Lithuania is one of the three Baltic states. Situated along the South Eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of the Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest.
Independence from the Russian Empire (1918)
Entered EU: 1 May 2004
Currency: Lithuanian litas (Lt)
Capital:(and largest city) Vilnius
Official languages: Lithuanian
Government: Semi-presidential republic
President: Valdas Adamkus
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