On Tuesday, during the solemn ceremony in Bradford (United Kingdom), honorary doctorate (Doctor of Letters) regalia of Bradford University was handed to European Parliament Member, academic, public figure, Professor Leonidas Donskis. Leonidas Donskis was granted the Honorary Doctor of Humanities for academic research work in Eastern Europe and in the field of education of Baltic countries, also for his publications, activity in the public sphere and work in the European Parliament. (Read more...)

During his second year in the European Parliament Leonidas Donskis gave his support to more than fifty written declarations submitted by his colleagues concerning topics of transport, human rights, environment, health care, agriculture and other issues. (Read more...)

The winners of the second competition of this year for the Leonidas Donskis and Eugenijus Gentvilas awards for best Bachelor’s and Master’s theses were students of the Vytautas Magnus and Klaipeda University. (Read more...)

During the last plenary session of the second term in Strasbourg the members of EP did not have a lot of time to share the upcoming plans of summer holidays, as there were many important questions in the agenda which were followed by interesting discussions. (Read more...)

With the negotiations on an association agreement continuing between the European Union and Ukraine, Leonidas Donskis has once again raised the issues of the Crimean Tatars, who are fighting for their cultural and national survival, at the European Parliament. Yesterday during the round table discussion ‘Crimean Tatars: a missing piece in Ukrainian society?’, which was hosted by the MEP, members of non-governmental organisations, political scientists, and representatives from European institutions gathered together for a debate. (Read more...)

Ten Lithuanian MEPs, Leonidas Donskis among them, have addressed the President of the European Council Herman von Rompuy, the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso as well as Victor Orbán, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary and President-in-Office of the EU Council, on the situation of the Polish minority in Lithuania. The copy of the letter was also sent to the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek. (Read more...)