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  • Two Lithuanians created the ”Zoomer” pullover, for video calls with style

    Two Lithuanians created the ”Zoomer” pullover, for video calls with style

    Two Lithuanian creative professionals, a personal branding consultant and fashion designer created the Zoomer pullover, specifically for video calls.

    The pullover is designed to look good both in business and personal video calls, and provides a colourful alternative to business attire.

    The jersey knit pullover comes in five different colours and may be customized with a designer miniature.

    For Guoda Sakalauskienė, one of the pullover’s creators, ”Zoomer” has a dual function: a solution for the virtual dress code and a personal branding statement.

    Whether in real life or online, first impressions matter, and Zoomer helps to make that meeting memorable thanks to a wide range of possible transformations, said Mrs. Sakalauskienė

    The proceeds from the sale of the first 20 ”Zoomers” and 10% from any subsequent sale will go to a local charity supporting families in crisis..

  • Ryanair to add more flights from Liverpool to Vilnius

    Ryanair to add more flights from Liverpool to Vilnius

    Ryanair announced it will add more flights from Liverpool to Vilnius, in light of strong demand from both British and Lithuanian consumers.

    Ryanair will now fly 3 times weekly (+1) from Liverpool to Vilnius from the 25th October as part of its Winter 2020 schedule.

    Ryanair’s British customers can now book a trip to Vilnius as far out as March 2021. The airline launched a seat sale with fares available from just £19.99, for travel until the end of December 2020, which must be booked by midnight Thursday (17 Sept).

  • Ziticity raises €2.2M seed investment

    Ziticity raises €2.2M seed investment

    Lithuanian start-up Ziticity has closed a €2.2 million seed equity investment round.

    The round was led by NordicNinja VC (FIN) in participation with Superhero Capital VC (FIN), Practica Capital (LT), Superangel VC (EE), Startup Wise Guys (EE) and business angel Maksim Golivkin (USA).

    According Ziticity data, 60% of last-mile deliveries are within a five-kilometre radius from pickup to the drop-off location

    Short delivery distances widen the possibility for couriers to use any means of transportation including cars, bicycles, e-scooters, etc.

    Since the launch, Ziticity have been a success in France and the Baltics, used by over 2700 companies like Telia, Tele2, Pizza Hut, and Euroapotecha pharmacies’ network.

    Average delivery time is 42 minutes and proper routes’ optimisation lets couriers complete 4-6 deliveries per hour.

    This keeps prices affordable to the shopper, while couriers can earn +15% more per hour than in competing platforms. 

  • Which are the best CEE universities in QS World University Ranking

    Which are the best CEE universities in QS World University Ranking

    Politecnico di Milano, ranking 137, with 37.226 students registered is the first university in CEE, followed by University of Vienna, 45.623 students, ranked 150, latest QS World University Ranking shows.

    The latest QS World University Ranking includes around 1,000 universities.

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the first ranked university in the world and University of Oxford is the first European university (ranked 5 in the world).

    Other 36 universities from Italy in top 1000

    Top 500 include the following universities from Italy, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (160), Sapienza University of Rome (171), Università di Padova (216), University of Milan (301), Politecnico di Torino (308), University of Pisa (383), University of Naples – Federico II (392), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Milano (392), University of Trento (403), University of Florence (432), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (511-520), University of Turin, University of Milano-Bicocca (521-530).

    Other Italian institutions in top 1000 are Free University Bozen, Bolzano, Università degli Studi di Pavia (601-650), University of Genoa, University of Siena (651-700), University of Trieste (701-750), Politecnico di Bari, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, University of Brescia (751-800), Catania University, Universita’ degli Studi di Ferrara, University of Salerno, Università degli Studi di Udine, Università degli studi Roma Tre, University of Calabria, Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, University of Palermo, University of Bari, University of Parma, Verona University (801-1000).

    7 other Austrian universities in the top

    Austria has other universities in top: Vienna University of Technology (191), Universität Innsbruck (265), Graz University of Technology (275), Johannes Kepler University Linz (362), University of Klagenfurt (511-520), Karl-Franzens-Universitaet Graz (581-590), Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (751-800).

    Czechia has 8 universities in Top 1000

    Charles University Prague, 48,623 students, ranked 260, is the first Czech university in QS World University Ranking, followed by University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (342), Masaryk University Brno (531-540), Brno University of Technology, Mendel University in Brno (701-750), Technical University of Liberec (751-800), Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, University of Pardubice (801-1000).

    First university in the Baltic States is ranked no 285

    University of Tartu (Estonia), ranked 285, is the best university in the
    Baltic States, followed by Vilnius University (Lithuania), ranked 423 and Riga
    Technical University (Latvia), ranked 701-750.

    Other two Estonian universities are in Top 1000, Tallinn University of
    Technology (TalTech) is ranked 651-700 and Tallinn University is no 801-1000.

    Lithuania has three more universities in Top 1000, Vilnius Gediminas
    Technical University (651-700), Kaunas University of Technology and Vytautas
    Magnus University, Kaunas (801-1000).

    Other two universities in Latvia are present in QS World University Ranking,
    Riga Stradins University and University of Latvia, Riga (801-1000).

    Poland has 15 universities in the first 1000

    According to the latest QS World University Ranking, University of Warsaw (321) is the first Polish institution ranked.

    Other Polish universities included in the ranking are Jagiellonian University (326), Warsaw University of Technology (511-520), Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Cracow University of Technology (Politechnika Krakowska), Gdansk University of Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poznań University of Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, University of Gdansk, University of Lodz, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WRUST) (801-1000).

    First Greek university is ranked no 477

    National Technical University of Athens, ranked 477, is the first Greece university in QS World University Ranking, followed by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (571-580), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (651-700), Athens University of Economics and Business, University of Crete (801-1000).

    University of Szeged, the first in Hungary

    First Hungarian institution in the QS World University Ranking is University of Szeged (ranked 501-510), followed by University of Debrecen (521-530), Eötvös Loránd University (601-650), University of Pecs (651-700), Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Szent Istvan University, University of Miskolc, (801-1000).

    Bulgarian and Slovenian universities, at the same level

    Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, home for 19.086 students, is the only Bulgarian University in the top, ranking 601-650.

    First ranked Slovenian University is University of Ljubljana (601-650), followed by University of Maribor (801-1000).

    Slovakia has 4 universities in QS World University Ranking

    Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is the first university from Slovakia in the QS World University Ranking and is ranked 651-700, followed by Comenius University in Bratislava (701-750), Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Technical University of Kosice, (801-1000).

    Romania and Croatia are at the bottom

    Romania and Croatia are the worst ranked countries from CEE region with Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca and University of Bucharest (Romania) and University of Rijeka or University of Zagreb ranking 801-1000.