On Thursday 6 April, 6 p.m., President of Southwestern Advantage, Dan Moore, will hold a public lecture at VMU Great Hall (28 S. Daukanto g.) entitled “Making the Future YOU Want”.

The team of students from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Faculty of Informatics has come ahead of 950 teams of programmers in the international competition Google Hash Code, organised by Google Corporation. The competition took place at KTU last month.

While there are strong rules in place in the EU to protect consumers, in practice consumers sometimes encounter problems getting redress when their rights are violated, particularly cross border.

The new European Solidarity Corps deserves its own budget – it should not be funded at the expense of the Erasmus+ or Europe for Citizens programmes, urge Culture and Education Committee MEPs in a resolution voted on Wednesday. Offering young people an opportunity to take part in solidarity schemes all over Europe would help them to gain experience for future long-term jobs, they add.

Professor of Auditing and Coordinator of International Relations Joshua Onome Imoniana from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, visited Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU). The University of São Paulo is the best higher education institution in Brazil. According to the QS international ranking it ranks at the 120th place. In addition to teaching, the professor consults SMEs on audit and control of information systems, he also works as an accountant at the Institute of Public Accountants in Australia. The visit was held under the Erasmus+ international mobility programme.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science is offering 70 partial and fully-funded postgraduate scholarships for international students.

High-tech equipment such as smartphones, tablets and cars are able to run thanks to minerals and metals such as tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold. However, as their mining and illegal trade are often controlled by armed groups, they also help to feed a vicious circle of conflicts.On 16 March MEPs voted in favour of making EU companies take responsibility for the origin of the minerals they import. Watch our video for more details.

March 22nd, 2017, 19:30 hrs., II-233 aud., MRU's Asian Centre and Lithuania's Kendo Association are holding a traditional Japanese martial arts, Kendo, training session with bamboo swords.

Climate change is bringing new environmental and security challenges in the Arctic, as the melting ice cap opens up new navigation and fishing routes, and competition for its natural resources heats up, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Thursday. They call for measures to protect the vulnerable Arctic ecosystem, ban oil drilling there and keep it a low-tension and cooperation area.

54 students from Indiana University, the United States of America, interested in studies and internship in the Baltic States have visited Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) earlier last week.