On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda and First Lady Diana Nausėdienė met with Lithuania’s Honorary Consuls, the current and former Japanese Ambassadors to Lithuania, and leaders of the Japan–Lithuania Friendship Association (JALFA).

On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda opened the Vilnius Summit at the Palace of Grand Dukes of Lithuania. The summit brought together the leaders of NATO’s eastern and northern flank countries.

President Gitanas Nausėda, together with First Lady Diana Nausėdienė, attended the Holy Mass in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, marking the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV.

On 13 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, visited the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area in Pabradė, where the U.S. troops are based.

President Gitanas Nausėda extended his congratulations to the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, on assuming office.

MEPs voted on Thursday to renew the suspension of import duties and quotas for certain imports from Ukraine, such as iron and steel, due to expire on 5 June 2025.

Türkiye’s geopolitical and strategic importance cannot make up for the government’s democratic backsliding, and EU membership criteria are not up for negotiation, MEPs say.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was today elected the 267th Pope. He is an Augustinian and was a missionary in Peru for many years. He is a native of North America. He is 69 years old.

Black - that's the smoke that rose this evening from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel where the first vote on the election of the Pope took place. This means that the new Holy Father has not yet been elected.

Kosovo needs to accelerate its EU-related reforms and Serbia must do more to protect the rule of law and media freedom and to fight corruption, say MEPs.