9.00 Gediminas Kirkilas chairs the Cabinet meeting and sitting.
13.00 Prime Minister chairs the sitting of the Governmentļæ½s Strategic Planning Committee (Room 413).


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Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas will be on holiday from 21 October to 2 November.
Gediminas Kirkilas, at the invitation of President of the Tennis Europe Jacques Duprļæ½, is going to Paris to watch the BNP Paribas Masters match. A return to Vilnius has been scheduled for 2 November.
In the meantime, the Prime Minister will be replaced by Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas.

30-10-2008

10.00 Gediminas Kirkilas awards the officials from national defence, state security institutions and the Fire and Rescue Department for their personal contributions to the administration of humanitarian relief to the citizens of Georgia (White Hall).
13.00. Prime Minister chairs the sitting of the Governmentļæ½s Strategic Planning Committee (Room 413).

29-10-2008

09.00 Gediminas Kirkilas chairs the Cabinet sitting and meeting.
13.00 Presiding over the meeting of the Government Committee for Strategic Planning (Room 413).

28-10-2008

The yesterdayļæ½s working dinner of the Prime Ministers of NB8 focused on the EU-Russia relations and energy security issues.
According to G. Kirkilas, the Baltic Sea Region should stay competitive, environmentally-friendly and closely cooperative, especially dealing with the EU Neighbourhood and EU-Russia relationship issues. G. Kirkilas was convinced that the EU-Russia relations could not normalize unless Russia met its commitments regarding the situation in Georgia. Russia had only partially complied with the September 8th agreement. The talks on the new EU-Russia partnership agreement should not be renewed until Russia withdrew its troops to their pre-August 7th positions.


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Today, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas has taken part at the Prime Minister meeting NB8 of Baltic and Nordic States (Denmark, Estonia, Island, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland and Sweden).
The agenda has focussed on the latest international economic developments and EU coordinated response to the global financial crisis. According to Gediminas Kirkilas, the financial crisis has not so far affected Lithuania as bad as other countries, nevertheless, the Government, in preparation for potential changes, has decided to make a one-year deposit insurance of up to EUR 100 000.

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10.45 Gediminas Kirkilas returns form Helsinki.
13.00 Signing a multi-partisan agreement on Political Principles, Strategic Guidelines and Goals of Foreign Policy 2008-2012 (White Hall, Seimas).
19.30 Marking 90th anniversary of the National Security Service (National Philharmonic Hall).

27-10-2008

11.30 Gediminas Kirkilas leaves for Helsinki;
18.00 Meeting of the Nordic-Baltic Prime Ministers (NB8);
19.00 Joint press conference;
19.30 NB8 dinner.

24-10-2008

8.00 Gediminas Kirkilas attends the sitting of the National Investor Supervisory Committee (Room 413).
15.00 Prime Minister visits the new premises of Government Representative for the Panevļæ½ļæ½ys County (Respublikos g. 62).
16.00 Prime Minister participates in the opening ceremony of the Panevļæ½ļæ½ys Universal Sports Arena (Parko g. 12).

23-10-2008

On Monday, October 27, Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas departs for Helsinki in order to attend an annual meeting of the Prime Ministers of the Nordic and Baltic States.
Such meetings involving eight Nordic and Baltic States (NB8), namely Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, have been held regularly since 1992 serving as forums for discussing the news of international politics and various practical aspects of cooperation


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