On behalf of the Lithuanian people and on her own behalf, President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to Marie Louise Coleiro Preca on her inauguration as President of the Republic of Malta.

Today the coalition of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance 'Block of Valdemar Tomaševski' which is participating in the elections to the European parliament (EP), submitted the forms with supporting voters' signatures to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC). It is neccesary to collect at least 10 thousand signatures in order to be registered in the elections to the EP.

If the European Parliament elections took place next Sunday, Lithuanian voters would deputize most representatives of the Social Democratic Party (support of 29,3 percent ensuring 3 seats in the EP) to work in the EU institutions. The second place would go to 'Order and Justice' party (19,3%, 2 seats), third - to the Conservatives (13,5%, 2 seats). Such trends are revealed by the survey carried out by the public opinion company 'Vilmorus',

On 6–8 April 2014, for the first time in the history of the country, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania will host the Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments. It is the final and one of the largest parliamentary dimension events of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which is conducted by the national Parliament of the Member State holding the Presidency in the second semester of the year and organised by this Member State following the completion of its Presidency in the first semester of the next year.

On Monday, Lithuanian Minister of Social Security and Labour Algimanta Pabedinskiene met with the Swedish Minister for Gender Equality Maria Arnholm.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President-elect of Slovakia Andrej Kiska on his victory in the country's presidential election.

On 27 March, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted resolution affirming its commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty, political independence, unity and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders.

Yesterday an exceptional public-military event, Runway Run 2014, took place on the auxiliary runway of the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Siauliai to mark the 10th anniversary of Lithuania's NATO membership. The run on the runway used by fighter-jets included for the first time both military and civilian participants.

While delivering the State of the Nation Address at the Seimas, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite highlighted that the liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal was the new Lithuania's stage in the energy sector.

In response to the speech of the State Security Department (SSD) director made in the Seimas regarding the alleged refusal of the Member of the European Parliament Valdemar Tomaševski to talk, the EAPL Press Office stated, that this unreasonably exaggerated and having no real basis uproar is simply joining the electoral campaign by the SSD, what contradicts the laws of our country.