Grybauskaitė held the president’s office for two terms in 2009-2019. According to public broadcaster LRT, the award ceremony will take place on 16 June at the memorial site Point Alpha, once an American observation post during the Cold War in then West Germany overlooking East Germany.
According to Dr Stefan Heck, member of the Bundestag for Christian Democrat Union and chairman of the Board of Trustees Point Alpha, Grybauskaitė is recognised for her achievements in Lithuania and the international arena as an exemplary proponent of European integration.
The prize is endowed with EUR 25,000.
The award has been presented since 2005. Last year, it was bestowed on the movement Paneuropa.
The aim of the Point Alpha Foundation is to profile the Point Alpha Memorial as a place of remembrance of the German division as well as a place of documentation and research of the Cold War in Europe. In addition to the maintenance and preservation of the memorial site, the foundation sees the development of continuous educational and research work as one of its focal points.
