At its meeting, the Committee on Foreign Affairs considered and endorsed the draft Law Amending the Law on Legal Status of Aliens (No XIIIP-533), thus establishing an additional legal basis for banning aliens from entering the Republic of Lithuania.

Tackling sexual harassment, strengthening the EU’s external borders, banning glyphosate and acknowledging the efforts of Venezuela’s democratic opposition: check out our plenary overview.

On 24 October 2017, Members of the Committee on Legal Affairs met with Félix Braz, Minister of Justice of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and his delegation.

On 23 October, the 3d Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Finland was officially opened in Turku. During the opening ceremony, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius said that the new Honorary Consulate would contribute to the promotion of economic and bilateral ties between Lithuania and Finland.

On 23 October, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini in Helsinki. The two Ministers discussed relations between Lithuania and Finland, the Baltic Sea region’s security situation, issues related to transatlantic cooperation, the Eastern Partnership, situations in Russia and Ukraine.

The winner of this year's Sakharov Prize will be announced during next week's plenary session, while MEPs will also debate press freedom and sexual harassment.

The European Council, attended by Dalia Grybauskaitė, charged the European Commission to specify how the provisions of the EU‘s Third Energy Package were applied to third countries.

The Seimas launched the debate on the draft Law on Approving the Financial Indicators of the State Budget and Municipal Budgets for 2018. (No XIIIP-1227) introduced by Vilius Šapoka, Minister of Finance. The draft focuses on poverty reduction, ensuring national security, promotion of entrepreneurship and productive investment, as well as greater municipal budgets and higher financial autonomy.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė attends the European Council working breakfast where discussions are held on EU’s priority actions for the next two years.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė leaves for Brussels to attend the European Council meeting. The heads of state and government will discuss EU security and defense policy, response to hybrid threats, migration challenges, relations with Turkey, topicalities of international politics and Brexit negotiations. The EU leaders will also focus on concrete priority work in the EU for the coming two years.