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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.
Today we speak and write using the life’s work of linguist Jonas Jablonskis: the uniform, correct, clean and enriched Lithuanian language. By using it we have become a modern European nation and a state. We are also halfway to an expressive and impressive memorial to the great linguist - a plaster m...
13 June 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the death of ambassador Stasys Lozoraitis and 2 August marked his 90th birthday. Such anniversaries are often a good time to reflect on the life and career.
It is important to secure ourselves not only against what we see as a threat but also against what Russian President Vladimir Putin considers important, British journalist Edward Lucas said in Lithuania on Thursday.
Just prior to his mid-October 2014 visit to the United States, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius revealed that his talks with the US government would devote special attention to energy issues, including trying to invite US companies to take part in a new shale gas exploration tender to ...
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius started his visit to the US capital on 6 October with a busy schedule.
The results of Latvia's general elections will not bring major political changes in the country, as the current ruling coalition will remain in power, says Professor Mindaugas Jurkynas of Lithuania's Vytautas Magnus University.
Moscow seems to be making effort to patch up its relations with the West after a fall-out over Ukraine by trying to refocus attention away from Eastern Europe and onto the Middle East. Experts say, however, that the trick might not work.
Direct mayoral elections may lead to the society's disappointment in the long run, if powers of city leaders are not revised, say political experts of Lithuania.
Vilnius University (VU) was ranked among 551-600 best universities in the world. Three other Lithuanian universities were among top-800.
The 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way gives food for thought about a number of things: the neo-fascist threats from Russia, about the place of idols and sculptures in Grūtas Park and the museum reminiscent of the occupation of Lithuania, about the security of Lithuania and Ukraine after a quarter o...
The NATO summit on 4-5 September in Wales can be considered the most important meeting of NATO member state leaders since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States of America. Paradoxically enough, at the beginning of planning the meeting, it was not entirely clear what the leaders should disc...
Vytautas Magnus University invited expatriate Lithuanians and nationals of foreign countries who would like to study the Lithuanian language and see the country to attend an intensive summer course on the Lithuanian language and culture.
Jumping over the traditional Midsummer bonfire and searches of the fern bloom in the modern times is more and more often accompanied with shashliks on the grill, full mugs of beer and powerful firecrackers to wrap up the festival.
