Vice-Minister Sigitas Mitkus: EU budget must reflect geopolitical realities and the needs of eastern border regions
Added 2026-10-29
On 29 October, Vice-Minister Sigitas Mitkus met Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Cohesion and Reforms. The meeting focused primarily on negotiations on the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework for 2028–2034...
Vice-Minister Minister Mitkus and Secretary-General of the Council of the EU Blanchet discuss preparations for Lithuania’s Presidency
Added 2026-10-28
On 28 October, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigitas Mitkus met Thérèse Blanchet, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union (EU), who is visiting Lithuania, and Didier Seeuws, Director-General for General and Institutional Policy...
Vice-Minister Mitkus: To become more competitive, we must lower energy prices, improve access to finance and strengthen the Single Market
Added 2026-10-27
On 27 October, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigitas Mitkus met members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), who are visiting Lithuania.
Ahead of Lithuania’s Presidency of the Council of the EU, Budrys stresses strengthening European security and competitiveness in Malta
Added 2026-10-26
On 26 October in Valletta, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met Malta’s Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and European Affairs, Christopher Cutajar. They discussed preparations for Lithuania’s Presidency of the Council of the...
Budrys: The EU must be prepared to defend its economic interests
Added 2026-10-23
On 23 October in Dublin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Industry Liina Vahtras. The Ministers discussed European Union (EU) trade policy priorities, strengthening transatlantic economic...
Budrys at EU trade ministers’ meeting: Trade must remain open, but we cannot allow it to become a source of vulnerability
Added 2026-10-23
On 23 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys is attending an informal meeting of EU trade ministers in Dublin, Ireland.
Budrys to attend informal EU trade ministers’ meeting in Dublin
Added 2026-10-22
On 22–23 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys will attend an informal meeting of EU trade ministers in Dublin, Ireland.
Budrys speaks by phone with Romania’s new Foreign Minister
Added 2026-10-21
On 21 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys spoke by phone with Romania’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sebastian Dănuț Neculăescu. During the call, the Ministers discussed bilateral cooperation, the security situation on NATO’s...
Budrys: Russia’s hybrid attacks in Europe are increasingly taking on the characteristics of terrorism
Added 2026-10-20
On 20 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Bartjan Wegter. The meeting focused on the European Union’s counter-terrorism policy, the links between hybrid threats and terrorism, the threat...
Budrys discusses strengthening security, deployment of the German brigade and support for Ukraine with Bundestag parliamentary group leaders
Added 2026-10-19
On 19 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kęstutis Budrys met with the leaders of the parliamentary groups of Germany’s governing coalition in the Bundestag: Thorsten Frei, Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union...