Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday that she will not publicly support any candidate to replace her when her second presidential term ends next year.
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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.
Lithuania's parliamentary parties will sign a defense policy agreement next Monday, Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, said on Thursday.
Ongoing rows among Lithuania's parliamentary parties are destructive and may undermine confidence in the state, President Dalia Grybauskaitė warned on Thursday.
The maximum amount of the state's additional spending on organizing Pope Francis' visit to Lithuania later this month goes down from 1.75 million euros to 1.45 million euros, Government Vice-Chancellor Alminas Mačiulis said on Tuesday.
The Seimas is likely to override President Dalia Grybauskaitė's veto on amendments lowering the yes-vote threshold for a dual citizenship referendum, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament said on Tuesday.
As a new political season is about to begin in Lithuania, President Dalia Grybauskaitė calls on political parties to avoid the infighting and personal vendettas that she said dominated the parliament's spring session.
An agreement on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Lithuania that was reached 25 years ago as a result of tough negotiations was a victory for both Lithuania and Russia, Lithuania's first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis said on Friday.
Lithuania marks the 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of the Soviet army.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday signed the Book of Condolences opened at the United States Embassy for honoring the memory of US Senator John McCain.
It is up to the government to decide whether or not to appeal the European Court of Human Rights' (ECHR) ruling on the imprisonment of terror suspects at a secret CIA detention site in Lithuania more than a decade ago, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Jonas Valančiūnas, playing for the Toronto Raptors, have on Tuesday opened an adolescent day center, called Išvien (Together) established by the basketball player.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday political parties are acting "not nice and irresponsibly" by trying to play defense needs off against social needs.
Europe cannot turn its back on financially-troubled Turkey in the face of geopolitical security and economic challenges, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday as she met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Vilnius.
Lithuanian politicians have expressed their respect and condolences over the passing of US Senator John McCain, calling him a "true friend of Lithuania" and a "fighter for truth and democracy".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will likely visit Lithuania in mid-September.
