EducationEU and Japan step up cooperation on 5G mobile technology and strengthen research and innovation collaboration2015-05-31, 16:49With the new 5G agreement, the EU will join forces with Japan to cope with the increasing need for wireless Internet and complement current efforts to create a Digital Single Market in Europe. Several major Western news organisations have been hit by politically motivated cyber-attacks over the past few years, mostly in retaliation for their critical coverage of events, countries or movements such as the Syrian regime or Islamic State. MEPs discussed on 27 May how the EU could help to counter such attacks. Check out our timeline to learn more about the attacks and read on to find out how the EU could help. This week the second international congress of Numanities, organised by Kaunas University of Technology International Semiotics institute is taking place. Almost 140 participants from 30 countries and 4 continents are present at the Congress, representing 60 academic institutions. President Dalia Grybauskaite has signed a decree appointing Audrone Pitreniene as the minister of education and science in Lithuania. Aiming at qualitative changes in all areas of University activities, as well as striving for consistent transition to the more efficient process management, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) has already completed the installation of the Quality Management System, and the Auditors assessed it very well. The paper „Droplet Barcoding for Single-Cell Transcriptomics Applied to Embryonic Stem Cells", presenting the findings of the VU Biotechnological Institute researcher Linas Mažutis and his colleagues I. Akartuna and A. Klein was published recently in the famous biweekly publication "Cell". Turin School of Local Regulation has announced the official launch of the XVIII Edition of the International Summer School on regulation of local public services, which will take place on 7-18 September in Turin, Italy. Could creating a digital single market in the EU and removing barriers online help give a boost to European companies? The European Commission outlined its strategy on 6 May, while it will also feature on the agenda of the European Council on 25-26 June. Meanwhile the Parliament is planning to respond with an own-initiative report on the digital market. They debated the issue on 19 May, during which MEPs highlighted the challenges and potential benefits involved. Rally against the discrimination of national minority schools in the Vilnius Region will take place on 1st June at 4 pm on Vinco Kudirkos Square near the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. The rally is organised by the Forum of Parents of Polish Schools and parents of Russian schools students. One of the fastest growing Human Resources-focused event and learning companies, GlobalHRU, announces the transfer of all operations to Vilnius. |
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