On 30 January 2015, at a meeting in Vilnius Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, encouraged representatives of all governing bodies of the European Humanities University (EHU) to unite for a common goal, ensure smooth operations of the university, and meet its commitments to the students, Belarussian society and international donor community.

On 29 January 2015, Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, took part in an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council convened in Brussels to address the issue of Ukraine. Taking into account the situation which has deteriorated severely, EU foreign ministers adopted  a decision to extend the existing sanctions for additional six months from March.

Lithuania will deliver a shipment of humanitarian aid worth 83,532 euros in response to the appeal of the Head of the European Commission DG for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection. Necessary medications and medical equipment worth 42,825 euros will be shipped together with relief supplies that include 50 electric heaters, 100 folding beds, 100 warm sleeping-bags, 2 power generators, 10 fuel-fired heaters, 10 tents and 2,000 wool blankets.

On 28 January 2015, Linas Linkevičius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, took part in the conference “NATO and Ukraine: Prospects and Opportunities” hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Kiev. The event officially launched activities of the Lithuanian Embassy as a NATO Contact Point Embassy.

On 28 January, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius will take part in the events devoted to the opening of the Lithuanian Embassy, which will serve as a NATO Contact Point Embassy in Ukraine. On his visit in Kiev he will discuss cooperation between Lithuania and Ukraine and the situation in the country with the representatives of the Ukrainian authorities.

On 27 January 2015, Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, together with the delegation led by the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė attended the ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the camp’s liberation in Auschwitz, Poland.

On 29 January, Linas Linkevičius, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Lithuania will take part in an extraordinary meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels to discuss the situation in Ukraine.  The meeting is convened in response to the worsening situation in Eastern Ukraine after the destruction of Donetsk airport and the shelling of the city of Mariupol that killed 30 people.

On 26 January, at Lithuania’s request, the United Nations Security Council discussed the deadly shelling of Mariupol on January 23, when 30 people were killed and 90 wounded.

On 26 January, Foreign Vice-Minister Neris Germanas participated in the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust held by the Lithuanian Jewish  (Litvak) community. He noted that by commemorating this day we remember those who have survived, bow our heads and pay grateful homage to those who saved the Jews and once again confirm our determination to make sure that such tragedy would never happen again.

On 26 January, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius met with UK Minister for Europe David Lidington in London and discussed possible results of the forthcoming EU's Foreign Affairs Council.