private hospitals have access to compulsory health insurance funds.
Lithuania's ruling block on Thursday failed to muster enough votes to override President Dalia Grybauskaitė's veto of amendments aimed at providing a state subsidy to the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP).
Lithuania's parliament will consider a proposal by the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Green Union to lower the referendum threshold to amending part of constitutional chapters.
