Vilnius University

  • CORPORATE

Top Lithuanian students to intern in China at Huawei

Ten of the most talented telecommunication technologies students in Lithuania have signed the first agreement with the organizers of the…

8 years ago
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Radical reforms needed in Lithuania’s universities

Some Lithuanian universities spend 80% of government funding on administration rather than on students - a simple reform would be…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanians who guarded Jewish massacre sites are guilty too – Lithuanian historian

Those who pulled the trigger during the Jewish genocide in Lithuania are not the only ones who should be considered…

8 years ago
  • Opinion

The Tatars: 700 years of influence on Lithuania’s history, language and food

The Lithuanian Tatar community is the oldest ethnic group living in Lithuania, having settled in the country when it was…

8 years ago
  • Society

Vilnius University professor becomes first Lithuanian to join world’s elite science organization

Vilnius University professor Virginijus Šikšnys has become the first Lithuanian scientist invited to become an Associate Member of European Molecular…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian scientist presents his Nobel-worthy genome editing technology in Israel

Lithuanian scientist who is tipped for the Nobel Prize is presenting his ground-breaking genome-editing technology at an international conference in…

8 years ago
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Political scientist says Liberal leader made best decision possible after bribery accusations

After the announcement on Thursday that Liberal Movement party leader Eligijus Masiulis was under investigation for allegations of having taken…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Vatican’s secretary of state to meet Lithuanian president and deliver speech at Vilnius University

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican's Secretary of State, is meeting with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė on…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Bavarian state secretary celebrates growing trade between Lithuania and Bavaria

Franz Josef Pschierer, State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology of Bavaria, visited Vilnius University's Joint Life…

9 years ago
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Chinese entrepreneurs look for opportunities at Vilnius University

Entrepreneurs from China's Shenzhen city visited Vilnius University on Tuesday in search for new business opportunities in Lithuania.The Chinese entrepreneurs…

9 years ago
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Vilnius University professor wins European digital award

Vilnius University Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science Professor Valentina Dagienė has been honoured with a Digital woman of the…

9 years ago
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Lithuania gets first university endowment fund

The first university endowment fund has been established in Lithuania by Vilnius University with an initial €1 million raised from…

9 years ago
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Lithuanians preparing for a unique space mission

A second Lithuanian satellite, LituanicaSAT-2, will be launched into space in July as part of an international research and innovation…

9 years ago
  • Culture

War and Peace tourist trail launches in Vilnius

A new War and Peace tourist trail will be launched in Vilnius today taking tourists on a tour of where…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian scientist has ‘good chance of winning Nobel prize’

Vilnius University professor Virginijus Šikšnys who has patented a gene editing technology and won an international science prize for the…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian scientist wins international science prize for gene editing

Five scientists including Vilnius University Biotechnology Institute Professor Virginijus Šikšnys, have shared the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize for significant contributions…

9 years ago
  • Society

Forum of Russian opposition figures opening in Trakai

Trakai, a town in southern Lithuania, is hosting a forum of several dozen Russian intellectuals, journalists, public figures and politicians…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania undertakes first cardiac surgeries using image navigation in Baltics

Image navigation system has been used for the first time in surgery in the Baltics at a newly opened hybrid…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania in “medium-sized” political crisis but coalition likely to remain

Lithuania is currently undergoing a “medium-sized” political crisis, according to Lithuanian political scientists and analysts, but one that should not…

9 years ago
  • Society

Controls on wiretapping still too weak in Lithuania, say critics

The scope of wiretapping of telephone conversations in Lithuania has fallen in the last year but critics maintain that court…

9 years ago