On behalf of the Government and the people of Lithuania, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has extended condolences to the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angela Merkel, over the loss of the former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has extended greetings to Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz and all the people of the country celebrating the Independence Day.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius received the Kosovan Prime Minister Isa Mustafa who came on an official visit to Lithuania. This is the first visit of the Kosovan Head of Government to Lithuania. In the meeting possibilities of developing further trade and economic cooperation were discussed. The ...

We are pleased that today in Riga we, the Prime Ministers of all the Baltic States and the Prime Minister of Ukraine, had an ...

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius received the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili, who came on an official visit to Lithuania. During the meeting Heads of Government discussed bilateral economic relations, the importance of democratic development of Georgia and Lithuania’s support for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius participated in the Nordic-Baltic Prime Ministers’ meeting (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), held in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland.

During his visit to Paris, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius talked with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

On Wednesday, while on his working visit to Paris, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and other European Socialist Party and national leaders, including French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, signed a declaration encouraging signing an international agreement on global climate change this December in Paris.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with the European Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, who is visitting Lithuania on a special occasion of the opening of the first Rail Baltica section Kaunas-Suwalki.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with King Carl Gustaf XVI and Queen Silvia of Sweden to discuss the current close bilateral relations and prospects for future cooperation. Later, the Head of Government and the Swedish monarchs visited the Sunrise Valley Technology and Innovation Center, where they focused on the cooperation in the field of ...

On Thursday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with European Commission Vice-President, Andrus Ansip, to discuss developments in the EU digital single market, promotion of innovations and job creation in the EU Member States.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with Li Xiaopeng, President of one of the largest China’s state-owned corporations China Merchants Group (CMG) and the delegation to discuss investment opportunities in Lithuania, Chinese delegation’s plans for our country, and to sign a letter of intent between Klaipėda Seaport Authority, logistics ...