“We have to build upon the added value that the EU defence initiatives create as we implement them, and for that not only EU but also NATO allies’ engagement is simply vital - it is the only way to ensure that the EU-NATO cooperation is effective and initiatives are synergetic,” Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis said at the joint European Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on November 19.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels to discuss possibilities of enhanced military capabilities in Lithuania, the relations with Russia, regional security challenges and other relevant issues.

Ensuring fair access to social security, protecting whistle-blowers and promoting human rights are on Parliament’s agenda this week.

On 13 November 2018, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania hosted the meetings of the Committee on Non-governmental and Cultural Cooperation, the Committee on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, and the Committee on Commercial and Economic Development, Regional and Local Cooperation, which were organised in the framework of the Session of the Assembly of Members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

The EU’s long-term budget and new rules on energy and telecom were among the highlights of the November plenary. Woman at War won this year’s Lux Film Prize.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis met with the Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania Viktoras Pranckietis, Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland Stanislaw Karczewski and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy.

At the meeting in Oslo Ministers of Defence of the Northern Group agreed to strengthen strategic communication concerning military exercises held in the region in order to diminish Russia’s ability to use the image of NATO as a military aggressor in its propaganda.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with President János Áder of Hungary, who is visiting Lithuania on the occasion of its national centennial.

In the face of persistent discrimination, Parliament calls for common rules to ensure that the rights of all national minorities are redressed and respected across the EU.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet with President János Áder of Hungary tomorrow, November 13, at 10:15 a.m.