Lithuania has welcomed Ukraine’s decision to terminate its fertilizer market probe that was launched in August 2019 and raised concerns for Lithuania’s fertilizer producers and exporters.

With the coronavirus gradually withdrawing from Lithuania, the three-month quarantine has been lifted. Life is getting back to normal, and the major focus is now on the evaluation of the measures taken as well as on the discussion of successful measures and the lessons, which can be learned in the event of a second wave of the pandemic.

Today, the regions of the world affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) are transforming. In economic terms, new habits, legal, political, cultural and other rules based on a lower social contact interaction with other people are forming. In the long term perspective, the global pandemic will change not only how we live, work, eat, and spend our free time, but also how we learn; it will shape the future in the new economic context.

June 22nd, 2020, about 70 graduates of Mykolas Romeris University's (MRU) Institutes of Communication, Humanities and Psychology received diplomas during graduation ceremonies on campus. MRU Rector Prof. Inga Žalėnienė awarded graduates diplomas along with Directors of the Institutes.

A group of Lithuanian and Kurdish scientists have raised a hypothesis that the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine could protect children from COVID-19. The hypothesis is based on the discovered sequence similarity of the 30 amino acid residues between glycoproteins of SARS-CoV-2, measles and rubella viruses. An experimental analysis is required in order to support the hypothesis.

The Culture and Education Committee criticised the cuts to education and cultural programmes made by the Commission in its new proposal for the 2021-2027 budget.

On Friday, June 26 Kaunas University of Technology will hold the Graduation Ceremony for the 97th Graduating Class. For the first time in KTU history, the graduation will take place online.

For EU citizens, the process of employment in Lithuania is quite simple. Those arriving from non-EU countries must go through certain procedures.

On 1-3 July, Vytautas Magnus University will be holding its graduation ceremonies, bidding farewell to the university’s latest graduates.

Since 2006, Vytautas Magnus University in cooperation with “R1 Lietuva” (former UAB “Intermedix Lietuva”) has established seven one-time scholarships of 200 EUR which are awarded for full-time, final-year students of VMU Bachelor, Master or integrated studies. Scholarships are offered for students with higher academic achievements (total grades average, except for final semester, must be 9,000 or higher) with a priority for students with higher grades average and strong involvement in social and public activities within the university and outside of it. Following the announcement of the opportunity to apply for scholarships, 56 student applications were received, of which 23 students met the formal requirements, and their applications were considered. Scholarships were awarded to students who met the prescribed criteria by a decision for a specially formed commission.