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(Lietuvos Respublika) Last reviewed: 27 April 2011 |
Country information
Area: 65,200 sq. km (25,174 sq. miles)
Population: 3.35million (2010)
Capital City: Vilnius (population: 588 600 )
People: 84% Lithuanian, 6% Russian, 7% Polish, 1.5% Belarusian, 1% others
Languages: Lithuanian (the state language), Russian, English
Religion(s): predominantly Roman Catholic
Currency: Litas
Major political parties: Homeland Union (referred to as Conservatives), Social Democratic Party, Liberal Centrist Party, Liberal Movement, Order and Justice Party, Labour Party, Lithuanian Poles' Electoral Action
Government: Parliamentary Democracy.
Head of State: President Dalia Grybauskaite (since 2009, presidential term is for five years, next election in May 2014)
Prime Minister: Andrius Kubilius (since 2008)
Foreign Minister: Audronius Ažubalis (since 2010)
Membership of international groupings/ organisations: United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Council of Europe (COE), Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), World Trade Organisation (WTO), Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and Organisation for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE). Lithuania holds the chair of the OSCE for in 2011, and will hold the EU Presidency in 2013.
