The prime ministers of Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Estonia are meeting in Vilnius on Friday to discuss joint projects, security matters, the rule of law in Poland and additional support to Ukraine.

During the March plenary in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on priorities for the EU’s long-term budget as well as on red lines for future EU-UK relations. Watch the video to find out more.

On 6 March in Washington, D.C., the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, together with his Latvian and Estonian counterparts, visited the United States Congress, where they held meetings with representatives of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The Baltic Foreign Ministers met with the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives Ed Royce and the Committee’s Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Bob Corker and the Committee’s Ranking Member Robert Menendez, and the Senator James Risch.

Lithuania's Justice Vice-Minister Raimondas Baksys has tendered resignation on Monday.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with members of the Nordic parliaments to discuss regional security issues.

Empowering women and girls in the media and ICT sectors is the theme of Parliament’s 2018 International Women’s Day celebrations. Also on this week’s agenda are Brexit and migration.

To combat terrorism financing, MEPs are zeroing in on money laundering and organised crime. Discover the concrete measures proposed by Javier Nart in our interview.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the leaders of parliamentary committees for European and foreign affairs. Such working meetings are held regularly to discuss Lithuania’s position on pressing international policy issues.

Parliament elected Polish MEP Zdzisław Krasnodębski (ECR) as its Vice-President on Thursday with 276 votes in favour. He replaces Mr Ryszard Czarnecki.

On 26 February in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in the EU's Foreign Affairs Council meeting. The Council discussed Moldova, the Middle East peace process, and Venezuela.