On Wednesday, First Lady Diana Nausėdienė attended a general Audience with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda took part in an informal European Council meeting centered on enhancing the competitiveness of the EU economy. EU leaders based their discussions on the Draghi report, which outlines the future path for the EU economy.

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On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda spoke by phone with Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili. The two leaders discussed the situation in Georgia following Saturday’s parliamentary elections, as well as the country’s prospects for European integration.

On Tuesday, MEPs gave their green light to an extraordinary loan of up to €35 billion to Ukraine, to be repaid with future revenues from frozen Russian assets.

On October 17-18 Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas attended the NATO Defence Ministerial in Brussels to discuss the most pressing NATO security and defence themes with a particular focus on the new NATO defence plans.

365 workers of the retail chain Match-Smatch who lost their jobs following store closures and layoffs will receive €2.7 million in EU aid to help them find work.

On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, to discuss the implementation of the Victory Plan, the recent decisions by the European Council, and the process of Ukraine’s integration into the European Union.

365 employees of the retail chain Match-Smatch who lost their jobs following store closures and layoffs should receive €2.7 million in EU aid.

On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda took part in the first summit of the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Brussels.