Parliament confirmed on Thursday the mandate for negotiations with the Council on the proposal to waive visa requirements for Kosovo’s citizens.

On 11 September in Tbilisi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended an international conference and discussed security in Europe. The conference was also attended by a Senior Fellow at Florida International University David Kramer, other politicians and experts.

MEPs condemn arrests and trumped-up charges against opposition politicians and journalists in Cambodia, Uganda and Myanmar.

At the invitation of President Dalia Grybauskaitė, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will arrive on a working visit to Lithuania on Friday, September 14. The visit manifests closer enhanced relations between Lithuania and Germany at both the bilateral level and in the framework of cooperation within the European Union and NATO.

The first Eastern Partnership European School opened on 4th September 2018 in Tbilisi, Georgia. As one of the Eastern Partnership's 20 deliverables for 2020, it will provide students from the EU's Eastern partner countries with an innovative academic programme while fostering multicultural exchanges and cooperation.

The EU must “engage with partners to enhance global peace, security and prosperity” Vice-President Ramón Luis Valcárcel told the 140 EU ambassadors on Tuesday.

Following the conclusion of the EU-Japan talks on personal data protection in July 2018, the Commission launched on 5th September 2018 the procedure for the adoption of its adequacy decision.

On 5 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney, who came to Vilnius. They discussed opportunities for strengthening bilateral cooperation, relevant issues on the European Union and NATO’s agenda, the situation in eastern Europe, preparations for the future withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU, as well as other related challenges.

On 31 August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the United States Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan.

New EU funding will help vulnerable communities in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon