Country's first female president voted in

Dalia Grybauskaite has been elected Lithuania's first female president, she is currently the European Union budget commissioner. With 96% of votes counted, she won 68% of the votes. Turnout at 51% was just above the threshold needed to give her an outright first round win. Her nearest challenger, Social Democrat lawmaker Algirdas Butkevicius came a distant second with 12% of the vote. Under the Lithuanian constitution presidents have limited influence over economic policies. Though as president Ms Grybauskaite, whose inauguration is set for 12 July, she will have the right to veto the budget. The president's main power lies in foreign policy and here she has promised to be less confrontational, especially towards Russia.