Negotiators of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed on the first EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity.

Delivering on its Digital Single Market strategy, the Commission today presents a proposal to allow Europeans to travel with their online content and an action plan to modernise EU copyright rules.

Biomedical startup company Biomė, founded by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) researchers, is offering a synthetic bone equivalent used for bone restoration operations in odontology. The bone equivalent Cell'in, created by Lithuanian researchers, is made from cellulose/hydroxyapatite composite. The analogical products in global market are usually created on the basis of synthetic polymers.

Magazine Reitingai (eng. Rankings) introduced Lithuanian university rankings by subject 2015 in a range of areas, covering 70 subjects. Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) was recognised as the second best both in undergraduate and masters studies.

Construction of the Combined Center of Life Sciences has been completed in Vilnius.

Teachers from schools and kindergartens in various Lithuanian cities joined a strike on December 10th 2015, with part of them protesting in some schools in Panevezys, Vilnius, Marijampole, Kaunas, Skuodas and Sirvintos municipalities.

December 3, 2015, is the opening date of the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Creativity and Innovation Centre "LinkMenų fabrikas". It is the first centre of its kind in Lithuania for developing students' creativity. "The arts, engineering, management, studies, science, business – these are the main poles, on which the ''factory'' is being built''– said Adas Meškėnas, the Director of "LinkMenų fabrikas", during the opening ceremony of the new centre.

On 8 December, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Rytis Paulauskas met with representatives of CERN, one of the world's largest and most respected centres for scientific research, and handed a letter from the Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius, expressing Lithuania's aim of becoming an associate member of CERN.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė opened new premises of Thermo Fisher Scientific in Vilnius, which produces magnetic beads that should become a serious antidote in the fight against oncological diseases and HIV. Lithuania is the first and currently the only country in the world starting to produce technological products of such level.

"Swedish Light in December" is an annual festival, which started with the celebration of Lucia's Day in 2008 and has already become a tradition. It has gradually spread around Lithuania and is currently the most famous Swedish event.