"Each citizen of Lithuania has equal rights, it means that there will be no bilingual street signs as long as we respect our country, constitution and national laws" - stated Mr Algirdas Butkevičius. I believe, that this chauvinistic statement is not suitable for the Prime Minister of a country that lead the presidency of the European Union.

"Youth guarantee" schemes alone will not suffice to reduce youth unemployment, MEPs warn. They call for further measures to make it easier for young people to move to jobs or training, and EU support and quality standards for traineeships and apprenticeships, in two separate resolutions voted on Wednesday.

Brussels issued a request for the Andorran government to modify the project of the euro coins with the Christ Pantocrator on the averse. The politically correct request was met with the approval of the Andorran government, which agreed to modify previous project regarding to the principle of neutrality in the matter of religious beliefs.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed the participants of the European Union (EU) Youth Conference - one of the major events run during the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The meeting involves representatives of 250 youth organizations and institutions in charge of youth matters from 28 member states, as well as representatives of EU candidate countries and the countries of the European Economic Area.

On the 5th of September, 5:15 pm local time the second Air Lituanica aircraft Embraer 175 landed in the Vilnius International Airport. The 86-seater reached Lithuania from Brazil. Air Lituanica is leasing its second aircraft directly from the manufacturer's (Embraer) subsidiary ECC Leasing.

Preventing young people from starting to smoke is the main aim of an update of European rules on tobacco products, according to Linda McAvan, a British member of the S&D group in charge of steering the proposal through Parliament. With 700,000 deaths a year, smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the EU. Although the number of smokers in EU is falling, one in four Europeans still smokes, while 94% of smokers are hooked before they turn 25.