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Lithuanian students' internship at NASA 2018

Lithuanian students start internship at NASA

September 7, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The Lithuanian Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) has announced that 4 students have been selected to participate in the international internship program at NASA Ames Research Center. Students have already left for NASA Ames, located in the USA, California, and on the first days of September started their autumn internship program together with other international students from more than 12 countries, a press release from the Lithuanian agency states. […]

Key enabling technologies and clusters: a promising future

July 19, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Key enabling technologies (KETs) are an important source of innovation, which Europe has highlighted as crucial for the creation of high-value added products, a MITA press release states. […]

Lithuania’s conservatives suggest founding high-tech ministry

November 13, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania’s opposition Conservatives suggest focusing state funding on three priority fields of high technology economy and establishing a new ministry to be in charge of the area […]

Innovation investor Nicklas Bergman: ‘Curiosity drives human development’

September 1, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Futurist Nicklas Bergman has been investing in new technology for over 20 years. He cooperates closely with Washington-based think tank Tech Cast and Lund University. Mr. Bergman will talk about future technology in Vilnius Innovation Forum 2015, organised by the Ministry of Economy of Lithuania and the Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology. The expert will discuss the changing relationship between the society and technology and its importance to our lives. […]

World Lithuanian Economic Forum invites to discuss business and science in Israel

July 23, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian and Israeli businesspeople, diaspora members and people interested in fostering relations with Lithuania will meet for the seventh time this October in the World Lithuanian Economic Forum. […]

Lithuania recommends 3 students for internship at NASA

June 8, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology last week recommended three university students for internship in the US space agency NASA. […]

Website launched to allow Lithuanian businesses outsource research

May 22, 2015 BNS 0

A scientific research website was launched in Lithuania on Friday, providing opportunities for business to order research. […]

Lithuanian students invited to apply for internship with NASA

April 15, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuania’s Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) has launched a competition for students to complete an internship with NASA Ames Research Centre in the United States and is now accepting applications. […]

KTU Santaka Valley to host open lecture series on zooetics by World-Class Researchers

November 23, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

Interdisciplinary art research platform Jutempus (Vilnius, Lithuania) launches Zooetics, a 5 year long exploration of future environmental fictions and models. ‘Zooetics’ is a notion in progress to explore new ways to engage human knowledge and research with other forms of life — from mammals to microbes to molluscs — and to imagine designs, prototypes and interfaces for future interspecies ecologies. […]

PM Alrgirdas Butkevičius at NASA Photo Ludo Segers

Lithuania and NASA sign cooperation agreement

October 7, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) and NASA have signed an agreement on an international traineeship program. […]

President Macron’s Ukrainian arithmetic

April 6, 2024 0

What is behind President Macron’s refusal to rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine? Is it a case of late conversion? After all, France’s president long cultivated dialogue with Vladimir Putin, arguing that Russia should […]

European defence industry strategy – any opportunities for small EU state?

March 27, 2024 0

On March 5, a new European defence industry strategy was officially presented, which could provide up to 100 billion euros in funding. The strategy presents a clear, long-term vision of how it is planned to […]

The Conservatives explained what’s happening with Anušauskas: now he’s in trouble

March 20, 2024 0

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė’s suggestion that Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas resign and instead give way to the Chairman of the Committee on National Security and Defence, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, provoked further reaction from the […]

What a Russian offensive would look like if war broke out: expert warns – NATO countries are already preparing for such a scenario

February 6, 2024 0

Last week, NATO launched its most significant military exercise since the Cold War, with a US warship beginning its journey across the Atlantic Ocean to the Alliance’s European territory. The German exercise plans, which were […]

Why is Russia a problem and a threat to everyone?

February 6, 2024 0

Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has been ongoing since 2014, demonstrates the audacity of Russian society and a sense of permissiveness and impunity for its criminal actions. The leadership of Russia, which is a reflection […]

The main competitors in the presidential elections: prominent candidates

January 30, 2024 0

With four months left until the presidential elections, the current Head of the country, Gitanas Nausėda, continues to increase in popularity. However, ratings for Ingrida Šimonytė and Ignas Vėgėlė have risen even faster in the […]