EducationObserving provisions of the Law on Electronic Communications, the Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania (RRT) collected data of electronic communications operators on their activities of the 4th quarter of 2013. Compared to the 3rd quarter of 2013, investments into electronic communications infrastructure grew by 46.1% in the 4th quarter of 2013 and amounted to LTL 120.39 million (EUR 34.9 million). Compared to 2012, the investments increased by 16.1% in 2013, the Communications Regulatory Authority said in a statement. EU-wide hunt for top tech startups2014-04-19, 16:24The European Commission is looking for Europe's best startups in this year's Tech All Stars competition. The lucky winners will have exclusive access to Europe's most prestigious startup events and will pitch to the likes of Sir Richard Branson, Chad Hurley and Niklas Zennström. Education in Lithuania in the Context of the EU discussed in Seimas2014-04-17, 18:44On Wednesday, the National Forum of Educators entitled Education in Lithuania in the Context of the EU: How to Ensure Rational Funding and Safe School took place in the Seimas. European Youth Parliament ends with General Assembly in Kaunas2014-04-15, 15:56The 3rd Regional Session of the European Youth Parliament, which took place in Kaunas, completed its work by holding a General Assembly. Youth representatives of six EU countries discussed resolutions prepared during their visit to Kaunas. National treasure: “Member states should decide what is important for their national heritage”2014-04-14, 17:07Some 40,000 cultural objects are illegally removed from EU countries every year and only a handful of them are ever returned. On 10 April, the EP's culture committee votes on an informal deal with governments to update EU legislation to facilitate the return of these objects. Ahead of the vote, we talked to Marie-Christine Vergiat, a French member of the GUE/NGL group who is responsible for steering these plans through Parliament, to ask her how these changes will improve the situation. Lithuania among top 3 EU member states in highest completion of tertiary education2014-04-13, 13:13In 2013, the proportion of those aged 30 to 34 who had completed tertiary education increased compared with 2002 in all Member States, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union has announced. Renzi and Vassiliou to launch Erasmus+ in Italy2014-04-12, 16:55Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will launch Erasmus+, the EU's new funding programme for education, training, youth and sport, in Florence tomorrow (10 April). Stefania Giannini, the country's Minister of Education and Research, and Giuliano Poletti, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, will also take part in the event. Erasmus+ will have a total budget of €14.7 billion over the next seven years – 40% more than under previous programmes. Nearly 330 000 Italians are expected to receive Erasmus+ grants between now and 2020. Internet access providers would be barred from blocking or slowing down selected services for economic or other reasons by the latest draft EU "telecoms package" legislation voted by Parliament on Thursday. MEPs also voted to ban "roaming" charges for using a mobile phone in another EU country, as of from 15 December 2015. EIB fosters high-speed mobile broadband services in Sweden and Denmark2014-04-05, 15:16The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a SEK 1.8 billion (EUR 200 million) loan to Nordic telecommunications operator Hi3G for the upgrading and expansion of its mobile network in Sweden and Denmark. Grybauskaite attends awards ceremony of the school students' competition2014-04-04, 14:42On Wednesday, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite congratulated and awarded the finalists and winners of the 7th school students' competition Clear Language – Clear Mind. |
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