The European Parliament should have the right to decide where and when it meets, says a resolution adopted on Wednesday. Parliament undertakes to initiate an EU treaty revision procedure to propose the changes needed to allow Parliament itself, rather than EU member states by a unanimous vote, to decide on the location of its seat and its internal organisation. It would be "more effective, cost-efficient and respectful of the environment if it were located in a single place", says the text.

A deal with the Council on five legislative acts reforming EU farm policy was endorsed by Parliament on Wednesday. The post-2013 Common agricultural policy (CAP) will put more emphasis on environmental protection, ensure fairer distribution of EU funds and help farmers to cope better with market challenges.

Lithuanian company Biocentras together with partners has developed technique enabling to clean soil polluted by oil and its products quicker as well as protect ground waters and reduce cleaning costs.

The Baltic cultural park in China created by Scientists of the Klaipeda University Petras Grecevicius and his colleagues was acknowledged as one of the best and won the bronze medal. The oasis representing the Baltic culture was established within the period of several years.

During the apogee of the Lithuanian-Russian dairy war, concerning the embargo on the import of Lithuanian milk products, the Prime Minister of Lithuania confessed that the Lithuanian ambassador to Russia has problems with arranging a meeting with Russian officials. He also added that the ambassador to Poland was ignored by some institutions and had problems to arrange meetings too.

Affordable food prices, lively rural areas and support for farmers – these are the goals of the revised common agricultural policy. The reform will be finalised with a vote in Parliament on 20 November during a plenary session. Our top story will present the latest news together with background information.

A 10-strong delegation of MEPs will take part in a UN climate conference in Warsaw from Monday to Friday. The 19th Conference of Parties (COP19) aims to set out a timetable and steps towards a global and binding climate agreement to be concluded in Paris in 2015.

On 8 October, the European Parliament granted a mandate by an overwhelming majority to begin negotiations with the Council of the European Union on a new tobacco directive, which would subject tobacco products to stricter regulations. This paved the way for further steps to protect European citizens from the harms of tobacco.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended a high-level conference on youth unemployment, which was hosted by French President François Hollande.

The Lithuanian Labour Exchange EURES service together with the European Commission organize an European Employment Services (EURES) Working Group Meeting on 11th – 13th November. This is one of the employment events that Lithuania holds during the Presidency of the Council of the EU. At this event the experts will discuss about the EURES policy at the European Union and Member States level. The delegates from the European Commission are going to present the organizational priorities, prospective programs and possible outcomes of the European Employment Services.