The European Commission has decided to refer Romania to the European Court of Justice for failing to fully recover illegal State aid worth up to €92 million from Viorel and Ioan Micula and their group of companies, as required by a Commissiondecision of 2015.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine. The purpose of the President’s visit to Kyiv is to demonstrate support to Ukraine. It is the first visit of a country leader after Russia’s illegal seizure of Ukraine’s naval ships in the Kerch Strait.

The European Union is stepping up cooperation with Mali and the implementation of structural reforms to improve security, governance and access to basic services in the country.

On 5 December, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia Nikola Dimitrov in Brussels. Lithuania‘s Foreign Minister confirmed Lithuania's readiness to provide political and practical support for Macedonia's accession to the EU and NATO.

Asylum-seekers should be able to request humanitarian visas at EU embassies and consulates abroad, allowing them to access Europe safely, say Civil Liberties MEPs.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė will travel to Ukraine on Thursday, December 7. The purpose of the President’s visit is to support Ukraine at this time of tension and to take part in the 11th meeting of the Council of Presidents of Ukraine and Lithuania.

G20 leaders met in Buenos Aires on 30 November and 1 December 2018.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended condolences on the passing of the 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to Salome Zurabishvili on her victory in Georgia's presidential election and wished her continued success, strength and wisdom in performing the highly important and responsible duties of this position.

On 27 November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the outgoing Ambassador of Turkey to Lithuania Aydan Yamancan. In the meeting, Lithuania‘s Foreign Minister thanked the Turkish Ambassador for her efforts to promote bilateral relations and beautiful initiatives aimed at acquainting the Lithuanian general public with the Turkish culture.