During the last years, legislation has always been the biggest threat to the energy drinks market in Lithuania. However, the urge for the Government to really take actions came into force when EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) announced the results of the study in 2013 concerning usage of energy drinks in Europe.

Only about 12% of Lithuanians believe that the euro changeover will have no negative consequences. The rest of respondents are afraid of various negative consequences of the introduction of the euro: from price rise to a significant loss of national identity, a representative poll commissioned by the Lithuanian Consumer Institute reveals.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Estonia's new Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas who is on his first visit to Lithuania after taking office on 26 March.

The Committee against Torture positively evaluated the activity of the Human Rights Division of the Seimas Ombudsmen's Office in undergoing the monitoring of detention places but called the Seimas of Lithuania to make a final decision regarding the establishment of National Human Rights Institution in Lithuania as soon as possible, reports public relations officer from Seimas Ombudsmen's Office Vytautas Valentinavičius.

The Seimas Committee on Rural Affairs proposes to the Ministry of Agriculture to turn attention to regional media when preparing Rural Development Programme for Lithuania for the period 2014-2020.

Lithuanian Minister of Energy Jaroslav Neverovic participated in Informal Meeting of Ministers for Energy in Athens, the capital of Greece which is presiding over the Council of the EU.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations, on behalf of the Lithuanian people and on her own behalf, to His Majesty King Harald V of Norway on the occasion of Norway's national holiday - Constitution Day.

President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite returned amendments to Law on Advocacy to the Seimas for reconsideration. The amendments establish a possibility to hold top positions in advocacy indefinitely.

The Parliament of Lithuania has adopted amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, improving legislation aimed against money laundering and terrorist financing.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius welcomed new Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See, Archbishop Pedro López Quintana.