In Parliament this week: migration cooperation with Tunisia and Libya, Ireland´s land border after the UK's exit from EU and cooperation with Latin America.

State of the Union debate, free wifi in public spaces, gas supply security and more funding to tackle youth unemployment: check out our plenary overview.

On 14 September, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Ambassador Ričardas Šlepavičius presented his letters of credence to José Graziano da Silva, Director General of FAO.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Speaker of Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) Yuli-Yoel Edelstein. Bilateral relations, Israel’s cooperation with the European Union, security situation and geopolitical tension provoked by Russia as well as the Middle East peace process were discussed at the meeting.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis met with Yuli-Yoelio Edelstein, Speaker of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament),who is visiting Lithuania.

On 10 September 2017, members of the Seimas convened for the 3rd regular (autumn) session. Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas, read out the congratulatory letter by Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic.

“Eastern European countries that pursue reforms and European values must be given the prospect of becoming new EU member states. Furthermore, cooperation with these countries must be upgraded to a qualitatively new level,” said Minister Linas Linkevičius during an international event, which was dedicated to the Eastern Partnership and entitled ‘Vilnius Consultations’.

On September 6-7 Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis took part in a European Union Defence Ministers meeting in Tallinn where new EU initiatives and practical cooperation were addressed.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker comes to Parliament on 13 September to review the year and announce new initiatives in a debate with MEPs.

As part of efforts to force Belarus to ensure that its Astravyets nuclear plant is built safely and according to international standards, Lithuania's authorities plan to restrict the transmission capacity for electricity from Belarus and to tax power imports from it, as well as to ban the Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant from providing services to the neighboring country.