Yesterday, the senior fellow of the influential Jamestown Foundation, the American analyst and the author of the Eurasia Daily Monitor, Vladimir Socor visited the European Parliament invited by Leonidas Donskis. The guest has provided his insights into the topic "European energy security and neighbourhood-wide policies" in the EP discussion. (Suite...)

In yesterday`s session of the European Parliament`s Development Committee the draft report on the progress implement UN Millennium development goals was discussed. The committee has mostly endorsed the proposals and additions by the ALDE shadow rapporteur, the Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Leonidas Donskis. (Suite...)

The Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Leonidas Donskis who visited Lithuania this weekend again spent his time in different events and meetings. L. Donskis has taken part in an international conference organised by the Vytautas Magnus University and the European Parliament Information Office in Lithuania to mark the European Day and has met with pupils, students and electors in Kaunas and Šiauliai. (Suite...)

Members of the European Parliament who gathered in Brussels to attend the short plenary session on 5-6 May were faced with an especially busy agenda, which included not only the originally planned items, but also items which were postponed following the cancelled votes of the last Strasbourg session, hampered by the volcano in Iceland. (Suite...)

L'autorisation de la marche balte des fiertés, prévue pour le vendredi 7 et 8 mai à Vilnius (Lituanie), a été suspendue aujourd'hui par un tribunal, suite à une demande présentée par le procureur général par intérim et un membre du Conseil de la ville de Kaunas. La raison invoquée est que l`État ne serait pas en mesure de fournir une protection adéquate pour les participants. (Suite...)

Member of the European Parliament Leonidas Donskis has signed fourteen written declarations submitted by other MEPs since the beginning of his mandate. There are currently over thirty such submitted declarations. (Suite...)