Workers in Denmark are the most content with their working conditions, as the latest Eurobarometer indicates.

France and Poland put forward a proposal for a European energy community on Thursday, to counter the dependence of some European countries on Russian gas.

Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of production and services in the private sector of Eurozone in April 2014, has suddenly reached 54 points, in comparison with 53.1 points in March, the latest data, provided by company Markit, shows.

On Thursday, April 24, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will travel to Prague to attend a high level meeting to mark the 5th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership. During the meeting, the heads of state of EU and Eastern Partnership countries will discuss how to ensure the continuity and efficiency of the Eastern Partnership programme in view of the newly emerging challenges to the region's security and stability.

On April 16 Senators of the United States Congress John McCain, John Barrasso, John Hoeven and Ron Johnson paid a visit to the Ministry of National Defence and met with Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Arvydas Pocius, and other officials of the National Defence System.

17 April, New York. "Widespread and gross human rights violations are being committed by the state almost on an industrial scale. In many instances, as stated by the Commission of Inquiry, the violations in North Korea constitute grave crimes against humanity", - said Ms. Rita Kazragienė, Deputy Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations, during the Arria formula meeting of the Security Council on the Commission of Inquiry report on human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).

At the Boao Forum for Asia-2014 (BFA) one of the most promising projects of Kazakhstan – info-communicative platform G-Global and the Astana Economic Forum – was presented to the world public. BFA, the main task of which is to promote economic cooperation in the Asian region, has become an excellent platform for the presentation of Kazakhstan's initiatives.

The EP passed three resolutions on Thursday, supporting the recommendations of the UN Commission of Inquiry into human rights violations in North Korea; expressing deep concern at the increase in sectarian violence and religious intolerance in Pakistan; and condemning the recent attacks against religious and ethnic communities and the suffering of women and children in Syria.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė, on behalf of the Lithuanian people and personally, offered condolences to President Park Guen-hye of South Korea over the tragic ferry accident at sea.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with U.S. Republican Senators John McCain, John Barrasso and John Hoeven. The main points of discussion were the situation in Ukraine and the threats it posed to the security of Europe and the Baltic region. The President and Senators also reviewed concrete steps to strengthen cooperation between Lithuania and the United States.