After a five-year break, Gitanas Nausėda and Ingrida Šimonytė will meet again in the second round of the election for President of Lithuania. In the first round, G. Nausėda collected 44.19 percent of the votes, Ingrida Šimonytė 19.78 percent.

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who is visiting Lithuania on the occasion of Europe Day. The Head of State and the President of the European Commission discussed support for Ukraine, sanctions against Russia, the use of frozen Russian funds, the enlargement of the European Union, and strengthening the defense industry.

On Tuesday, the Chancellor of the Government, Giedrė Balčytytė, met with the Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, Manuel Tovar Rivera, who is visiting Lithuania. The meeting highlighted the importance of solidarity between democracies despite the geographical distances between them, discussed cooperation in strengthening resilience to hybrid threats, and support for Ukraine.

Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas met with Minister of Defence of the Netherlands Kajsa Ollongren. L. Kasčiūnas thanked the Netherlands for the country’s contribution to the Baltic security. According to him, security and defence cooperation between our nations is steadfast and unbreakable, and it is vital for the Baltic security.

On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda, together with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, visited the German troops serving in the NATO forward presence battlegroup in Lithuania in Pabradė and observed the German Armed Forces’ large-scale exercise Grand Quadriga.

We, the Presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the accession of our countries to the EU, make the following statement.

The European Parliament launches the second phase of its communication campaign, highlighting the importance of voting and safeguarding democracy.

President Gitanas Nausėda, together with Polish President Andrzej Duda, took part in The Idea of Europe international forum at Vytautas Magnus University on Friday afternoon.

The European Parliament has adopted a package of laws strengthening the EU’s toolkit to fight money-laundering and terrorist financing.

The European Parliament’s last Eurobarometer survey before the elections in June reveals awareness among citizens and concern for the current geopolitical context.