The Seimas adopted the National Programme on Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol Control and Consumption Prevention for 2018–2028.

The European Council has launched discussions on the EU's multiannual financial framework for 2021-2027. President Dalia Grybauskaitė and other European leaders presented their positions on the Commission's initial proposal for the next long-term budget.

The Seimas has approved the state budget for 2019, which mainly focuses on structural reforms with regard to healthcare, education, social security, innovation, and reduction of taxes and shadow economy.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Brussels to attend the European Council summit.

MEPs will award the 2018 Sakharov Prize and vote on the new EU-Japan trade agreement during this week's plenary session in Strasbourg.

On 8 December, the sixth Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Lithuania in Turkey was officially opened in Alanya.

Constitutional Affairs Committee backed a proposal introducing penalties on European political parties deliberately breaching data protection to tamper with EU elections.

The Seimas endorsed a Resolution on the United Nations Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (draft No XIIIP-2979(2)) with 73 votes in favour, 21 votes against and 21 abstentions.

On December 3 Director of the International Relations and Operations Department of the Ministry of National Defence Karolis Aleksa met with Director of the International Relations and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia Tinatin Aghniashvili in Tbilisi.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has taken part in the opening of GLASS LT factory in Alytus. This is one of the biggest recent investments in the region testifying its attractiveness and potential.