Vytautas Bakas, Chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence and member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) made a presentation titled Manipulation of energy resources to achieve geopolitical goals at the OSCE PA on 21 February 2019.

Acting in accordance with the Constitution, the Law on Courts and taking into account the proposal submitted by Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis, President Dalia Grubauskaitė signed decrees consenting to criminal proceedings, detention and custodial measures against eight judges and suspending their mandates until relevant pre-trial decisions or court judgments come into effect.

Concluding the banking union, beefing up democratic accountability, and developing a budget for the Eurozone were raised regularly in a meeting between parliaments.

On 16 February in Munich, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in a discussion dedicated to the strengthening of security in the Baltic states.

Future funding for the Erasmus+ programme, the EU’s long-term climate strategy and trade negotiations with the US are all on Parliament’s agenda this week.

MEPs approved a trade deal with Singapore as well plans to screen foreign investment and better protect the victims of road accidents during this week's plenary session.

A referendum on reducing the number of lawmakers to 121 from the existing 141 will be held on May 12 alongside the presidential election in Lithuania, the country's parliament has decided after 58 lawmakers voted in favor on Thursday, 42 were against and two abstained.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė will go on a state visit to Poland where she will meet with the leaders of Poland: President Andrzej Duda, Marshal of the Sejm Marek Kuchciński, Marshal of the Senate Stanislaw Karczewski, and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

Banks should charge equally for cross-border payments in euro and domestic payments and make currency conversion costs transparent, say new rules.

Europe is facing “a fork in the road”, as “the people are urgently asking to be heard,” Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told MEPs on Tuesday.