President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the 1st Deputy Director of the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Lithuania, Žydrūnas Bartkus, to discuss the proportionality of measures applied in respect of journalists.

Sea levels and air temperatures continue to rise according to studies, which is expected to lead to more floods and worse heat waves. To help prevent this, the 19th UN Cllimate Conference takes place in Warsaw on 11-22 November to discuss how to curb carbon emissions after 2020. During the October plenary he EP stressed the conference was a key steps towards a new globally binding agreement by 2015. Check out our infographic on climate change for more information.

Since December 2013 it will be possible to travel to the neighbouring city Minsk in Belarus not only by land transport but also by air.

On 10–11 November, the meeting of the Chairpersons of the Committees on Social Affairs and Labour (hereinafter – 'Meeting'), Employment Incentives to Implement the Europe 2020 Strategy, will take place at the Seimas.

On 2 November, the airline company Air Lituanica started an all-day check-in service, which makes it the first company to offer such service in Vilnius International Airport. From that day on, passengers can check-in and drop off their baggage at any time convenient to them, for any flights on that day.

From the beginning of 2013, the number of the registered unemployed people in Lithuania was reduced by 29.34 thousand.

The VIALITHUANIA interactive programme reveals historic and cultural relations of Lithuania to the 27 countries of the EU. This interactive programme presenting Lithuania's connections to EU countries was created under the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė opened one of the largest Lithuanian EU Presidency events - the European conference on information and communications technology "ICT2013: Create, Connect, Grow". The three-day event has attracted great interest - around 6,000 participants from all over the world are expected at the conference. It is the biggest such event in Europe this year.

The Happy Barometer app for mobile devices uses the iOS platform and appeared in the Apps Store this week. An algorithm for the recognition of human emotions created by the SkyBiometry Company was used for the development of this app. A version for the Android platform will appear in the near future.

During the meeting with Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius, European Athletics President Hansjorg Wirz shared European experience in building multifunctional sports complexes.