On 23 January, Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Ukrainian Ambassador to Lithuania Valeriy Zhovtenko. He was requested to convey to the Ukrainian authorities Lithuania's position on the recent events in Kyiv, during which people were killed and wounded.

The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, met the President of Iran, Dr Hassan Rouhani, in the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos today.

Speaking at the United Nations Security Council Open debate, which took place on January 20, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė expressed deep concern about current situation in Syria and called for an immediate cessation of hostilities.

Trade wars can prove bad for business for everyone involved. However, sometimes countries feel it is worth reaching for trade restrictions because of concerns over health or unfair competition. On 21 January the international trade committee discusses new rules stipulating when and how the EU can impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures following last year's conflict on solar panels with China. Read one to find out more about past trade disputes involving the EU.

The EP passed three separate resolutions on Thursday, voicing concern at the situation of rights defenders and opposition activists in Cambodia, and demanding clarifications on the investigation into the Sombath Somphone case in Laos; calling for an immediate halt to the repression in Bangladesh; and condemning the threats, discrimination and restrictions faced by LGBTI people.

The European Commission welcomes President Obama's remarks and presidential directive on the review of U.S. intelligence programmes. We in particular welcome the President's willingness to begin to address wide-spread concerns related to the large-scale data collection by the NSA, concerns which are shared by many European citizens.

The European Union (EU) is a key partner of the Central African Republic (CAR) and the country's main donor. Relations are bound by the Cotonou Agreement.

The NSA's warrantless collection of telephone metadata of Americans may come to an end with US President Barack Obama set to announce a ban on the practice, AP reports citing a government official.

Under the invitation of the US Department of State, on January 13-14 Lithuania's Ambassador to the United States Zygimantas Pavilionis visited the port of Miami and discussed the perspectives for bilateral cooperation development between the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda and port of Miami.

During today's debate summarizing the Lithuanian Presidency in the EU, Member of the European Parliament referred to the recent cases of discrimination of the Polish minority in Lithuania. 'It totally unnecessarily destroys the image of this beautiful country in Europe,' said the deputy from PiS ('Law and Justice' party in Poland).