On 11 January, Foreign Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius goes to France to pay tribute to the victims of this week's terror attacks and to join the leaders of other countries in the solidarity march in Paris.

As two runways of Charles De Gaulle Airport have been closed due to anti-terrorist operation near Paris, airline Air Lituanica flights to Vilnius and Paris are falling behind schedule.

The European Union (EU) proposes a EUR 1.8 billion support program to Ukraine, as European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced during a press conference in Riga yesterday.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended sincere condolences, on behalf of the Lithuanian people and on her own behalf, to French President François Hollande over the tragic assault against French magazine office in Paris which killed and injured dozens of people.

At least two armed men attacked the office of French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. 12 people were killed and seven injured.

On January 5, NASDAQ displayed a message of congratulations to Lithuania on adopting the new currency on a huge screen in New York City's famous Times Square.

In consistency with the Constitution and the decree of Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite, Lithuanian parliament has ratified the intergovernmental agreement between Lithuania and Georgia on cooperation in the fight against crime, signed on 26 September 2013 in Vilnius.

At the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis announced the names of fifteen Archbishops and Bishops whom he will raise to the dignity of the Cardinalate on February 14, 2015. In addition, the Holy Father announced that five retired Archbishops and Bishops “distinguished for their pastoral charity in the service of the Holy See and of the Church” would also be made Cardinals.

Lithuania along with the United Kingdom, South Korea, Rwanda and Nigeria abstained in the vote on the draft resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the United Nations Security Council on 30 December. The resolution fell short of the required number of needed votes. Eight countries voted in favour, while the US and Australia voted against it.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations, on behalf of the Lithuanian people and on her own behalf, to Simonetta Sommaruga on assuming the office of the President of the Swiss Confederation.