The European Commission is proposing that an agreement between social partners to improve the working conditions of seafarers on board of EU-flagged vessels, be enshrined in EU law.

The 9th Security Union progress report, published today, highlights the recent steps taken to prevent terrorist financing through trafficking in cultural goods and improve the interoperability of EU information systems.

Sophie in‘t Veld, EP rapporteur on the PNR agreement between the EU and Canada says there may be wide-ranging consequences following the EU Court of Justice’s landmark ruling.

The 2017 edition of the Consumer Conditions Scoreboard shows that more and more EU consumers are shopping online and that their trust in e-commerce has increased, in particular in buying online from other EU countries.

On July 21 German soldiers finishing the 6-month rotation in the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battlegroup in Lithuania were decorated and farewelled at a ceremony at the Lithuanian Great Hetman Jonušas Radvila Training Regiment.

Chancellor of the Government Milda Dargužaitė met with the representatives of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to discuss Lithuania’s progress as regards the implementation of the OECD recommendations, as well as further tasks.

On 21 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with members of the OECD delegation led by the Director for Legal Affairs and the coordinator for Lithuania’s accession Nicola Bonucci. The meeting focused on important issues related to the country’s accession and further activities.

“The fact that the multinational ground-based air defence Exercise Tobruq Legacy 2017 is held in Lithuania shows that neither exercises of this kind nor deployment of strategic air defence systems in Lithuania is a taboo any longer. In case there is a need, these capabilities would be here in Lithuania. And today we are rehearsing acting alongside allies in case we need to,” Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis underscored at Distinguished Visitors Day of the exercise.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, attended the Foreign Affairs Council of 17 July 2017 to take part in a debate on the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy, on North Korea, Libya, and migration.

The priorities of the Estonian Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers are being outlined to parliamentary committees by ministers in a series of meetings taking place in July.