The Council of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) has elected Petras Baršauskas as a Rector for the term of 5 years. The Rector was elected unanimously through the secret vote; this is the second consequent term for Baršauskas.

The first smart electric car charging station SmartChargeBox was opened at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Santaka Valley. The device created in Kaunas has already attracted attention from investors working in international market.

The European Youth Event (EYE) taking place at the Parliament in Strasbourg this Friday and Saturday is not just for the 7,500 Europeans who will be in attendance. Regardless of where you are, you can make your views heard during the two-day event where participants will exchange ideas and perspectives on the EU’s future and other youth-related issues. It will be opened by EP Vice-Presidents Mairead Mc Guinness and Sylvie Guillaume on Friday morning. Read on to see how you can play your part.

A 15.9-million-euro project to overhaul the complex of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences in Tallinn will get EU funding in the amount of 13.5 million euros.

Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) Faculty of Humanities Department of Ethnology and Cultural Studies & Centre for Cultural Studies invites to a public lecture “Sects and Violence: The “Standard Model” of New Religions Violence”, lecturer: prof. James R. Lewis (University of Tromsø, Department of History and Religious Studies, Norway) on 18 May, 16.30, VMU Faculty of Humanities (K. Donelaičio st. 52-514 aud.)

Cancer is the first cause of work-related deaths in the EU, accounting for 53% of the total and therefore the single biggest health risk to workers in the European Union.

Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) Faculty of Humanities Department of Ethnology and Cultural Studies& Centre for Cultural Studies invites to a public lecture “Firewalking Rituals in New Religious Movements: the Case of the Carpathian Basin (Discourse Analysis of Heritage, Invention and Globalization Trends)” on 19 May, 16.30, VMU Faculty of Theology (Gimnazijos st. 7 – 411).

Until 31 May voting is open for the Popular Prize of the European Inventor Award 2016. Lithuanian researcher, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Professor Arminas Ragauskas is among the 15 nominees for the Award. While the awards in five categories are decided by an international jury, the public alone decides which inventor takes home the Popular Prize.

Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, noted the importance for the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) to renew its funding of the European Humanities University (EHU) while he was talking on the phone with Dagfinn Høybråten, Secretary General of the NCM.

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