Lithuania
Republic of Lithuania
Lietuvos Respublika
CAPITAL: Vilnius
FLAG: Three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), green, and red.
ANTHEM: Tautika Giesme (The National Song).
MONETARY UNIT: The ...
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Lithuania
The Republic of Lithuania, with a population of 3.5 million, is situated on the Baltic Sea. It has borders with Latvia, Belarus, Poland, and Russia. Maritime border issues continue to be a s...
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Area: 65,300 sq km (25,212 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 3,392,000Capital:
Vilnius
Chief of state:
President
Valdas
Adamkus
Head of government:
Prime Ministers
Algirdas
Brazauskas, Zigmantas
B...
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Vilnius/Warsaw (dpa) - Lithuanian media slammed Poland Thursday
after the two countries failed to sign a "power bridge" agreement
designed to hook Lithuania and other Baltic...
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Vilnius (dpa) - A deal to connect Lithuania's electrical network
with Poland was delayed on Wednesday.
Lithuania and two other Baltic EU countries hope to connect th...
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Vilnius (dpa) - Visiting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on
Friday repeated Warsaw's commitment to a power bridge between Poland
and Lithuania and the new power plant to b...
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Vilnius (dpa) - Every weekend, buses packed with Belarusians
invade the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.
They come to Lithuania to shop, see the sights, and experience a...
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Vilnius (dpa) - Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey praised her
state's links with Lithuania on Friday on the last leg of a tour of
the Baltic countries which joined the EU ...
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Vilnius (dpa) - Lithuania and Poland have postponed signing an
agreement on a new nuclear power plant at least until November,
Lithuania's Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas ...
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Vilnius (dpa) - The Lithuanian Transport Minister has written to
the European Commission to complain about truck queues on the
country's border with Latvia, officials confir...
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