On the eve of World Cancer Day, Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) backs EU wide effort to beat cancer.

Vilnius TV tower, which was built a little more than four decades ago, has not been overhauled so far. However, it is stated in the report of the examination carried out that major reconstruction of both the main structure of the building and of the networks of the internal infrastructure needs to be done. Today, these matters have been discussed remotely by Marius Skuodis, the Minister of Transport and Communications, with the management of the SC Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre that operates this tower.

Vilnius has been created for seven centuries now, and during all this time there have been many projects in the city that were planned, dreamed of, but they were never implemented for one reason or another. On the occasion of the 698th birthday of the capital, the podcast of the City of Vilnius “Vilnius is Speaking” collected 17 such plans and projects, which can now be called utopias. Of course, some of them could still be implemented in the future.

The EU needs clear policy objectives to achieve a carbon-neutral, environmentally sustainable, toxic-free and fully circular economy by 2050 at the latest, say MEPs.

Radicalisation is a growing cross-border threat. But what is it, what are the causes and what is the EU doing to prevent it?

Lithuanian soldiers continue contributing to the training the Armed Forces of Ukraine as the National Military Training Operation in Ukraine. The fifth group of instructors formed by the National Defence Volunteer Force, Training and Doctrine Command staff, Lithuanian Air Force Base, and Juozas Vitkus Engineer Battalion, and in the command of National Defence Volunteer Force staff officer Major Rytis Raudonis, deployed to Ukraine.

On Wednesday, 20 January, with a view to improving emotional health of single people during the lockdown, the Government has provided for exceptions allowing two households to meet.

The quarantine restrictions have contributed to slowing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Lithuania, but morbidity rates are still high. Therefore, on Wednesday the Government has decided to extend the lockdown until 28 February. The ban on moving between municipalities will be valid until 28 February as well.

A virtual ceremony, including speeches by European Parliament President David Sassoli and guests, will be held on Wednesday 27 January.

The European Parliament calls on EU countries to act on the housing crisis to invest more in decent homes and ensure everyone has access to affordable housing.