Vilnius University

Vilnius University (VU) has launched a project to commemorate members of its staff and students who were prevented from pursuing their academic careers or completing their studies due to Lithuania's volatile history and actions by totalitarian regimes and their local collaborators.

Computer engineering is best taught at the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), finances at the ISM University of Management and Economics, while pedagogics at the Vytautas Magnus University (VDU), according to a comparison of studies published in the Reitingai magazine.

The QS World University Rankings 2016–2017 marks an important milestone for Lithuanian academics with Vilnius University (VU) entering the list of the 500 most prominent universities in the world.

The European Association of Archeologists (EAA) is opening a congress in Vilnius on Wednesday, which is one of the biggest scientific events in Europe.

Artūras Žukauskas, the rector at Vilnius University, says he believes that Lithuanian professors' wages are too low. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

In a report on the state of cardiology and cardiac healthcare services, the World Health Organisation praised Lithuania for making progress in improving its cardiac care. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

In her annual address on Thursday, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė did not put the blame for the country's problems solely on the government and managed to maintain balance and not show her support for any political group in the run-up to the general elections, a political analyst said.

Some Lithuanian universities spend 80% of government funding on administration rather than on students - a simple reform would be to link government funding to student numbers but according to leading experts, this is just one of the areas that needs to be tackled if the country is to develop a comp...

Those who pulled the trigger during the Jewish genocide in Lithuania are not the only ones who should be considered guilty – those who transported Jews and guarded the sites of massacres should also be held accountable, a local historian says.

The Lithuanian Tatar community is the oldest ethnic group living in Lithuania, having settled in the country when it was the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century. They have had a profound influence on Lithuania’s history, language and food.

Vilnius University professor Virginijus Šikšnys has become the first Lithuanian scientist invited to become an Associate Member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) – an association uniting and promoting excellence elite scholars of life sciences.

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

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

Franz Josef Pschierer, State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology of Bavaria, visited Vilnius University's Joint Life Science Centre on Thursday.