High-Level Political Dialogue between the EU and Turkey in Ankara

A Malta court sanctioned extradition to Lithuania of a detainee, who is suspected of large-scale fraud and expropriation.

Parliament calls on India to release the 14 Estonian and 6 Briton seamen detained in the south of the country, strongly condemns the nuclear test conducted on 6 January by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and deplores the recent use of excessive force by security forces in Ethiopia, in three resolutions voted on Thursday.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, which this year is focused on the fourth industrial revolution.

Russia must end its direct or indirect involvement in conflicts in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine and stop interfering with their EU aspirations, say MEPs in a review, voted on Thursday, of their progress on reform. One year after the three ratified their association and deep and comprehensive free trade agreements (AA/DCFTAs) with the EU, MEPs highlight remaining reform tasks for each country and take note of the 6 April Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine deal.

Many MEPs criticised EU leaders for their inability to deal with the migration and refugee crises in Tuesday's plenary debate reviewing the December EU summit with Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council president Donald Tusk. The upcoming EU referendum in the UK was also a hot topic.

The migration crisis, the failure of EU secret services to cooperate in tackling terrorism and tax rulings dominated MEPs' Tuesday morning debate with Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel on the outgoing presidency.

On 16 January 2016, the Council lifted all nuclear-related economic and financial EU sanctions against Iran. This follows verification by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 16 January 2016 that Iran has implemented the agreed nuclear-related measures as set out in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The steps taken against the Turkish academics who signed a declaration regarding events in the Southeast of Turkey are an extremely worrying development. They are no longer detained, but the procedures against them are ongoing.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from Volodymyr Yatsenkivskyi, Ambassador of Ukraine.