At the next NATO Summit in Warsaw, it is important to seek solutions to ensure the Alliance is adapting in response to a changed security environment and is ready to address threats to NATO member countries, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius at the North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting on 23 March in Vilnius.

We are witnessing a mounting pressure on independent Egyptian civil society organisations, in particular human rights organisations and defenders. The recent imposition of travel bans, asset freezes and the summoning of human rights defenders are not in line with Egypt's commitments to promote and respect human rights and fundamental freedoms as guaranteed by its Constitution and enshrined in the EU-Egypt Association Agreement, which is the basis for our partnership.

During the visit in China Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. At the meeting bilateral relations and the cooperation of countries in China's +16 format were discussed, emphasis was put on trade and economic relations, and cultural cooperation.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė, together with EU leaders, signed a joint statement of the European Council on terrorist attacks in Belgium.

Two explosions hit Zaventem airport. Later another explosion occured on Maelbeek metro station. The Transport officials of Brussels say 15 died at Maelbeek and media say up to 13 died at the airport.

Algirdas Butkevičius is on a working visit to China from 20 to 26 March. During the visit the Prime Minister is meeting with the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang who has invited Butkevičius to the Boao forum for Asia annual conference which is dedicated to the development of economic cooperation between Asia and other countries in the world.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended a European Council meeting which discussed the ways to close irregular migration routes from Turkey to Greece and to stem the flows of refugees to Europe.

A plane has crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all passengers and crew on board. 62 persons in total.

If you use Facebook and Google your personal data such as photos and email are usually stored in US data centres. Sending Europeans' data across the Atlantic is legal provided American companies commit themselves to respecting EU privacy standards. On Thursday, MEPs discussed a new mechanism for transferring data across the Atlantic with experts. Read on to find out why it was created and watch the interview with Max Schrems who was responsible for getting the previous arrangement scrapped.

Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of European Commission, met today with Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa. They continued their exchanges on developments in Kosovo. HRVP expressed hope that inclusive political dialogue will help overcome the stalemate in the Kosovo Assembly in the coming period.