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Opinion
Opinion: Homophobia and the ambiguous problem of individual freedom
The recent sensation around the homophobic Facebook post written by the Lithuanian DJ “Ten Walls” (Marijus Adomaitis) has generated – as usual in these cases – a number of polarized reactions, but most of all has re-opened once again the Pandora’s vase of the admittedly-difficult relation that Lithuania has with homosexuality, especially in times like this, when (finally, if I may add) issues of same-sex marriage are being addressed. […]
Economy
Society
Semiotics professor Dario Martinelli: Kaunas is a city with huge potential
Italian musicologist and semiotician, professor Dario Martinelli says that the most beautiful view in Lithuania is at the confluence of the Nemunas and the Neris rivers at Kaunas Santaka park. […]
Society
Lithuanian universities launch Health Informatics program
With the rapid progress of science and technology, and the increasing demands of top employers for specialists with knowledge in a range of fields, traditional degree programs are being expanded and diversified. It is with this in mind that Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) have announced the launch of Lithuania’s first ever Health Informatics degree program. […]
Society
KTU M-Lab: interaction between science, technology and art
To create something that does not exist yet. To foresee future problems and to find solutions to them today. This ambitious goal is a main motivator behind the concept of unique in Europe media lab which is being developed by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) together with partners. KTU’s M-Lab will focus on research on human and nature interactions. […]
Economy
2014 record year for Lithuanian startups
On 5 February, Enterprise Lithuania hosted its annual startup event Startup Lithuania Overview 2014. During the event, the highlights of Lithuania Startup Ecocystem of 2014 were announced and awards were given to the teams that achieved the most in 2014, Enterprise Lithuania reports. […]
Economy
Insights on building a billion-dollar company from Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael Baum
Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Michael Baum is coming to Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) to deliver a lecture and a pitching event. Baum is a CEO of 100 million worth investment company and startup academy FOUNDER.org which invests in student entrepreneurs from the world’s top universities and helps them build great companies. His lecture ‘The 8 Secrets to Building a Billion Dollar Company’ will take place on Tuesday 17 February. […]
Economy
Global Game Jam Lithuania: more than 60 games crafted in just one weekend
Global Game Jam is an annual, global marathon for game developers and enthusiasts also held in Lithuania. The event took place across three locations in Lithuania on January 23-25. The purpose of the marathon is to give a platform for professional game developers and enthusiasts. Event is seen as a natural space to meet up, build new relationships, share ideas and craft innovative games. […]
Economy
KTU Executive School: Tailor-made competences for business
Every businessperson in his of her life has encountered a situation when they need to upgrade their competence package. However, usually there is no time for proper studies, and the quality of available lectures by individual speakers is often compromised. Lauri Koponen, Head of KTU Executive School says that business breakfast, popular in Scandinavian countries, is a good solution for this problem. […]
Society
Lithuania’s education minister urges universities to tighten admission requirements
The Ministry of Education and Science has addressed higher education institutions urging to announce the lowest passing entrance scores in 2015. The necessity to establish admission threshold is provided for in the Law on Higher Education and Research. […]
Foreign affairs
Estonia opens second honorary consulate in Lithuania
Estonian Foreign Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus opened Estonia’s second Honorary Consulate in Lithuania on Friday, in Kaunas, Postimees Online reports. […]
Economy
CSC Baltic signs partnership agreement with Vilnius University
Vilnius University and CSC Baltic signed a partnership agreement that will ensure partnership with individual faculties and the university as a whole. The agreement was signed by the interim rector of Vilnius University Professor Juras Banys and the CEO of CSC Baltic Antanas Ursulis, Invest Lithuania said. […]
Economy
US software company Exadel plans major expansion in Lithuania
Having opened an office in Vilnius this summer, American software engineering company Exadel has announced further plans for expansion, including the opening of new offices in Kaunas and Klaipėda. Exadel intends to create 35 new jobs for IT specialists and programmers in the two new offices. […]
Economy
KTU to offer students access to Bloomberg Professional Service in new financial markets lab
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) has signed an agreement with leading global financial information company Bloomberg to install a financial markets lab, the first of its kind in Lithuania and the Baltic region. The contract will allow KTU students to access the Bloomberg Professional service, which has more than 320,000 leading business and financial subscribers worldwide. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s economists produce recommendations to boost competitiveness
Economists from eight different research institutions of Lithuania have presented the results of the common project entitled Long-Term Competitiveness Challenges of Lithuanian Economy. Demography and emigration, they say, is the most pressing issues in planning for the future. […]
Economy
US firm Intermedix signs 100,000-euro sponsorship agreement with Kaunas University of Technology
A sponsorship agreement worth more than 100,000 euros has been signed by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and UAB Intermedix Lietuva, the Lithuanian branch of Intermedix, a US company that provides IT solutions for the US healthcare market. […]
Culture
Writer Tracey Warr: Language is life form itself
Famous Welsh writer Tracey Warr is convinced that fantasy can explain reality. Warr will host the series of open seminars Zooetics at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in December. […]
Society
KTU Santaka Valley to host open lecture series on zooetics by World-Class Researchers
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. […]
Economy
New science and business incubator opens in Kaunas
On Friday, taking part in the opening of the KTU (Kaunas Technology University) Science and Technology Centre and Technological Business Incubator, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius stressed that funds properly invested in science and technologies always bring great returns. […]