Press releases 

Press release, 2 December 2015   Photos of the Seimas Office (author Olga Posaškova) At her meeting with the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during his working visit to Lithuania, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, stressed the importance of continuity of the EU Eastern

Press Release, 25 November 2015 Photo of the Seimas Office (author Olga Posaškova)  The meeting between the Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, and the Slovenian Ambassador to Lithuania, Robert Krmelj, centred on bilateral relations between Lithuania and Slovenia.

Press release, 20 November 2015   Towards the end of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Baltic Assembly (BA), a press conference of the heads of parliaments of the three Baltic States was held.

Press release, 20 November 2015           On 20 November, the Seimas opened the 34th Session of the Baltic Assembly. Before setting to work, Giedrė Purvaneckienė, President of the Baltic Assembly and Head of the Seimas Delegation to the Baltic Assembly, invited the

Press release, 9 November 2015  Photos of the Seimas Office (author Olga Posaškova)  Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, had a meeting with Isa Mustafa, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, during his first ever visit to Lithuania.

Press release, 4 November 2015      Photo of the Seimas Office (author Olga Posaškova)   Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, and the delegation under his leadership during their official visit to Lithuania.

Press release, 23 October 2014 Photo of the Seimas Office (author Olga Posaškova)  The Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Loreta Graužinienė, met with the newly appointed Ambassador of Greece to Lithuania, Iraklis Asteriadis.

Press release, 23 October 2015      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with the newly appointed Ambassador of Denmark to Lithuania, Dan Eddie Frederiksen.

Press release, 23 October 2015      On Friday, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia, Einars Semanis.

Press release, 23 October 2015    Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, welcomed the newly appointed Hungarian Ambassador, Zoltan Jancsi.

Press release, 14 October 2015     Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, has met with Prof Norbert Lammert, President of the German Bundestag, in Berlin today.

Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, is currently on an official visit to the German Federal Republic. Today the Speaker is meeting Prof Norbert Lammert, President of the German Bundestag; Michael Roth, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office; and Alois Karl, Chair of the

Press release, 8 October 2015      The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania hosted the international conference titled Children’s and Young Adults’ Reading as Challenge in the 21st century: Libraries Empower Social Changes 2015, initiated by Martynas Mažvydas National Library of

Press release, 8 October 2015      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, and Queen Silvia of Sweden during her official visit to Lithuania welcomed the participants in the round-table discussion United in the Fight against Human Trafficking and shared their insights.

Press release, 7 October 2015     Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, and Adilbek Dzhaksybekov, Akim of Astana, Kazakhstan, discussed the future development of bilateral relations.

Press release, 7 October 2015      After the meeting of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden with Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, and Members of the Board of the Seimas, the guests visited the Memorial to the Victims of 13 January.

Press release, 7 October 2015      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden on their official state visit to Lithuania.

Press release, 28 September 2015      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, was quite optimistic during her visit to the Refugee Reception Centre in Rukla which is to accommodate refugees.

Press release, 24 September 2015   Photo of the Seimas Office (author Olga Posaškova)      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Timo Soini, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, who was visiting Lithuania. The meeting mainly focused on bilateral political and economic cooperation and EU’s decisions on ways to tackle the refugee crisis.

Press release, 22 September 2015 Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, took part in the ceremony at the Paneriai Memorial dedicated to pay tribute to the victims of the Jewish genocide in Lithuania.

Press release, 19 September 2015      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, welcomed the people of the town of Rokiškis and guests from Latvia who all gathered together to celebrate the Day of Baltic Unity.

Press release, 19 September 2015      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, and Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, had a tête-à-tête meeting that was arranged during the annual celebration of the

Press release, 21 September 2015    Photo of the Seimas Office (author Olga Posaškova) Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, had a meeting with Federica Mogherini, who came to Lithuania for the first time in her capacity as High Representative of the

Press release, 18 September 2015      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, and with Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.

Press release, 18 September 2015     Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, has met with Thea Tsulukiani, Minister of Justice of Georgia, on her visit to Lithuania.

Press release, 9 September 2015      The Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, met with the newly appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Lithuania, Claire Lawrence. At the meeting, they discussed bilateral cooperation and close inter-parliamentary relations.

Press release, 14 September 2015   During the meeting, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, and Tinatin Khidasheli, Minister of Defence of Georgia, had an exchange of views on the relevant security issues and commended the successful bilateral cooperation.

Press release, 10 September 2015  Opening the seventh regular (autumn) session of the Seimas on 10 September, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, and Algirdas Butkevičius, Prime Minister, presented the draft Work Programme to the parliamentarians.

Press release, 10 September 2015      At a ceremony in the Seimas, Dr Alicia Rodriguez Fernandez, President of the International Committee for the Banner of Peace, a UN non-governmental organisation, presented to Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, the Banner of Peace and

Press release, 9 September 2015    Photo of the Seimas Office (author Olga Posaškova)   Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, welcomed Toyoei Shigeeda, a newly appointed Ambassador of Japan to Lithuania.

Press release, 2 September 2015      Addressing the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, underlined the importance of national parliaments in dealing with peace and democracy

Press release, 30 August 2015   At the Tenth Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliament in New York, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, focussed on Russia’s aggression against women in Ukraine.

Press release, 24 August 2015      On 21 August 2015, a commemoration of the 26th anniversary of the historical meeting of Lithuanians from all over the world and adoption of the Gotland Communiqué, which paved the way to the Act of the 11 March, was held in the manor house of

Press release, 24 August 2015     Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Horacio Muratore, FIBA President, on his first visit in Lithuania.

Press release, 20 August 2015       At the Conference of the Speakers of the Nordic and Baltic Parliaments (NB8) held in Stockholm, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, called on the European countries to form a strong and effective alliance in support of Ukraine.   The Lithuanian Speaker, who was on a visit to Ukraine last week, presented the positive developments in the fight against corruption, progress made on visa facilitation with the European Union (EU), and other ongoing relevant reforms in Ukraine.

Press release, 14 July 2015   Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, received Valerii Zhovtenko, Ambassador of Ukraine, ending his term of office in Lithuania.

Press release, 13 July 2015  The Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, had a meeting with a new President of the Republic of Latvia, Raimonds Vējonis, who was on his visit to Lithuania.

Press release, 2 July 2015  The Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, received the outgoing Latvian Ambassador, Mārtiņš Virsis. In the meeting, the leader of the parliament commended the long-established friendly relations between Lithuania and Latvia, as well as active and increased

Press release, 2 July 2015  The Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, held a working breakfast with heads of Lithuania’s diplomatic representations.

Press release, 1 July 2015  Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Philippe Jeantaud, the new Ambassador of France to the Republic of Lithuania.

Press release, 29 June 2015      John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and the delegation under his leadership met with the leaders of the Seimas and members of the Seimas committees during his visit to Lithuania at the invitation of the Seimas of the

Press release, 27 June 2015      On his visit to Lithuania, John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, attended the official reception hosted by Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.

Press release, 15 June 2015 On 15 June 2015, the Seimas held a solemn siting to pay tribute to the victims of the Soviet occupation and genocide and to mark the Day of Mourning and Hope.

Press release, 15 June 2015      When commemorating the Day of Mourning and Hope and the Day of Occupation and Genocide on 15  June 2015,  a solemn flag hoisting ceremony was held in Independence Square next to the buildings of the Seimas.

Press release, 11 June 2015      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, is on the visit to Luxembourg that will take over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July.

Press release, 3 June 2015      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, received David Hunt, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ending his term of office in Lithuania this month.

Press release, 29 May 2015 Having met in the Seimas in Vilnius on 28–29 May 2015, the Assembly of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted, by common agreement, a declaration covering security,

Press release, 28 May 2015      The Assembly of Members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine opened in the Seimas.

Press release, 29 May 2015  At the meeting, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, and Norbert Lammert, President of the German Bundestag, discussed cooperation between Lithuania and Germany, the Eastern Partnership, the situation in Ukraine, and the scope for deepening parliamentary

Press release, 21 May 2015      Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, received Peter Gaston Marcella Lescouhier, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Lithuania. The Ambassador arrived to bid farewell before the closing of the Belgian embassy in Lithuania.

Press release, 14 May 2015         Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Wei Ruixing, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, and congratulated him on commencing his term of diplomatic service in Lithuania.

Press release, 11 May 2015   On 11 May 2015, Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, attended the Second Summit of Speakers of Parliaments of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean in Lisbon, Portugal. The main purpose of the Summit was discussing migration, asylum and human rights in the Mediterranean region. The Summit emphasised that migration pressures should be treated as a priority by all governments. The participants noted that the EU did not have a unified position on its migration policy so far.

Press release, 4 May 2015        During her working visit to Riga, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, attended the solemn sitting of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and congratulated the country on the 25th anniversary of signing the Declaration on the

Press release, 23 April 2015 Photo by the „L'Osservatore Romano“ Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Pope Francis in Vatican. During the meeting, the Speaker of the Seimas, on behalf of the people of Lithuania and in particular on behalf of the disabled, invited the Pope to

Press release, 21 April 2015      At the Conference of the Speakers of the European Union Parliaments in Rome, Italy, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, stressed the need to strengthen political dialogue of national Parliaments with the European Commission and European

Press release, 20 April 2015 Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, is taking part in the Conference of the Speakers of the European Union Parliaments held in Rome as the last parliamentary dimension event of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Press release, 15 April 2015          On 15 April 2015, the Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, met with the recently appointed Canadian Ambassador to Lithuania, Allain Hausser.

Press release, 17 March 2015­­­­­­    During her visit in Kiev, the Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, together with other Speakers of  Nordic and Baltic parliaments, met with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland.

Press release, 16 March 2015  Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Volodymyr Groysman, Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, in Kyiv.

Press release, 4 March 2015     During her working visit to Brussels, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Christine Defraigne, President of the Senate of Belgium.

Press release, 12 March 2015   Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Maryse Berniau, French Ambassador to Lithuania, ending her term of office in Lithuania.     “Lithuania enjoys good bilateral relations with France which is a strategic partner of Lithuania.

Press release, 5 March 2015 At the European Parliament in Brussels, the Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė met with the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz in the framework of the solemn commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania’s independence.

Press release, 11 March 2015    A solemn commemoration of the Anniversary of the Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence was held at the Seimas.

Press release, 11 March 2015  On 11 March, the ceremony of hoisting of the flags of the three Baltic States took place in Independence Square at the buildings of the Seimas to mark the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania’s independence.

Press release, 10 March 2015   Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland. The Speaker of the Seimas underlined the importance of the visit of the President of Iceland on the eve of 11 March as Lithuania prepares for the

Press release, 27 February 2015      Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, met with the outgoing Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Lithuania, Liu Zengwen, who ends his term in Lithuania.

Press release, 11 February 2015  Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, has met with Israeli Ambassador to Lithuania Amir Maimon. While welcoming the newly appointed Israel’s representative in Lithuania, the Speaker expressed her satisfaction with the opening of the Embassy of the State

Press release, 9 February 2015    Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, has arrived in London for a working visit. The visit includes a meeting with Baroness D'Souza, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom; Lord Timothy Boswell, Chairman of the European Union

Press release, 16 January 2015   Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, signed the book of condolences at the Embassy of Ukraine. The Leader of the Parliament extended sincere condolences to the families of the victims and all Ukrainian people following the dramatic loss after the

  Press release, 15 January 2015  Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, has met with Vice-President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, who is visiting Lithuania.

Press release, 13 January 2015             On 13 of January 2015, the Seimas held a solemn commemoration of the Day of the Defenders of Freedom and the 2014 Freedom Prize awarding ceremony.

Press release, 13 January 2015     Adam Michnik, Polish public figure, former dissident, one of the leaders of Solidarity, journalist, essayist, political analyst and editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, was awarded the Freedom Prize 2014 in the Hall of the Act of

The national flag hoisting ceremony was held today in commemoration of the 24th anniversary of the Day of the Defenders of Freedom. When delivering a speech during the event, Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, emphasised that “we have gathered today in the noble memory of and with the

Press release, 7 January 2015 Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, has met with David Robert Noonan, Ambassador of Ireland. Welcoming the newly appointed Ireland’s Ambassador to Lithuania, the Speaker expressed hopes for further constructive and mutually beneficial dialogue, as recent years

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.

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, 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.

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, 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.

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.

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, 28 November 2013 During her visit to Latvia, where the Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė is taking part in the 32nd Session of the Baltic Assembly, Speaker of the Seimas met with Andris Bērziņš, President of the Republic of Latvia, and reiterated her condolences to the

Press release, 20 November 2013     The Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, has met Jarosław Czubiński, Polish Ambassador to Lithuania, today. The Speaker of the Seimas thanked Poland for support in the implementation of the Eastern Partnership policy.

Press release, 6 November 2013   The Speaker of the Seimas met with David Usupashvili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, on his official visit to Lithuania.

Press release, 31 October 2013            The Speaker of the Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, met with the Italian Ambassador to Lithuania, Stefano Taliani de Marchio.

Press release, 24 October 2013     The affairs discussed at the meeting between Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, and Deborah Ann McCarthy, US Ambassador, were the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, energy security, Eastern Partnership, Lithuanian

Press release, 28 October 2013 Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, has met with Pat Cox, Special Envoy of the European Parliament Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.

Press release, 16 October 2013 Mrs Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), on 16 October 2013.

Press release, 8 October 2013   Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, met with Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia, in Tbilisi. The Speaker urged the President to seek compromise between various political forces.

Press release, 3 October 2013     Pursuant to its Statute, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania elected, through alternative voting, the Seimas Member Loreta Graužinienė as Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.