In the Sultanate of Oman, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with Chairman of the Council of State of Oman Yahya bin Mahfoudh al-Mantheri. The meeting has discussed the need to strengthen bilateral relations and encourage investment, science and education projects, as well as developments in the region.

Amendments to the Law on Public Service have been submitted to the Seimas on the initiative of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite. The amendments have been drafted seeking to prevent public servants from signing additional work contracts with their workplaces, to prevent them from cashing-in on public service and to ensure transparent use of state funds.

On 30 January 2015, at a meeting in Vilnius Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, encouraged representatives of all governing bodies of the European Humanities University (EHU) to unite for a common goal, ensure smooth operations of the university, and meet its commitments to the students, Belarussian society and international donor community.

On Friday, the Committee on Economics, Energy and Innovations of the Baltic Assembly (BA) held a sitting at the Seimas in Lithuania to discuss transport and infrastructure projects, further cooperation of Baltic and Nordic countries in energy security, energy supply and economy.

The Commission vice-president for growth and investment, Jyrki Katainen, called on Parliament on Wednesday to do its utmost to ensure the Juncker plan for strategic investment would be up and running by June. He stressed the importance of the plan's three pillars: the fund itself, the project pipeline and the completion of the internal market.

After a visit to the Vilnius Child Development Centre, the only facility in the country providing complex treatment to children with development and behavioural disorders, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite spared no criticism to the Health Ministry.

On Thursday, Chancellor of the Government, Alminas Mačiulis, met with the Minister of Finance of Turkmenistan, Mukhammetguly Mukhamedov, to discuss the bilateral cooperation in trade, agriculture, education and science, health care, as well as partnership opportunities in transport and energy sectors.

On the final leg of the visit to Georgia, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius visited the European Union Monitoring Mission in in the old capital Mtscheta. As of mid-January this year, the EUMM in Georgia has been headed by Lithuanian diplomat, Ambassador Kestutis Jankauskas.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, together with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, participated in the Lithuanian-Georgian Business Forum, which focused on the promotion of investment, strengthening of bilateral partnership and search for new export markets. The Forum convened Lithuania's largest food companies.

The lists of candidates of Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania in the local council elections, that will take place in Lithuania on 1st March, will be signed with number 14.