Central Electoral Commission announced that prof. Artūras Žukauskas has been elected to the historic position of Rector of Vilnius University on 12 March, 2015.

Neurotechnology, Lithuanian provider of high-precision biometric, robotics and AI technologies, introduced the SentiGaze Software Development Kit (SDK). The SentiGaze algorithm enables designers and developers to create applications that use off-the-shelf webcams to track eye movements and generate heatmaps based on how a user gazes at a monitor.

The leading universities of Lithuania retain their ranking according to the latest data from Webometrics.

On Monday, March 9th, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius visited Vilnius Sholom Aleichem ORT Gymnasium and met with its community. The prime minister was shown around the renovated building which will accommodate 350 schoolchildren since 1 September. The Government aided the renovation from the State Capital Investment funds.

To find a job that would meet one's qualifications and experience is a challenge for both young people in Lithuania and in other European countries as the tendency is to employ them on a fixed-term or part-time basis. With the aim to prepare students for their successful career, the Careers Days at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU), this event celebrating its 10th anniversary, have started this week.

Thought you knew everything about Europe? Think again! The Parliament has selected 100 books, studies and academic works that offer insight in the philosophy behind the European project. The aim of the list featuring authors from all over Europe is to present the ideas and people behind European integration, which may also help to find solutions to the challenges Europe is facing now. The list is available on a dedicated website which can be searched in various ways.

Take part in our new guest photographer contest, inspired by 2015 being the European Year for Development. Every month until September we will be announcing a different topic linked to development. Send us your photo inspired by the theme of that month, along with the submission form and you could be invited to Strasbourg to make a photo reportage.

Baltic Aviation Academy, European standard training centre, doubled student number during the 2014. In comparison to 2013 student number for type rating training increased by 117%, making it go over 2000 in 2014.

"Lithuania will always feel like a second home to me", – says Gabrielle Kempton, an American who earned her MA in Social Work after two years of studies at VMU. Over that time she not only fell in love with Lithuania and gained useful intercultural experience, but also discovered the field she cares about: fighting human trafficking, which remains a serious problem on both sides of the pond.

The Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum invites you to visit an exhibition of photographs 'Letters about music'. Current exhibition is dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the birth of Michał Kleofas Ogiński.