European Parliament will soon have a space called "The Baltic Way". The EP Bureau composed of the EP President Martin Schulz along with 14 Vice-Presidents and the five Quaestors has decided to give this name to a corridor in the first floor of the Altiero Spinelli building.
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In the end of last week, the Member of the European Parliament visited the Aarhus town in Denmark where he participated in the Lithuanian Days organised by the biggest university in Denmark. On this occasion, L. Donskis has given a lecture to the academic community of the Aarhus University called "Identity of small nations and dilemmas of the European Union - Lithuanian perspective". (Suite...)

Last week, with 47 votes in favour and 4 abstentions the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted the draft EP Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2011 and European Union`s Policy on the Matter prepared by Leonidas Donskis.
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180 million Euros is the sum needed to ensure that the European Parliament properly functions in its three headquarters in Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg.

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This week not one, but even two plenary sessions were organised in Strasburg - an unprecedented event in the history of the European Parliament. This was done by convening two two-day sessions with a break of one day instead of one four-day session. (Suite...)

Last week Leonidas Donskis, the rapporteur of the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2011 and European Union`s policy on the matter, has presented amendments to his report tabled by the colleagues in the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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