The Seimas adopted amendments to the Laws on Presidential Elections, the Elections to Municipal Councils, the Elections to the Seimas and the Elections to the European.

The EU's long-term budget, trade relations with Japan and new rules on crowdfunding are on Parliament’s agenda this week.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė has started her working visit to China’s largest city of Shanghai, where she will take part in the opening of the First China International Import Expo that will bring together 2800 enterprises from 130 countries of the world.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis met with Aaron Wess Mitchell, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (USA), to discuss important transatlantic issues.

On 29 October, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas met with the new Ambassador of Spain to Lithuania José María Robles Fraga. On the same day, the Ambassador presented his letters of credence to the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė.

The Seimas has decided to submit a petition to the Constitutional Court with the request to examine whether holding a mandatory referendum on retention of citizenship on two separate days with a break in between is in line with the constitutional principles of the rule of law, non-interruption of the referendum and equality of people. The decision was approved by 73 votes in favour with 1 abstention.

The 37th Session of the Baltic Assembly, held in the Seimas, put a strong focus on the Baltic regional gas and electricity market.

On November 2, President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving on a working visit to Shanghai at the invitation of President Xi Jinping and the Chinese government.

Prime Minister Sauliaus Skvernelis has attended an official opening of a factory of UAB Dovista in Marijampolė. The company is a leader on the North European market for windows and external doors.

Internal border checks within the Schengen area would be limited to a maximum of one year, instead of the current two-year period, the Civil Liberties Committee agreed.