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.

This week Parliament committees vote on proposals to better fight terrorism and to strengthen the authorisation procedure for pesticides. MEPs also vote on updated short-stay visa rules.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Monday announced his decision to replace three of his ministers, including the minister of culture, education and science and environment.

Parliament debated the UK’s withdrawal from the EU with EU Brexit chief negotiator Michel Barnier on Thursday.

On 27 November, the Consulate of Lithuania was officially opened on the premises of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva.