Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis attended the Baltic-US summit on April 3 alongside President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė and Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius. At the event, President of the United States of America Donald Trump expressed full support in ensuring the security of the Baltic states and called them staunch allies that not only invest into their own security but also contribute to security worldwide.

On 3 April in Washington, D.C., the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in a discussion on cooperation between the Baltic states and the U.S.A. The discussion was organized by a well-known think tank – the Atlantic Council.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with President Donald Trump and together with the Presidents of Latvia and Estonia attended the summit meeting of the Baltic countries and the United States in the White House.

The appointment of Martin Selmayr as EU Commission Secretary General lacked transparency, Budgetary Control MEPs said in a hearing with Commissioner Oettinger.

On 29 March, the OECD Investment Committee in Paris approved a formal opinion, acknowledging that Lithuania met the OECD investment requirements. The Committee’s positive opinion affirms Lithuania’s openness to investment and increases the country’s attractiveness for Foreign Direct Investments.

MEPs called for action to safeguard media freedom, pluralism and independence on Tuesday, following the rise of fake news and the recent murders of two investigative journalists in the EU.

All EU regions should continue receiving sufficient resources to co-fund their regional development projects after 2020, MEPs say.

Parliamentary committees deal this week with protection from carcinogens, attacks on journalists and the appointment of the European Commission’s new secretary general.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime minister of Estonia Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of Latvia Māris Kučinskis and Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki. At the high-level five-party meeting, the leaders adopted a joint statement establishing a commitment to synchronize Baltic power grids with continental Europe via Poland before 2025.