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President’s chief national security adviser Kęstutis Budrys expects a law on defence and security industry to be adopted in spring. It would ensure more effective cooperation between authorities and defence industry companies, as well as more flexible regulation of these companies.

Former president of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus, who held office in 1998-2003 and 2004-2009, doubts that Donald Trump would win the 2024 United States presidential election.

Next presidential elections will be held in Lithuania on 12 May 2024. Parliament passed the decree in question on Thursday with 119 votes in favour, 1 vote against and 1 abstention.

It has transpired that MP Algirdas Butkevičius is one of potential presidential candidates of the party Democrats For Lithuania. He served as Lithuania’s prime minister in 2012-2016. The nomination will be decided by the end of the week.

The latest poll shows that the majority of Lithuanians have the most favourable opinion about incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda.

It has been proposed holding the next presidential election on 12 May 2024.

Alexander Lukashenko cannot be regarded as the legitimate president of Belarus because the presidential election was not free and democratic, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has told foreign media.

All staff members of the Lithuanian presidential office, including President Gitanas Nauseda, are isolating after one staff member had contact with a coronavirus-infected person, Rida Jasulionis, spokesman for the president, told BNS on Friday.

Alma Adamkiene, the wife of Lithuania's former President Valdas Adamkus, is in a stable condition after being hospitalized with symptoms of a stroke on Sunday, the hospital said on Tuesday.

Alma Adamkiene, the wife of Lithuania's former President Valdas Adamkus, has been in intensive care at a Vilnius hospital since Sunday after suffering a stroke, the Lrt.lt online news site reported.

The memory of Lithuania's first President Antanas Smetona should be duly honored in Vilnius, President Gitanas Nauseda says.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda tops the popularity rating in the country, according to the latest survey by Vilmorus for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, published on Saturday.

Lithuania's new President Gitanas Nauseda is expected to nominate on Thursday Saulius Skvernelis for reappointment as prime minister by the parliament.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Tuesday said he's against the proposal for the European Union to impose sanctions on Poland over its judicial reforms which, critics say, violate judicial independence.

Gitanas Nauseda has on Friday been sworn-in and assumed the position of president of the Republic of Lithuania.

Lithuania's new President Gitanas Nauseda says he will be cool-headed and wise when working with the Seimas and government and will not aim for confrontation.

Gitanas Nauseda was inaugurated as Lithuania's new president in Vilnius on Friday.

Communication specialist Antanas Bubnelis will become Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda's press officer, several informed sources told BNS Lithuania on Wednesday.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite was considered among candidates for president of the European Commission during the tense talks on key EU positions, sources in the European Council and European Parliament told BNS Lithuania.

Lithuania's outgoing President Dalia Grybauskaite offered on Monday her team's help to Gitanas Nauseda as the president-elect prepares to take over the office.