BUDAPEST, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer was interrupted during his lecture at Budapest's Corvinus University on Monday after a member of the audience started throwing eggs at him, Hungarian News Agency MTI reported.

    Ballmer escaped the chucked eggs and none of eggs hit him. The man who protested against an agreement between the Hungarian government and Microsoft signed earlier in the day, was removed from the room and Ballmer continued his lecture.

    Under the agreement, Hungary's government will team up with Microsoft in a program to train IT professionals and help the development of an electronic information society.

    The TITAN program launched by Microsoft, aims to train highly qualified IT and communications technology professionals.

    TITAN is expected to start next January and will be financed mostly from European Union funds. Around 10 billion forints, or 40million euros, are expected to be spent on the program during the period of 2009-2012, and 10,000 IT professionals and 25,000 business leaders are expected to be included in the first year alone.