"The strategy of Estonia is fully in line with our vision, so it is very important for us to take their experience and use it. Estonia's success is based on a strong competence centre, strict legal regulations and progressive eHealth service development," said Asta Meškerevičiūtė, Director of the General Affairs Department at the Lithuanian Ministry of Health.
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In 2009 the Internet users in Lithuania represented slightly more than half of the population. According to the Ministry's proposal, Lithuania should reach the European Union Member States' average of 75 % of Internet users. Another objective is to have 79 % of the Lithuanians trained to work on a computer, against 57 % in 2009.
Currently, the portal offers 18 public eServices. The change of place of residence (in Lithuania and for those moving abroad) declaration service made available on the portal in March 2009 has already been used by 200 Lithuanians. Moreover, since the beginning of the fourth week of July 2009, this service has covered the entire country.
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The event was an occasion for representatives of the Ministry of the Interior to present the new identity cards which allow their holders to authenticate in cyberspace and to sign documents by electronic means. The workshop participants were told where and how to obtain the cards.
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The study conducted by the market research company TNS Gallup revealed that personal computers remained the most popular ones (50.6% of respondents in 2009, compared to 45.5% in winter), a lower number of those polled said owning laptops (17.2% compared to 17.9% in winter), writes ELTA/LETA.