Speeches

New Year Greetings from President Dalia Grybauskaitė

Dear Fellow People of Lithuania,

In just a few moments, we will step into the New Year. As we listen to the chimes of time, let us hear each other, let us be together for our nation, let us feel our strength.

The continued financial unrest has required special efforts from our country and families. Again and again, history teaches us the importance of togetherness.

Next year, we will also stand together to face warm or cold winds blowing locally and globally.

Let us believe in ourselves. And even though it is not always that we can control the circumstances, we have to be resolute and take on responsibility.

So let us all be stronger in our family and work, in business and politics, in culture and education. Let us have more self-confidence.

Dear fellow Lithuanians, wherever you are, let unity and confidence stay with us throughout 2012. Let us be together as we create a better year for ourselves, our friends and families, and for Lithuania!

Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania