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(Lietuvos Respublika)
Last reviewed: 11 August 2009 |
Country information
Area: 65,200 sq. km (25,174 sq. miles)
Population: 3.4million (2005)
Capital City: Vilnius (population: 542,287 (2005))
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: Social Democratic Party, Farmers' Party, Liberal Centrist Party, New Union-Social Liberals (New Union), Homeland Union (referred to as Conservatives), Labour Party.
Government: Parliamentary Democracy. Presidential term is for five years.
President: Dalia Grybauskaite (2009)
Prime Minister: Gediminas Kirkilas (2006)
Foreign Minister: Petras Vaitiekunas (2006)
Membership of international groupings/ organisations: United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Organisation for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe (COE), Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), World Trade Organisation (WTO), Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)
