Greece has successfully concluded a three year European Stability Mechanism (ESM) stability support programme with its place at the heart of the euro area and European Union secured.

On 20 August, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Darius Skusevičius met with the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael J. Murphy.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extend sincere condolences on the passing of Kofi Annan, prominent citizen of Ghana, diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The European Commission has approved under EU State aid rules three schemes to support electricity production from wind and solar in Denmark in 2018 and 2019.

The Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has expressed his sincere condolences to the people of Italy over the painful tragedy caused by a motorway bridge collapse near the city of Genoa killing and injuring many people.

In a ruling published on 10th August, the World Trade Organisation rejected most of Russia's claims concerning the alleged incompatibility of the EU's energy policy measures with the multilateral trade rules.

The European Commission is calling on interested parties to put forward ideas for projects under the European Solidarity Corps. A total of €44 million has been set aside from the EU budget for selected projects that will be open to all young people across Europe and beyond.

The Council has transposed UN Security Council resolution 2428 (2018) which notably imposes an arms embargo and adds two persons to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.

Fighting climate change is a priority for the Parliament. Below you will find details of the solutions the EU and the Parliament are working on.

Last week, the EU has completed the biggest photovoltaic solar field in Gaza. It will provide 0.5 Megawatts of electricity per day to fuel the Southern Gaza Desalination Plant.