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Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė is going on holiday in order to join the presidential election campaign. She is the nominee of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat party (TS-LKD).

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda chaired the plenary session of the ninth summit of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) in Vilnius, the presidency said in a press release.

If the presidential election were to take place next Sunday, incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda would garner the most votes, shows the latest public opinion poll. Lithuania will hold the 2024 presidential election on 12 May.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) says eight candidates have garnered the necessary support for their presidential bids as it completed checking the signatures on Monday.

The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) will consider pledging financial support to Ignas Vėgėlė’s presidential campaign if the latter agrees with such an option, the party leader says.

The Regional Administrative Court has ruled that Russian citizen Yury Borisov, backer of former president Rolandas Paksas, who was impeached and removed from office in 2004, poses a threat to Lithuania’s national security.

President’s chief adviser Frederikas Jansonas rejects criticism directed at President Gitanas Nausėda over purportedly too frequent visits to Lithuania’s rural areas during the 2024 presidential election campaign. According to the adviser, the head of state has been making visits all across Lithuani...

President Gitanas Nausėda welcomes discussions on the possibility to install small nuclear reactors in Lithuania when developing the renewable energy sector.

Frederikas Jansonas, chief adviser on communication to President Gitanas Nausėda, claims that the head of state did not provide answers to a parliamentary commission because doing so would have legitimised the politicised inquiry. A parliamentary commission had been set up to examine if the State Se...

Kremlin propaganda portals and social media accounts are actively spreading news about the alleged involvement of a charity foundation by Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska in child trafficking. They allege that children are sold to into slavery, trafficked for organs, or send to paedophiles in wea...

President Gitanas Nausėda has doubts about the findings of an ad hoc parliamentary commission that carried out an inquiry into the case of Tomas Gailius, an employee of the State Security Department (VSD) who raised alarm about the activities of the intelligence agency during the 2019 presidential e...

President of Estonia Alar Karis has called for all NATO member states to consider seriously instating conscription, if they do not already, arguing that a preparedness for military conflict with the Russian Federation is looking increasingly important, reports public broadcaster ERR.

Lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė, one of presidential candidates in 2024 election, has complained to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) over incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda’s visits to regional areas ahead of the race in May.

Public confidence in President Gitanas Nausėda fell by four percentage points in the first months of this year, the latest poll commissioned by ELTA finds. Despite that, Nausėda remains the most trusted public figure in the country, with a rating of 20.9%.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda calls to ban Russian grain import to the European Union and to include Russia’s atomic energy corporation Rosatom, more banks and Russian aluminium in the EU’s 14th package of sanctions on Moscow.

Outgoing Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas on Saturday told President Gitanas Nausėda names of persons allegedly involved in illicit procurement, the president’s adviser says.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has put forth Laurynas Kasčiūnas, chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK), to be Lithuania’s next national defence minister.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda notes that the security situation will not improve after the rigged presidential election in Russia.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda, who is seeking re-election for the second term of office, has the largest support among presidential candidates, the latest public opinion poll shows.

President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda, who is paying a working visit to France, welcomes the idea of Western countries sending their troops to Ukraine, which is defending against Russia’s aggression.