The EU could soon have new privacy rules to take account of new practices such as internet-based messaging and allow users better control of their privacy settings, especially when it comes to cookies. Parliament's civil liberties committee discussed the plans by the European Commission on 11 April. Marju Lauristin, the MEP responsible for steering the rules through Parliament, said that if companies providing communication services wanted to be trusted they needed to ensure confidentiality.

On 14th April, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis met with the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China's Zhang Dejiang.

On 13 April in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with representatives of the Ukrainian National Forum “Transformation of Ukraine” – Anatoliy Kinakh and Mykhailo Khariy. Lithuania’s Foreign Minister stressed that the unity of the Ukrainian government, political parties and civil society was crucial for achieving major goals of Ukraine’s foreign policy and for implementing successful reforms.

On April 11 Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis visited Tbilisi and met with Minister of Defence of Georgia Levan Izoria. Following a brief formal meeting the Ministers signed a joint statement declaring mutual support of the countries and defence cooperation: through joint exercises and training, partnership with NATO, and facilitation of further Georgia’s defence reform.

On 11 April in Helsinki, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the establishment of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats was signed by representatives of the U.S., the UK, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, France, Sweden and Germany.

On 7 April 2017, the Seimas Committee on European Affairs, the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the European Information Office of the Information and Communication Department of the Office of the Seimas held a conference–discussion titled BREXIT: what it means for Lithuania and the European Union. The focus of the discussion was the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (Brexit) on the European Union itself, the Republic of Lithuania, and the United Kingdom. The conference–discussion was attended by foreign ambassadors residing in Lithuania, Members of the Seimas, officials of the Office of the President and the Government, civil servants of ministries and public institutions, and civil society representatives.

Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the Social Democratic political group in the Seimas, acted against the interests of the Lithuanian state by maintaining close and constant contacts with representatives of Russia's state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, a parliamentary committee has concluded after a probe.

The delegation of the Seimas Committee on European Affairs, headed by Gediminas Kirkilas, Chair of the Committee, visited Warsaw on 3–4 April 2017 at the invitation of the Chairwoman of the European Union Affairs Committee of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. The delegation of the Seimas Committee met colleagues from the Polish Sejm and Senate and discussed the most relevant EU and security matters, including energy security, development of infrastructure projects in the region, further development of the EU, implications of Brexit, and the rights of Polish and Lithuanian nationals living in the UK.

Following last week’s plenary session in Strasbourg, members are back in Brussels where committees are meeting before Parliament goes on a short recess for Easter. Among the issues on this week’s agenda are the latest developments in Syria and how to combat food waste. Members of the civil liberties committee discuss new proposals for the EU’s migrant return policy, while the human rights and women’s rights committees hold a joint hearing on child marriages.

Zhang Dejiang , chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), will visit Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia in April.