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The Lithuanian Human Rights Centre has urged President Gitanas Nausėda and other presidential candidates to advocate for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Lithuania.

President Gitanas Nausėda on Thursday signed decrees stripping Russian businessman Yuri Kudimov and Russian ballerina Ilze Liepa of Lithuanian citizenship that had been granted by exception.

President Gitanas Nausėda on Monday called for concrete solutions to respond to the geopolitical reality rather than ‘apocalyptic statements.'

On Friday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis met with President Gitanas Nausėda at the Presidential Palace to discuss the stalling appointment of some ambassadors. The minister told the media afterwards that a decision has been reached on the issue.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda emphasises that the West is lagging behind Russia in terms of production of military equipment and ammunition. The president highlighted this during a visit to Paris on Monday evening, where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Monday evening, President Gitanas Nausėda participated in an international conference of European leaders in Paris at the invitation of President of France Emmanuel Macron to discuss ways of strengthening support for Ukraine, said the Office of the President.

As the Hungarian parliament on Monday ratified Sweden’s NATO bid, Lithuanian leaders welcomed the move.

President Gitanas Nausėda says he is positive about the possibility of granting Lithuanian citizenship to American ice dancer Allison Reed.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, the nominee of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) in the 2024 presidential election, in one day collected the required number of voter signatures supporting her presidential bid.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has issued forms for the collection of voter signatures to 10 participants of the 2024 Lithuanian presidential election campaign.

Incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda continues to be seen as favourite candidate in the upcoming presidential election, a poll commissioned by the news agency ELTA that was carried out by the pollster Baltijos tyrimai shows.

If presidential elections were to take place next Sunday, incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda would be the leading candidate, shows the latest public opinion poll.

The Citizenship Commission has issued a recommendation to the president that Russian ballerina Ilzė Liepa should lose Lithuanian citizenship, which was granted by exception, as she poses a threat to national security.

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says Moscow’s latest accusation levelled at the Baltic States is yet another sign that Lithuania must boost its security.

President Gitanas Nausėda on Tuesday opened the Infobalt association’s international event "AIcebreakers: Vision for Lithuania", the president's office reports.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) on Monday confirmed it had received an application of Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė to join the presidential election campaign.

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda is participating in the European Council meeting in Brussels, where the European leaders agreed on a revision of the EU’s multiannual financial framework to include EUR 50 billion in long-term financial support for Ukraine.

The Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) has established that President Gitanas Nausėda and Ambassador of Lithuania to the United Kingdom Eitvydas Bajarūnas mixed private and public interests as their visit to the Royal Opera House in May 2023 was private but paid for by the embassy. The media ha...

On 31 January, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs will meet with Mrs Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, at the Riga Castle. The meeting will focus on supporting Ukraine and its people, the human rights situation in Ukraine, as well as the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported by ...

The Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) has held that the president and the ambassador to the UK violated the law on public and private interests by going to the Royal Opera House in London after it found that the visit was private and paid for by the embassy.