Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the opposition candidate in Belarus' presidential election, is safe in Lithuania, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said.

Elements of infrastructure built at the Lithuanian Armed Forces Air Force Base in Šiauliai on U.S. donations were handed over to the Lithuanian Armed Forces. New ground equipment maintenance hangars, OPS facility, three fighter aprons, up-to-date fighter arresting gear and installation of area security lighting, several taxiways and areas and roads for ground vehicles enhance readiness of the Lithuanian Air Force Base to host NATO allies, strengthen deterrence, and improve interoperability.

On 25 July, Vytautas Toleikis, a teacher and public figure, received an award “For Merit to the Friendship between India and Lithuania”. The solemn ceremony was held in Rusnė on 25 July.

The European Commission has signed a contract with the pharmaceutical company Gilead to secure treatment doses of Veklury, the brand name for Remdesivir. Veklury was the first medicine authorised at EU level for treatment of COVID-19. As from early August onwards, and in order to meet immediate needs, batches of Veklury will be made available to Member States and the UK, with the coordination and support of the Commission.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Republic of Lithuania and Ukraine recognize the multi-centennial historical and cultural links between their nations.

President Gitanas Nausėda visited the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Šiauliai to meet with NATO troops from Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States and Lithuania on the air policing mission to the Baltic States.

On 24 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, co-chaired the 14th meeting of the Lithuania-Ukraine Commission for European Integration via video conference.

Find out what the EU is doing to help Europe get back on its feet following the devastating economic effects brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We now have the opportunity to achieve something historic for Europe together,” Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said in her address at the European Parliament today speaking of ‘a new opportunity for our community'.

The recovery fund is a “historic move”, but long-term EU priorities such as the Green Deal and the Digital Agenda are put at risk, MEPs say.