The European Commission has approved a new assistance package worth €400 million, for the education of Syrian refugees in Turkey. This is the first action adopted following the agreement by EU Member States to finance an additional €3 billion for the Facility for Refugees in Turkey.

We met today in Washington, D.C. to launch a new phase in the relationship between the United States and the European Union – a phase of close friendship, of strong trade relations in which both of us will win, of working better together for global security and prosperity, and of fighting jointly against terrorism.

Lithuanian proposal has been selected to implement the EU Twinning project of 2 years duration “Capacity Building of the Civil Service Bureau of Georgia to Implement the Civil Service Reform”. This was announced on 20th of July by the European Union delegation to the Republic of Georgia.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended heartfelt condolences to President Prokopios Pavlopoulos and the people of Greece over the tragedy caused by wildfires that spread near Athens claiming dozens of lives and injuring many others.

On 20 July, Moldova officially opened its Honorary Consulate in Palanga. It is headed by the professor and habilitated doctor Valdemaras Razumas.

The Commission has been working 24/7 since Sweden requested EU assistance to battle the unprecedented forest fires as hundreds of hectares burn in the regions of Jamtland, Gavleborg, Dalarna, Norrbotten and Västerbotten.

On 12 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in the Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Global Coalition Against Daesh at the invitation of the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The European Commission has today adopted a Communication outlining the ongoing work on the preparation for all outcomes of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

The European Commission has fined Google €4.34 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Since 2011, Google has imposed illegal restrictions on Android device manufacturers and mobile network operators to cement its dominant position in general internet search.

EU and Japanese leaders signed two landmark agreements to increase their cooperation at the 25th EU-Japan summit: