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.
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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...
By providing answers to parlt inquiry president would have legitimised politicised process – adviser
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.
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.
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 welcomes the proposal of a group of MPs to ban the import of agricultural goods and feed originating in Russia or Belarus.
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.