In a debate with Council and Commission on tomorrow’s EU summit, MEPs demanded lower energy prices and allowing Bulgaria and Romania to join the Schengen area.

On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with the commanders of foreign military units deployed in Lithuania.

On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with ambassadors of the European Union member states residing in Lithuania.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola delivered the following statement at the opening of the plenary session in Strasbourg on Monday.

On 9 December, on the eve of International Human Rights Day, the National Human Rights Forum was held for the fifth time. This year, the Forum focused on our rights in the face of crises and war.

On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with General Robert Brieger, the Chairman of the European Union Military Committee. The meeting focused on Russia’s war in Ukraine, the security situation in the region, as well as support for Ukraine.

U.S. Ambassador Robert Gilchrist informed Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anušauskas that, as part of the ongoing commitment to its Baltic Allies, the United States will further enhance the continuous and persistent U.S. military presence in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In Lithuania, this initially includes transitioning the episodic deployments of an armored battalion-sized element and field artillery battery to a persistent rotational presence.

After a meeting with the Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis said that the ongoing geopolitical changes also opened opportunities to develop new ways of cooperation, also of the EU-Kazakhstan partnership that served the interests of both sides.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, who is beginning her working visit to the United States of America, met with Governor of Pennsylvania Tom Wolf and Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania National Guard Major General Mark J. Schindler on Monday.

On 29 November, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė met with Edvards Smiltēns, Speaker of the Saeima of Latvia, who is on a visit to Lithuania for the first time, at the Government Office, and discussed assistance to Ukraine defending itself from the Russian military aggression, the security situation across the region and the importance of tightening sanctions against Russia, cooperation between Lithuania and Latvia in the field of energy and on the Rail Baltica project as well as other relevant partnership issues.