Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has met with Ambassador of Turkey to Lithuania Gokhan Turan to discuss the bilateral relations and prospects for their development.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has extended congratulations to new Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš on his appointment.

MEPs called for safety rules for driverless cars during this year's first plenary session. They also urged the UK to clarify its Brexit position and backed a new investment fund.

On 17 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the incoming Ambassador of Turkey Gökhan Turan.

MEPs on Wednesday set out their priorities for the European Central Bank’s actions in the coming year and those for moving ahead with completing the banking union.

A proposal introducing penalties on European political parties deliberately breaching data protection to tamper with EU elections was informally agreed on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Marowiecki have had a telephone conversation regarding the import ban on Lithuanian pork and pigs, introduced last December.

At Parliament’s first session of 2019, MEPs review the plans of Romania’s presidency of the Council, discuss Brexit developments and look at the impact of autonomous cars.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the participants of the Snow Meeting – a gathering of influential foreign policy, security and defense experts whose insights have a decisive impact on the future of transatlantic relations.

On 9 January, the Ambassador of Lithuania to Poland Eduardas Borisovas presented his letters of credence to the President of Poland Andrzej Duda.