It is essential to ensure that voters could use their right to vote ahead of the upcoming general election on Sunday, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says.
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Gitanas Nausėda (born 19 May 1964) is a Lithuanian politician and the President of Lithuania, elected on 26 May 2019.
From 1982 to 1987 he studied in Vilnius University, Faculty of Industrial Economics and from 1987 to 1989 in the Faculty of Economics. From 1990 to 1992 he did a practice at the University of Mannheim in Germany under the DAAD scholarship. He defended his PhD thesis "Income Policy Under Inflation and Stagflation" in 1993. Since 2009 he is an associate professor at Vilnius University Business School.
Having completed his studies, from 1992 to 1993 he worked for the Research Institute for Economics and Privatization. From 1993 to 1994 he worked for the Lithuanian Competition Council as a head of the Financial Markets Department. From 1994 to 2000 he worked at the Bank of Lithuania, initially in the department regulating the commercial banks and later as a director of the Monetary Policy Department. From 2000 to 2008 he was a chief economist and adviser to the chairman of AB Vilniaus Bankas. From 2008 to 2018 he was the financial analyst as well as chief adviser and later the chief economist for the SEB Bankas president.
A visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Lithuania helped improve mutual understanding, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has seen his popularity rating grow in recent months, whole Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga's popularity has tumbled, according to the latest Lietuvos Rytas/Vilmorus survey published on Saturday.
The number of coronavirus cases is growing in all countries, and Lithuania is this time better prepared than during the first wave, President Gitanas Nauseda says.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has called Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's recent threats to close the border "a provocation", and also warned of a "mirror" response, if such a decision is made.
Lithuania and Ukraine are holding the same position on the situation in Belarus and are calling for a new fair election in the neighboring country, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Monday evening.
President Gitanas Nausėda will attend the European Council summit in Brussels on July 17. EU leaders will meet physically for the first time after the outbreak of the pandemic.
Increased financing for the European Union’s (EU) cohesion policy is one of the biggest expectations of the Baltic countries as regards the new Union’s multiannual financial framework, Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda has said, also calling to ensure a fair and unbiased distribution of the prop...
Ridas Jasiulionis, a journalist and an actor, should be put in charge of the Communication Group of Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda, informed sources confirmed to BNS on Wednesday.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda's chief advisers Jonas Vytautas Zukas, Sonata Sulce and Aistis Zabarauskas are leaving the presidential team, the presidential office said on Thursday.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda didn’t go to the planned trilateral meeting with the Latvian and Estonian counterparts on Thursday.
President Gitanas Nauseda says that Lithuania must strive to become "a just, green, innovative welfare state", a goal that requires more respect, dialogue and mutual trust.
Any crisis is a great opportunity to take a big step forward, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Thursday as he marked the centenary of the Constituent Seimas, or Constituent Assembly.
The state is ready to increase its debt to rescue the economy, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says, also adding that businessmen also need to be socially responsible towards their employees and partners.
Pirmadienį Vyriausybė pritarė ekonomikos skatinimo ir koronaviruso sukeltų pasekmių mažinimo priemonių planui. Siekiant padėti išsaugoti darbo vietas ir pajamas, ketinama prailginti būsto paskolų įmokų, išskyrus palūkanas, mokėjimo atidėjimo laikotarpį netekusiems darbo asmenims nuo 3 iki 6 mėnesių,...
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has expressed his trust in law enforcement and intelligence services and warned that the dissemination of unsubstantiated information might pose threat to statehood.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' popularity rating has dropped further down amid the ongoing tensions with President Gitanas Nauseda, and the latter's popularity has increased slightly, according to the latest survey by Vilmorus for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, published on Saturday.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has proposed including nine legislative initiatives into the parliament's spring agenda, including a public procurement reform, reducing the scale of clearcutting and giving parents raising a child under 12 an additional day-off.
President Gitanas Nauseda believes that the idea of setting a state-owned commercial bank in Lithuania should be given consideration, but any decisions on this issue could only be made after next fall's parliamentary election.
Economic cooperation between Japan and Lithuania is improving, but there are untapped synergies in energy, transport and logistics, food industry, life sciences, and finance, President Gitanas Nauseda said on Wednesday,