On 13 August in Kyiv, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius discussed Lithuania's assistance for Ukraine and the situation in the country with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council Oleksandr Turchynov.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the people of her country on the 70th anniversary of the national holiday – Liberation Day.

The EU and its Member States are sending an expert team through the EU's Civil Protection Mechanism to assist the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with assessing the damage caused by recent floods and mudslides.

Greece has reached a deal on a multi-billion bailout with its international creditors after marathon talks, a government source said on August 11th.

"The renewed escalation of the conflict raising the number of casualties, as a result of attacks on several government controlled areas today and in the night of 10 August on Starohnativka, violates the spirit and the letter of the Minsk Agreements.

Following an incident at Oslo Airport when a national airline airBaltic crew was detained for exceeding the legal alcohol limit, the company has increased security measures.

The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union (EU), adopted the decision necessary for the disbursement of €80 million to Jordan in the form of a loan. This is the second and final tranche of a €180 million Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) programme for the country as adopted by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers on 18 December 2013. The first disbursement under this programme, amounting to €100 million, took place on 10 February 2015.

After more than four years of conflict, Syria has become the world's largest humanitarian crisis.

The European Commission is providing emergency support to Myanmar and Bangladesh following floods and mudslides which affected thousands of people in both countries. Myanmar will receive €1million and Bangladesh €500,000.

The European Commission is increasing its humanitarian aid by €12 million for people affected by the crisis in Yemen. The support will help address the most pressing needs of the suffering population.