Leonidas Donskis returned to problems in Kazakhstan as he started the fourth year of his term at the EP. Together with colleague MEPs from the other EP political groups he wrote to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev concerning the persecution of opposition representatives. On Tuesday he also met with the representatives from the opposition and non-governmental organisations. (Read more...)

Last week MEPs gathered in Strasbourg for the first plenary session of their fourth year.  The focus of this plenary was Commission President José Manuel Barroso`s report on the situation in the EU. Other issues on the agenda included energy efficiency, the EU`s budget for next year, a strategy for the EU`s foreign policy and plans for a banking union.  (Read more...)

At the beginning of the fourth year of the term of the European Parliament Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Human Rights met with the new EU Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis. During the hearing the new EU official presented to the MEPs the main principles and methods of his work, answered their questions and promised to communicate constantly with the European Parliament. (Read more...)

During the first half of this year MEP Leonidas Donskis expressed his support by signing a dozen MEPs initiated written declarations on health, education, development, animals` rights and other issues. (Read more...)

MEP Leonidas Donskis, who was appointed as the Rapporteur for drafting the main EP human rights document, the annual report on human rights in the world and the EU`s policy on this issue, used last days in Brussels before summer break for consultations necessary to prepare the document. On Monday the MEP initiated the meeting with the representatives from „Human Rights and Democracy Network“ which unites more than fourty world non-governmental organisations. (Read more...)

The marathon of defending Bachelor and Master works is finished in Lithuanian universities, and for the third academic year in a row VšĮ „Atvira visuomenė ir jos draugai“ is organising L. Donskis’ and E. Gentvilas’ awards competition for best students. This academic year awards for the best works were awarded to students from Vytautas Magnus and Klaipėda universities. (Read more...)