The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an amendment to an existing Italian guarantee scheme, including an up to €3 billion budget increase, for the reinsurance of natural gas and electricity trade credit risk in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine. The amendment was approved based on Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU'), recognising that the EU economy is experiencing a serious disturbance.

In Tel Aviv, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

559 employees of TNT Belgium at Liège Airport who lost their jobs following a transfer of operations to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport should receive €1.9 million in EU aid.

President Gitanas Nausėda extended condolences over the tragic accident in Greece – the rail collision that claimed dozens of lives.

On behalf of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and on her own behalf, Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, Speaker of the Seimas, congratulated Ahmad Al-Saadoun, Speaker of the National Assembly of the State of Kuwait, on the National Day celebrated on 25 February and on the Kuwait Liberation Day marked on 26 February. She extended the wishes of success and constructive work to the National Assembly in creating the wellbeing of the State and of its people, as well as the wishes of prosperity and peace to the country.

Statement by David McAllister, Bernd Lange and Nathalie Loiseau on the EU-UK political agreement to resolve outstanding issues relating to the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland.

On 27 February, the 52nd session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council will start its work and will be the longest in the Council’s history, lasting until 4 April. Lithuania will participate in its work as a member of the Human Rights Council.

President Gitanas Nausėda extended congratulations to President Alar Karis and all the people of Estonia on the 105th anniversary of independence.

President Gitanas Nausėda congratulated Emperor Naruhito of Japan on his birthday and Japan’s national holiday. The President wished the Emperor good health as well as many years of harmony, peace and prosperity for Japan and its people.

On 22 February, President Gitanas Nausėda leaves for Warsaw, where he and the leaders of NATO’s eastern flank—the so-called Bucharest Nine—will meet with the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg.