On February 10 change of rotation and command ceremony of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group (eFP BG) in Lithuania will be held at the Lithuanian Great Hetman Jonušas Radvila Training Regiment. German Armed Forces Lt Col Peer Papenbroock who has been in command of the NATO eFP BG Lithuania twice will relinquish to Lt Col Sebastian Hebisch. The other part of the ceremony will mark the 4th anniversary of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group deployment in Lithuania. The event is planned to be attended by Minister of National Defence A. Anušauskas, Lithuanian Armed Forces command, foreign ambassadors, defence attachés.

MEPs will deal with the EU’s Covid-19 vaccination strategy, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and events in Russia and Myanmar during the February plenary.

President Gitanas Nausėda spoke by phone with President Andrzej Duda of Poland to discuss the bilateral agenda, better accessibility to vaccines, the human rights situation and ongoing protests in Russia, as well as the implementation of the Eastern Partnership policy.

On February 1 Minister of National Defence held a routine meeting with the foreign Defence Attachés accredited to Lithuania via a video teleconference from the ministry of National Defence. Minister Arvydas Anušauskas briefed the foreign representatives for defence on the Lithuanian defence policy priorities.

Following the renewed request from the European Commission on 27 January 2021, pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to publish the redacted contract signed between the two parties on 27 August 2020.

Legal Affairs Committee MEPs pave the way for a new EU law that requires companies to comply with human rights and environmental standards within their value chains.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has had a conference call with Estonian counterpart Kaja Kallas to discuss progress in combating the pandemic, also the bilateral relations.

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

On January 27 Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas met with Ambassador of Italy to Lithuania HE Diego Ungaro and thanked for his country’s contribution to the security in the Baltic region, welcomed a terrific bilateral cooperation, and expressed a hope that the cooperation would be developed in same successful fashion in the future.

President Gitanas Nausėda addressed heads of foreign diplomatic missions in a video conference held on 25 January.