EducationThe European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group (EIB) today launched a new generation of EU financial instruments and advisory services to help innovative firms access finance more easily. Over the next seven years, it is expected that the "InnovFin – EU Finance for Innovators" products will make available more than €24 billion of financing for research and innovation (R&I) by small, medium and large companies and the promoters of research infrastructures. This finance is expected to support up to €48 billion of final R&I investments. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius who met with the Lithuanian National Union of Students on Thursday says that the voice and initiatives of youths are highly awaited. Save the date: EU Code Week 11-17 October 2014. Bring your ideas to life with #coding2014-06-12, 16:00The second edition of EU Code Week will take place 11-17 October 2014. Lithuanian Education Trade Union (LSPS) will hold a teachers' rally on June 18 in Vilnius, demanding to increase education funding, prepare long-term teachers' payment raise programme which would take effect on 1 January 2015, and to ensure secure conditions in education establishments. The European Commission has announced the list of universities selected for its 'European Master's in Translation' (EMT) Label. More than 60 institutions in 21 Member States will receive the Label, which recognises the best Master's degree courses for translators. The main goal of the EMT is to improve translator training and to attract top quality translators to the European institutions. Universities receiving the Commission's seal of approval are entitled to join the EMT network for the next five years and receive funding for lecturers to attend its annual conference and seminars. This weekend, spirit of the Middle Ages will be revived in Trakai. On Saturday, the traditional celebration of the Middle Ages starts in Trakai. While Sweden may be a global leader in R&D investment, the EU as a whole is still lagging behind the Japan and the US: new data shows that 6.6% of the total R&D government support is invested in ICT in the EU, compared to 9.1% in Japan and 7.9% in the US. Scientists in Spain, Italy and the UK have developed a way to monitor the effect of climate change and pollution on the environment, by creating a special kind of plant which have in-built sensors. The PLEASED project @pleasedfp7 (PLants Employed As SEnsing Devices) led by the Italian SME WLAB and part funded by the EU has developed 'talking plants' which act as environmental monitors. Once inside the plant, the micro-sensors collect the plant's signals, analyse them, combine them with those of other plants nearby, and produce a clear analysis of the environment around it. In other words, the plant will tell you how it feels and why. An exhibition featuring the finalists of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Award over the past 25 years will be on display for the first time during the Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia). The 'Made in Europe' exhibition, which includes 150 models of the prize-winning projects and audiovisual content, will open with a seminar on 6 June in the presence of world-renowned architects Dominique Perrault, Vittorio Gregotti, Iñaki Ábalos and Kjetil Trædal Thorsen. The exhibition, which takes place at the Palazzo Michiel, runs until 4 August. How social media enabled people to be a part of the European elections2014-06-04, 16:23Social media have transformed voting from a democratic duty into an event. Where before it was an anonymous act in the privacy of a voting booth, these days it is something you share on Facebook or Twitter, sometimes accompanied with a "stemfie" of yourself voting in the polling station. It has allowed a lively debate online in the weeks leading up to the elections. Perhaps this has helped to stabilise turnout after years of decline, but it is certain it has enabled people to become involved. |
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