Speaker of the Parliament of Lithuania Loreta Grauziniene and President of the Parliament of Moldova Igor Corman discussed prospects of Moldova's integration in the European Union and the country's plans to sign the Association Agreement in summer 2015.

If Grybauskaite is elected for a second term of office, some changes in the Cabinet of Ministers are possible, although would not be radical.

The first round of presidential elections in Lithuania took place last Sunday on 11th May. According to the results of all electoral districts Valdemar Tomaševski received 8,36 percent (about 110 thousand votes) of votes, i.e. twice more than five years ago, when he received 4,7 percent of votes and won decisively in the Vilnius and Šalčininkai Disctricts even with the current President Dalia Grybauskaitė

Estonian economy minister Urve Palo got confirmation on Thursday in Athens from her Lithuanian colleague that Vilnius will no longer be the obstacle for moving on with the Rail Baltic project.

Lithuania's Parliament Speaker Loreta Grauziniene congratulated officers of the Lithuanian Customs on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of founding of the organization.

How will the European Parliament look after the European elections on 22-25 May? No one has the answer, but the question is on everyone's mind. Based on the current state of play of public opinion in the EU member states, the European Parliament and its contractor TNS Opinion propose a weekly projection of seats in the Parliament's hemicycle.

During the Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Vienna on 6 May, the Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Vytautas Leškevičius urged this organization to oppose Russia's political, economic and military aggression against Ukraine.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė participated in a plenary sitting of the Seimas to mark the tenth anniversary of Lithuania's membership in the EU. In her speech, the President underlined that Lithuania's historic decision made ten years ago to join the European Union was the very best.

According to the survey of public opinion, most of the residents of Lithuania (53%) will take part in the presidential elections. In connection with the upcoming presidential elections, the company 'Intos žinios' has carried out a public poll among the inhabitants of Lithuania on 29th April – 6th May 2014 on the order of L24.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the former President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox.