On Wednesday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Head of IMF Mission in Lithuania, Cristoph Klingen, and his team to discuss Lithuania's economic outlook and development trends, as well as the proposal of the new social model.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the U.S. House Armed Services Committee chairman and its members to discuss military, economic and energy cooperation between Lithuania and the United States, the current security situation in Europe as well as the situation in Ukraine.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited the Air Force Base of the Lithuanian Army near Šiauliai on 31 March to mark the 11th anniversary of Lithuania's membership in NATO and of the NATO Air Policing mission in the Baltic States. The Minister expressed his gratitude to the soldiers of the Polish and Italian Air Force contingents for the present participation in the NATO Air Policing Mission in Lithuania.

Last Friday the Council of Vilnius district has given the leader of Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania Valdemar Tomaševski the title of the Honorary Citizen of the Vilnius District. Mr Tomaševski is the fifth person who was awarden this honour in the Vilnius district.

The political consultations of Foreign Ministries of Lithuania and Kazakhstan on 26 March in Astana focused on possibilities for further development of bilateral relations, Kazakhstan's relations with the European Union, security situation and regional cooperation in Central Asia.

On Friday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with German Ambassador to Lithuania, Jutta Schmitz, and the diplomatic representatives in Lithuania of the Group of Seven (the USA, Canada, France, and Japan). The Ambassador handed over a letter from German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, inviting Lithuania to financially contribute to the construction of the safety sarcophagus of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

At its plenary sitting, the Seimas has ratified the agreement between the Governments of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine on establishing a joint military unit. All 73 Members of the Seimas attending the voting in the plenary voted in favour of the draft law on the ratification of the agreement.

On Tuesday, 24 March 2015, newly elected Member of Parliament Sarunas Gustainis, a representative of the Liberal Movement, gave an oath during a plenary sitting of the Seimas.

A delegation from the civil liberties committee visited Washington DC last week to find out the latest information on issues such as data protection and legislation on surveillance activities from their American counterparts. The MEPs also provided updates on the EU's data protection reform and on counter-terrorism initiatives, including the passenger name records (PNR) proposal.

During the last municipal elections Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania once again confirmed its unrivalled position in Vilnius Region and received record support in the country, as well as in the capital Vilnius. So as to see the full picture of the growth in popularity of this Christian-democratic party, it is worth comparing the results of the previous elections that took place in the last 15 years.