President Dalia Grybauskaitė together with other leaders of European countries, representatives of NATO and the EU attends the inauguration ceremony of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.

On May 14, an agreement of fourteen members of the European Union on simplification of military mobility procedures was signed at a meeting in Brussels. The programme aimed at concerting and simplifying the procedures applied to cross-border movement of forces between EU members states will be headed by Lithuania.

People from all over Europe watched six candidates for the Commission presidency discuss their visions for the EU.

On 16 May, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius attended the Foreign Affairs Council (Development) in Brussels. EU development ministers discussed how to maintain momentum for the 2030 Agenda towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sahel. Ministers also aimed at adjusting their views on the financing of the European Union's foreign policy in the context of the next Multiannual Financial Framework.

Find out how the EU is improving workers’ rights and working conditions across Europe, from working hours and parental leave to health and safety at work.

The press conference with the participation of most of the presidential candidates of Lithuania took place in the Palace of the Grand Dukes in Vilnius last Monday, 13 May. Valdemar Tomaševski, Chairman of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) and the Member of the European Parliament also took part in the conference.

Economist Gitanas Nauseda is set to face MP Ingrida Simonyte in the presidential runoff in Lithuania, interim figures show.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė presented letters of credence to Lina Viltrakienė, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

The Commission presents the first results of an initiative launched a year ago to support 10 EU regions and two Member States in industrial transition.

On 9 May 2019, EU leaders will meet in Sibiu, as suggested by President Juncker in his 2017 State of the Union address, to discuss the EU's next strategic agenda for the period 2019-2024.