We, parents of children of Polish schools, state, that we announce general strike from the beginning of the new academic year. We are forced to take such radical actions due to the fact that our requests and demands have not been heard and implemented so far.

For the first time, International Gemmological Conference (IGC) is being held in Eastern Europe, in the Baltic Amber land – Lithuania on 27-30 August, 2015. It is hosted by Vilnius University.

We are very happy to invite foreign students to the Orientation week on August 27-31. You will get some useful academic information, have an opportunity to meet new friends, learn more about Vilnius and have fun during these few days!

VMU is starting off the new academic year with the traditional week of introductory events dedicated to all first year students and the entire university community.

In 18 August doctors of Ophthalmology and Neurosurgery Centers of the Vilnius University Hospital performed the optic nerve fenestration or decompression surgery. So far it was the first surgery of the type in Lithuania and in the Baltic States.

From Pinterest to LinkedIn, the European Parliament is present on most major social media platforms in order to better communicate with you. On these platforms we offer not only background information and the latest news, but also videos, photos, infographics and the opportunity to discuss topical issues. Try out our interactive infographic to get a taster of what we serve up on each platform.

Google has announced that ''Google News'' will soon be available in seven new languages – Romanian, Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Bulgarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Thai.

Vilnius University (VU) students Jonas Narkeliunas and Mikalojus Brazdziunas on 31 August 2015 will begin four month placement at The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Centre.

After a long battle for the education of national minorities in Lithuania, after strikes, rallies, Holy Masses, and lawsuits, the Lithuanian Seimas has adopted amendments to the Law on Education postponing the need to obtain accreditation for high schools for two years.

Lately, a wide audience learned about the greatest invention of Edita Verbickaitė, student of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) – the technology, allowing printing orthopaedic inserts and splints on 3D printer. Now a new surprise of the students of this higher education institution: a team of three students of the Department of Mechatronics and Robotics have created a real robot humanoid, while preparing their undergraduate theses. Like many great ideas, this one broke unexpectedly, partly, because of students' habit to postpone everything until the last minute and because of a promise to Indian students.