WorldPresident Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels. EU leaders and Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu are discussing how to speed up the implementation of the EU-Turkey Action Plan in order to stem the flow of migrants to Europe. Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos welcomes the European Parliament's stronger involvement in monitoring the financial assistance programme for Greece, he told Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs in an economic dialogue meeting on Wednesday. "We need an honest broker, representing different views from different political perspectives, to examine the economic and social impact of the programme", he said, referring to the new EP working group on macro-economic adjustment programmes. The EU is following closely the reports about yesterday's developments related to Feza Media Group, including Zaman newspaper, and the ensuing police action. On 4 March 2016, the Council added 16 people and 12 entities to the list of targets subject to EU restrictive measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). On Monday, March 7, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will travel to Brussels for a special European Council meeting to discuss how to stem migrant flows to Europe in cooperation with Turkey, preserve the functioning of the Schengen area and help EU countries confronted with the largest inflows of migrants. European leaders will meet with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in an effort to speed up the implementation of the EU-Turkey Action Plan agreed. Ukraine Week: "An unprecedented exercise of close cooperation and in-depth joint reflection"2016-03-03, 12:11"Our parliament should become a leading democratic, legislative and European institution in Ukraine," said Volodymyr Groysman, chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, at the Ukraine Week conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on 29 February-2 March. Participants discussed how to improve the quality of the legislative process in Ukraine's parliament, as well as its efficiency and transparency in managing European affairs. Watch our video for a recap. Today, the delegation under the leadership of Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, visiting Japan had a meeting with Tadamori Oshima, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the National Diet of Japan. During her official visit to Slovenia, President Dalia Grybauskaitė together with the Mayor of Ljubljana opened a photo exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Slovenia. The exhibition "To Freedom. 1989–1991" showcases works by photographer Vytautas Daraškevičius depicting events of historic significance to Lithuania: the Baltic Way, March 11 and January 13. Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister and Czech Deputy Minister discuss bilateral and regional cooperation, region’s security situation2016-02-29, 16:13On 26 February, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Andrius Krivas took part in the Lithuanian-Czech political consultations in Vilnius and coordinated positions on topical issues related to security policy, NATO and the EU with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Jakub Kulhánek. The participants of the meeting also discussed the agenda of bilateral and regional cooperation. At midnight the first cessation of hostilities in five years of war in Syria began, following the unanimous adoption of resolution 2268 by the UN Security Council. |
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