Just an FYI, today I woke up in a country where 3 progressive, highly educated female political leaders and role models are starting to form a new Government. Happy Monday, definitelly a happy one! 🇱🇹💪 ©E. Blaževič

The #EESCplenary has just adopted the EESC Social Affairs opinion on reinforcing the #YouthGuarantee with 220 votes in favour, 0 against and 2 abstentions. Congratulations💐to Michael Mc Loughlin from our group, who was co-rapporteur-general for the opinion. Read the opinion👉europa.eu/!KP99ux

How, when and where we give youth access to claim their rights and advocate for their need? Discussing active #youth participation in EU decision making today during #LLLWeek20

“Other European countries should follow #Lithuania example to investigate crimes of #Belarus regime against humanity” says Iryna Suhiy. Hoping to see more joint european actions to support #civilsociety in Belarus. Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum #EaPCSF

Aa Mariah sung, “All I want for Christmas is #EU” 🇪🇺 Amazing news from Ursula von der Leyen tonight! Another proof of successful #European cooperation and #investments. Vaccination against Covid-19 is starting across entire EU in less than a week!

Today European Economic and Social Committee #EasternPartnership Follow-up Committee celebrates its 50th meeting 🎉 On the agenda👇 📌Belarus🇧🇾 📌Nagorno-Karabakh 🇦🇲🇦🇿 📌ambitious work programme for the next 2.5 years #StrongerTogether #EaP

We all have to learn how to be active #european citizens and agents of change! Today with hundreds of students from all across #EU, European Economic and Social Committee we start Your Europe Your Say event dedicated to #ClimateCrisis. #YEYS2021

Had a fruitful meeting with Arnoldas Pranckevičius discussing #youth priorities for #FutureOfEurope. Excited to hear that Lithuania MFA | #StandWithUkraine is committing to involve LiJOT and other civil society partners in all stages of Conference! Great example for other Member States to follow 🇪🇺🇱🇹

Too many young people feel they are stuck in a circle of training, internships & unemployment. Initiatives under #YouthGuarantee need to focus on quality, 🗣️Michael Mc Loughlin, co-rapporteur, related EESC Social Affairs opinion, interview in view of #EUSocialSummit21. P.22👉europa.eu/!tu37Xy

.Elena Sinkevičiūtė on the webinar about #ParticipatoryDemocracy at the European Economic and Social Committee. "What is like to participate in something huge as the European Union? It has a lot to do with education and here lays the responsibility of the Union" #CoFoE Follow live! 👉 bit.ly/2SEWAId

BREAKING! The regime landed Ryanair plane, which was flying from Athens to Vilnius,in order to arrest the famous Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich. In Belarus, he faces the death penalty. Belarus has seized a plane,put passengers in danger, in order to repress an opponent

The regime forced the landing Ryanair plane in Minsk to arrest journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich. He faces the death penalty in Belarus. We demand immediate release of Raman, @ICAO investigation, and sanctions against Belarus.

Embarrassed of Gitanas Nausėda statement today #EUCO, but #Lithuania will continue standing for fundamental rights in #eu and I guarantee LTU find ways to deliver on our commitments even without a support of certain politicians back home 🇱🇹🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺

Agility and resilience will be of great importance for facing the future, and the way to equip citizens with those #skills is to consistently invest in young people and #youth policies today 🗣️Elena Sinkevičiūtė, debate with Juozas Olekas 🇪🇺 Read more on p.10➡️europa.eu/!PYCyXj

It is particularly important to ask for a holistic and joint approach, combining both ambitious health, safety and mental wellbeing policies, to ensure the quality and sustainability of work in Europe. #MentalHealth 🗣️Our member Elena Sinkevičiūtė, #EESCplenary, SOC/685 #QualityWork

.European Economic and Social Committee's sub-group on #Belarus is meeting Vice-minister of FA of 🇱🇹 Mantas Adomėnas, vice-minister of interior Abramavičius and representatives of Belarusian civil society and independent media ⚪️🔴⚪️ in Vilnius to gather input for future work of EESC on #Belarus.

"Many journalists & bloggers are still in #Belarus working, resilient & strong against the regime" said Belarusian activist Hanna Liubakova, guest to EESC External Relations meeting chaired by Elena Sinkevičiūtė on the information report 'Media in Belarus' by Tatjana Babrauskiene

From now and so on Lithuania won't be consuming a cubic cm of toxic russian gas. LT is the first EU country to refuse Russian gas import.

In just 3,5 days people of Lithuania raised €5 million to buy Bayraktar drone for Ukraine in a crowdfunding initiative. Together we #StandWithUkraine! 🇱🇹🇺🇦