Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has congratulated Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the people of Israel on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the Independence of Israel.

On Tuesday Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Geert Bourgeois, the Minister-President of Flanders. At the meeting bilateral relations between Lithuania and Belgium were discussed, and cooperation agreements were signed between the sea ports of both countries, as well as universities, investment and business ...

On Saturday Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who is on a visit to Lithuania.

The Award ceremony of the Righteous among the Nations took place in the Office of the Government on Thursday, during which a tribute was paid to the persons who saved the Jewish people from the Nazi genocide during World War II. 

To conclude his working visit in Norway, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with honorary consuls of Lithuania in Norway, the well-known Norwegian business and public personalities.    The Prime Minister has presented to the consuls recent developments in Lithuania, and has thanked them for their work. “The Government highly ...

On his working visit in Norway, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg. The two Heads of Government have discussed development of bilateral relations, energy cooperation, regional security, Eastern Partnership policy developments, and migration issues.     

On his working visit to Oslo, Prime Minister has met with the Speaker of the Norwegian Parliament (Storting), Olemic Thommessen, to discuss the importance of the bilateral and regional partnership for the security in the region.

On Wednesday, on his working visit in Norway, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with CEOs of Höegh LNG: Chairman of the Board Morten Høegh and President Sveinung Støhle. Höegh LNG is the major owner and operator of Independence, a floating LNG storage and regasification vessel.  

Today, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Roger Qui, Director of the European Representation of one of the world’s largest Chinese tourism company CTRIP, who visited the Lithuanian cities and saw tourism opportunities in Lithuania.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström, who is on her visit to Lithuania. The meeting has dealt with Lithuania’s foreign trade, the new European Union trade and investment strategy “Trade for All”, the EU-US negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership ...

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has extended greetings to new Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groisman, wishing the best for the country as it heads on the path of reforms leading to social and economic well-being and security of the people of Ukraine.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with heads of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev and Refat Chubarov, as well as other members of the Steering Committee of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars, currently held in Vilnius. The Prime Minister has assured the guests that Lithuania supports Ukraine’s sovereignty and makes every effort that the ...