The EU should become more involved with Europe’s sporting landscape to encourage a fairer model that aligns with EU values of inclusiveness and fairness.

It’s Gender Equality Week at the European Parliament. Also on the agenda are cybersecurity, misuse of EU funds and the digital sector.

On 22 October, the Lithuanian pavilion Expo 2020 was visited by Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, together with Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė and Minister for Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė.

President Gitanas Nausėda has started his working visit to Brussels. On Thursday, the President attended the European Council session on rising energy prices and the COVID-19 situation.

On October 21-22, President Gitanas Nausėda will participate in the European Council meeting in Brussels.

The European Commission has today adopted a Communication that takes stock of the changed circumstances for economic governance in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and relaunches the public debate on the review of the EU's economic governance framework. The Communication follows President von der Leyen's commitment in the State of the Union address to build a consensus on the future of the EU's economic governance framework. The Commission had previously suspended this public debate, which was first launched in February 2020, to focus on responding to the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, Speaker of the Seimas, on behalf of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and on her own behalf, congratulated Sahiba Ali ghizi Gafarova, Chair of the Mili Majlis of the Azerbaijan Republic, and the people of the country on the 30th anniversary of independence.

At the invitation of President Gitanas Nausėda, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, will pay an official visit to Lithuania on October 19-20. The visit is dedicated to the commemoration of the 230th anniversary of the Constitution of 3 May and the Mutual Pledge of the Commonwealth of the Two Nations.

MEPs will address concerns over the rule of law in Poland and vote on a climate resolution ahead of the COP26 conference during the plenary session on 18-21 October.

On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, László Kövér, to discuss bilateral relations, regional security and EU migration policy.