Lithuania's company Network Solutions LT searches for the new investors for a new shopping and entertainment centre in the Lithuania's capital. Market participants call such plans risky, writes Lithuania's newspaper Verslo Zinios.

On February 10, 2014, Director General of Statistics Lithuania Vilija Lapėnienė and Rector of the Kaunas University of Technology Petras Baršauskas signed a memorandum on bilateral cooperation.

In the wake of large-scale Internet surveillance and reduced trust in the internet, the European Commission today proposes a key reform to the way the Internet is managed and run. The proposal calls for more transparent, accountable and inclusive governance.

The EU's app sector has gone from zero to digital superhero in less than five years. By 2018 it could employ 4.8 million people and contribute €63 billion to the EU economy according to a report presented in Brussels today. The study, carried out by GIGAOM for the European Commission, shows that Europe's app developers are up to the challenge of taking the global lead. Currently, EU and North American developers generate the same levels (42% each) of app revenues in crucial EU and US markets. Although the future is bright, developers have raised concerns about the skills gap, connectivity and fragmentation which could put the app boom at risk.

Speech of Neelie KROES Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda on Safer Internet Day 2014 in Brussels, 11 February 2014.

The reform in education system in the member states can be a driving force behind the EU's exit from the crisis. It is in the common European interest to educate and train specialists, which national economies need to sustain global competition. New markets in Europe need greater numbers of more sophisticated specialist with new skills. For all this to happen, the member states' education and training system needs investment.

Students and academic staff from Latin America will have more opportunities to study or train in European universities thanks to increased support from Erasmus+, the new European funding programme for education, training, sport and youth. This is the message that Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will deliver at the 9th International Congress of Higher Education which takes place in Havana, Cuba, from 10-14 February. European students and staff will similarly have the opportunity to experience Latin American universities. During her visit to the island, the Commissioner will also hold talks with senior government figures including the Ministers for Foreign Affairs (Bruno Rodriguez), Higher Education (Rodolfo Alarcon Ortiz), Education (Elsa Velazquez), Culture (Rafael Bernal) and Foreign Trade and Investment (Rodrigo Malmierca).

'Blue sky' basic science is focused on advancing knowledge, but it can sometimes generate unexpected applications. That is why the European Research Council (ERC) provides top-up funding, 'Proof of Concept', for its grant holders to bring their pioneering work closer to market. The final results of the latest grant competition for this funding were announced today: a total of 67 leading researchers, who already hold ERC grants, have received up to €150,000 each. The projects cover everything from an exploration of the molecular foundations of psychiatric disorders to technological innovations that could help rescue skiers caught in avalanches, or measure extreme waves.

On February 6-8, the 12th international exhibition of knowledge and education STUDIES 2014 will take place in the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre LITEXPO.

48% of Lithuania's citizens are using the internet banking for their personal commissions and payments for services.