2014 

Press release, 28 November 2014     Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia.

Press release, 25 November 2014  Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, has met with Aydan Yamancan, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey. The Speaker stressed the importance of dialogue as an excellent tool for developing and deepening mutual relations.

Press Release, 20 November 2014     Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, has met with Urban Ahlin, Speaker of the Riksdag of the Kingdom of Sweden.

Press release, 29 October 2014     Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, welcomed participants and guests of an international conference Television and Radio: Challenges of Today.

Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė is taking part in the 33rd session of the Baltic Assembly in Tallinn, Estonia. She joined Eiki Nestor, President of the Riigikogu of the Republic of Estonia, and Solvita Āboltiņa, Speaker of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, in congratulating the

Press release, 16 October 2014       Today, the delegation led by the Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, met with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Chung Hongwon.

Press release, 16 October 2014     In South Korea, the Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, and the delegation led by her met with heads of Samsung Electronics and the Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Press release, 15 October 2014     On her official visit to South Korea, the Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, and the delegation led by her met with the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Chung Ui hva.

Press release, 7 October 2014 On her working visit to Rome (Italian Republic), Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, discussed during a bilateral meeting with Bronwyn Bishop, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, the prospects of Lithuania’s accession to one of the most

Press release, 16 September 2014 Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, has met with Vitor Caldeira, President of the European Court of Auditors. The meeting discussed issues related to accountability and public audit in Europe and Lithuania as well as possible changes in this area in the

Press release, 13 September 2014       Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, took part in the festivities in Rucava, Latvia, to mark the Unity Day of the Balts, a celebration held in both countries for the 13th time.

Press release, 10 September 2014 Photo by Olga Posaškova (the Seimas Office) The Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė has congratulated Members of the Seimas on the beginning of the 5th (autumn) session that commences today, on 10th September.

Press release, 25 August 2014   Photos by Ilona Šilenkova (Office of the Seimas)   Late Saturday evening the Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, met with the President of the Riigikogu, Eiki Nestor, and the Speaker of the Saeima, Solvita Āboltiņa, at the final point of the

Press release, 23 August 2014     On the initiative of the Baltic Assembly, trees were planted close to the buildings of the national Parliaments of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to mark the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way.

Press release, 18 August 2014 In her Monday address to the annual Conference of the Speakers of the NB8 Parliaments held in Palanga, the Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, presented the agenda of the annual meeting.

Press release, 6 August 2014   The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania marked the 25th anniversary of signing the Gotland Communiqué that had paved the way to Lithuania’s national independence. The participants of the event were addressed by Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė.

Press release, 18 July 2014   The Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, invited the heads of Lithuania’s diplomatic representations to a working breakfast where relevant foreign policy matters and respective challenges were discussed.

12 July 2014   Your Excellency Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania, May I express my sincere congratulations on your becoming President of the Republic of Lithuania for the second term in a row. Madame President, you have received an exceptional mandate which voices the choice and trust of our nation. I believe this is the best evaluation that can be earned by a politician and country’s supreme power representative. You will go down in history as the first woman President of the Republic of Lithuania.

Press release, 3 July 2014   On 3 July 2014, an exhibition Art is a Universal Language. Sculptures by Gianmaria Potenza in Vilnius marking the beginning of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union was opened in the Seimas Exhibition Gallery. The exhibition was opened by Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė. Other speakers at the opening of the exhibition included Ambassador of Italy to Lithuania Stefano Taliani De Marchio, Acting Rector of Vilnius University Habil.

Press release, 14 June 2014 A moment from the solemn commemoration of the Day of Mourning and Hope and the Day of Occupation and Genocide. Photo by Olga Posaškova, Office of the Seimas Your Excellency President of the Republic of Lithuania, Prime Minister, Chairman of the Supreme Council –

Press release, 13 May 2014­­­­­­     Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, is currently paying a working visit to Moldova.

Press release, 6 May 2014     The Seimas held a plenary sitting dedicated to mark Lithuania’s tenth anniversary of EU membership.   Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, gave a welcome address.

Press release, 16 April 2014      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with US Senators John McCain, John Barrasso, John Hoeven and Ron Johnson on their visit to Lithuania.

Press release, 7 April 2014 On 7 April 2014, the declaration of cooperation among the parliaments of Italy, Latvia and Luxembourg in support of the preparation and fulfilment of the parliamentary dimension of the Presidencies of these three European Union Member States was signed in the

Press release, 8 April 2014  Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, had a bilateral meeting with Ewa Kopacz, Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, and thanked the Marshal for her participation in the Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments.

Press release, 7 April 2014 Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, had a bilateral meeting with Eiki Nestor, a newly elected Speaker of the Riigikogu of the Republic of Estonia. Eiki Nestor, who has been in politics for over a decade, visited the Seimas on many occasions.

Press release, 8 April 2014   On 8 April 2014, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania adopted the Declaration of the Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments on the occasion of the International Roma Day.

Press release, 8 April 2014   The three-day lasting Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments concluded its work today in the Seimas. The Conference mainly focused on interparliamentary cooperation with Eastern Partnership countries and assessment of the situation in Ukraine.

Press release, 7 April 2014   On 7 April 2014, a Joint Exhibition of Posters from Lithuania and the Visegrad Countries, featuring the Visegrad Karma 2014 exhibition and posters created by Steponas Lukoševičius during the National Revival period, was opened in the Exhibition Gallery

Press release, 7 April 2014   The European Ring has been planted in the Vilnius University Botanical Garden in Kairėnai today.  National representatives of the European Union Parliaments visiting Vilnius together with their countries’ ambassadors have planted 28 European lindens,

Press release, 7 April 2014   During the Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments held in the Seimas, Session II “Five Years after the Coming into Force of the Treaty of Lisbon: Lessons of Subsidiarity Checks in Parliaments” has discussed greater involvement of national

Press release, 7 April 2014    On Monday, the Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments has started in the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania for the first time in the history of our country.

Sunday, 6 April 2014       On Sunday, on the eve of the Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments, the parliamentary delegations met in the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania at the invitation of Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė.

Press release, 6 April 2014   The Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments has already started in the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania for the first time in the history of our country.

Press release, 28 March 2014  On 28 March 2014, the Hall of the Act of 11 March of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania hosts an international conference entitled Contribution of Parliaments to NATO Enlargement, which is organised by the Seimas Committee on Foreign

28 March 2014 “Members of Parliaments, Your Excellencies Ambassadors, Ladies and gentlemen, I am privileged to welcome you all to the international conference Contribution of Parliaments to NATO Enlargement hosted by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.

Press release, 17 March 2014           During the visit to Ukraine, Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, and Marshal of the Polish Senate, Bogdan Borusewicz, had a meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatseniuk.

Press release, 16 March 2014   The Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė arrived in Kiev as the head of a Seimas delegation and had a tête-à-tête meeting with the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and interim President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov.

Press release, 13 March 2014   Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, visited Italy on the invitation of Laura Boldrini, President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament, and Evangelos-Vasileios Meimarakis, Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.

Press release, 11 March 2014     Ladies and Gentlemen,   The recent events in Ukraine force each and every one of us to reassess the importance of freedom and remember what our nation had to survive for the independence of Lithuania.

Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Aleksander Kwaśniewski, former President of the Republic of Poland, to discuss the bilateral relations between Lithuania and Poland.     “Lithuanian–Polish relations need to be good. There is no other way.

Press release, 14 February 2014     Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, hosted the newly elected Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma who paid an official visit to Lithuania. Bilateral relations between Latvia and Lithuania were discussed at the meeting.

Press release, 16 February 2014­­­­­­ An event to honour the winners of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize 2013 and present their creative achievements was held at the Seimas on 16 February 2014.

16 February 2014­­­­­­     Ladies and gentlemen,         May I first of all congratulate you on the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania. We are a particularly strong and persistent nation, an extremely rich nation.

27 January 2014   Honourable guests, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to have an opportunity to welcome you all to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Less than a month has passed since the official conclusion of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Press release, 27 January 2014   Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Erlan A. Idrissov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on his official visit to Lithuania.

Press release, 13 January 2014       Freedom fighters’ families, Your Excellency President of the Republic of Lithuania, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, President Valdas Adamkus, President Rolandas Paksas, Chairman of the Supreme Council – Reconstituent

Press release, 13 January 2014   On 13 of January 2014, the Seimas held a solemn sitting to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Day of the Defenders of Freedom and to award the Freedom Prize 2013.