On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda presented credentials to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania to Italy, Dalia Kreivienė, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania to Austria, Lina Rukštelienė.

At her meeting with Petro Beshta, Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, Speaker of the Seimas, noted that the decisions of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on annexing the territories of Ukraine would never be recognised. Pseudo-referendums will never get recognition either.

President Metsola spoke of the situation in Iran and in Nicaragua, and remembered the victims of the Lampedusa shipwreck nine years on, at the opening of the session.

We Presidents of Central and Eastern Europe, countries whose leaders have visited Kyiv during the war and witnessed with their own eyes the effects of Russian aggression, cannot stay silent in the face of the blatant violation of international law by the Russian Federation, and therefore are issuing the following statement:

Parliament and Council negotiators reached a deal on Thursday night that updates rules on how EU fishing vessels can access national waters.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, together with the Heads of Governments of Latvia, Estonia, and Poland, Krišjānis Kariņš, Kaja Kallas, and Mateusz Morawiecki, were awarded the Transatlantic Leadership Award of the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) for their strong support to Ukraine and their outstanding contribution to strengthening the transatlantic partnership. In her remote acceptance speech at the CEPA conference, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė noted that a strong transatlantic partnership could make the difference between peace and binge of wars, prosperity and destruction, rules-based international order and vulturous chaos.

President Gitanas Nausėda met on Wednesday with Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life.

On September 26, First Deputy Chancellor of the Government Rolandas Kriščiūnas met with representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Board of Directors. The meeting at the Office of the Government was focused on the support for Ukraine, the impact of the Russian war and increased energy prices on European economies, and the integration of war refugees.

The European Central Bank President announced future interest hikes, while MEPs voiced concerns about rising energy and food prices, and mortgage rates.

Ministers are outlining the priorities of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings.