Vision and knowledge, creativity and passion are the driving force of engineering, says Ričardas Leščinskas, a graduate of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU). Currently he manages the activities of Electronics workshop at the VGTU LinkMenų fabrikas and materializes the most unique ideas. So why is engineering so fascinating?

Group of biomedical engineers from biotech company Gruppo Fos Lithuania together with researchers at Kaunas University of Technology and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences have patented technology for advanced health monitoring of stroke survivors. It is the first solution in the world which monitors and analyses simultaneously a patient’s health parameters from the affected part of the brain and those of the cardiovascular system.

Parliament gave its green light to top up support to refugees and host communities in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon in response to the Syrian crisis.

We meet Dovile Kurpytė in the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, which is very popular among Vilnius residents. A doctoral student of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) and a lecturer of the Faculty of Electronics is bang on time and, although we meet after the day's work, she meets me with a wide smile and extends her hand. It is a pleasure to introduce Dovile. She is a winner of IEEE 8 Region Award (Europe, Africa, Middle East (more than 100 countries)), and one of the finalists of International Science Communication Talent Competition FameLab. She has participated in trainings with a BBC science promotion journalist. She is a chairwoman of the Lithuanian Young Scientists' Union and a member of the Council. Dovile’s enthusiasm in answering my questions demonstrates that her career is developing perfectly well. The young scientist talks about her hobby-inspired future business - An Escape Room. She hopes that her business will help her to experiment with electronics. “This will not be a horror room”, Dovile explains, because "people are often afraid of technologies". We talk to Dovile about whether people need to be afraid of technologies, what to expect in future, and how to get the most out of the studies while at the university.

With the help of small satellites, business is beginning to conquer the space: more than half of small satellites are currently used for commercial purposes, however, by 2022 they will account for 70 percent of the market. This is mainly due to lower costs of satellite launch and venture capital fund investments in the sector. An even bigger breakthrough is expected with the take-up of the Internet of Things and the communication between machines. Lithuanian businesses and science are already getting interested in new opportunities in space.

“Graduation was special. My friends and family are spread across India, the United Arab Emirates, Italy and Ireland and they were all happy to see me graduate”, says Roshan Shafi from India, who has just graduated from BSc in Industrial Technology Management at School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology.

Lithuania has welcomed Ukraine’s decision to terminate its fertilizer market probe that was launched in August 2019 and raised concerns for Lithuania’s fertilizer producers and exporters.

With the coronavirus gradually withdrawing from Lithuania, the three-month quarantine has been lifted. Life is getting back to normal, and the major focus is now on the evaluation of the measures taken as well as on the discussion of successful measures and the lessons, which can be learned in the event of a second wave of the pandemic.

Today, the regions of the world affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) are transforming. In economic terms, new habits, legal, political, cultural and other rules based on a lower social contact interaction with other people are forming. In the long term perspective, the global pandemic will change not only how we live, work, eat, and spend our free time, but also how we learn; it will shape the future in the new economic context.

June 22nd, 2020, about 70 graduates of Mykolas Romeris University's (MRU) Institutes of Communication, Humanities and Psychology received diplomas during graduation ceremonies on campus. MRU Rector Prof. Inga Žalėnienė awarded graduates diplomas along with Directors of the Institutes.