Each summer, Vytautas Magnus University offers an intensive (4 weeks) Lithuanian Language and Culture Summer Course for people of all ages who want to improve their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in Lithuanian. During the summer course students are offered a comprehensive programme consisting of Lithuanian language classes, lectures, workshops, discussions, movie evenings, sightseeing tours and excursions to learn the language and deepen the knowledge about Lithuanian lifestyle and culture. Qualified teachers and professors head the programme.

“I believe in people. Everyone is capable of creating a success story”, said Israeli ambassador Amir Maimon at the meeting with Kaunas academic and city community, which took place at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) this Tuesday, May24.

Vilnius University (VU) professor Virginijus Šikšnys is the first Lithuanian scientist invited to become an Associate Member of European Molecular Biology Organization – an association uniting and promoting excellence elite scholars of life sciences.

Always have been curious about the European Parliament? This Saturday you have the chance to visit it during the open day of the European institutions in Brussels. You have the opportunity to take part in competitions, debates and cultural activities as well as find out how the institution that represents you operates.

Since the establishment of BAA Training’s Ab Initio School in 2011, the company has welcomed twelve students from Ukraine for various airplane and helicopter pilot license training courses in Lithuania. Over the years, Ukrainian students have carved their way to Lithuanian aviation school, which is then followed by the successful employment at the companies of their home country or abroad.

It’s a can’t miss event for all senior civil engineering students and researchers in the Baltic region. VGTU Faculty of Civil Engineering is hosting the 12th international conference in civil engineering „Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques“ on 26–27th of May, at „Best Western Vilnius“ conference centre in Vilnius. It’s the biggest and the oldest civil engineering conference in Baltic countries, attracting the most prominent experts in the field from Europe and other countries, including USA and Australia.

In recent years currencies such as Bitcoin have emerged that are not issued by banks but exist in the digital world only, relying on public and shared databases to have balances and transactions verified. The EU should set up a task force to monitor developments in this area and prepare to step in with regulations if necessary, according to a report to be debated by MEPs on 25 May and voted on the following day. We spoke to report authorJakob von Weizsäcker, a German member of the S&D group.

US Internet giant Google will provide free-of-charge training about the Internet and the use of technologies in Lithuania in the framework of a digital skills training project, Google Growth Engine.

On April 5, 2016, the WU Executive Academy and the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management invited the new Global Executive MBA class to Vienna's splendid Palais Coburg for a remarkable welcome reception: Despite the difficult economic climate and a decline in the global MBA market, the class is not only the biggest but also the most international cohort of students in the program's history.

Tasnime Akunjee, British criminal defence solicitor working in the field of terrorism and terrorism related offending, will hold two public lectures at Vytautas Magnus University on 26-27 May.