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Abraomas Kulvietis
Abraomas Kulvietis (Abraham Culvensis; Abraham Kulwieć; c. 1509 – 19 June 1545) was a Lithuanian jurist and a professor at Königsberg Albertina University, as well as a reformer of the church.
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Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian
The Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian (Didysis lietuvių kalbos žodynas or label) is a comprehensive thesaurus of the Lithuanian language and one of the most extensive lexicographical works in the world.
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Act of Independence of Lithuania
The Act of Independence of Lithuania (Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Aktas) or the Act of February 16th, also the Lithuanian Resolution on Independence (Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Nutarimas), The signed document is actually titled simply Nutarimas, meaning "decision" or "resolution", and it "proclaims the restoration of the independent state of Lithuania".
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Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of 11 March (Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on 11 March 1990, signed by all members of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania led by Sąjūdis.
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Adalbert Bezzenberger
Adalbert Bezzenberger (14 April 1851 – 31 October 1922) was a German philologist.
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
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Adversarial system
The adversarial system, adversary system, accusatorial system or accusatory system is a legal system used in the common law countries where two advocates represent their parties' case or position before an impartial person or group of people, usually a judge or jury, who attempt to determine the truth and pass judgment accordingly.
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Aeneid
The Aeneid (Aenē̆is or) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
Aerobatics
Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Lithuania and Afghanistan are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries.
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Albert Wijuk Kojałowicz
Albert Wijuk Kojałowicz (also Wojciech Wijuk Kojałowicz, Albertas Kojelavičius-Vijūkas, Vaitiekus Vijūkas-Kojalavičius; Albertus Koialovicius-Wijuk; 1609–1677) was a Lithuanian historian, theologian and translator.
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Algimantas Puipa
Algimantas Puipa (born 14 June 1951) is a Lithuanian film director and screenwriter.
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Algirdas Brazauskas
Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas (1932 – 2010) was a Lithuanian politician who served as the fourth president of Lithuania from 1993 to 1998.
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Algirdas Julien Greimas
Algirdas Julien Greimas (born Algirdas Julius Greimas; 9 March 1917 – 27 February 1992) was a Lithuanian literary scientist who wrote most of his body of work in French while living in France.
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Algirdas Kaušpėdas
Algirdas Kaušpėdas (born 12 August 1953, in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian rock musician, the leader of Lithuanian rock group Antis, an architect, and one of the Sąjūdis initiators.
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Alytus
Alytus is a city with municipal rights in southern Lithuania.
Alytus County
Alytus County (Alytaus apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania.
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Amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin.
Andrius Mamontovas
Andrius Mamontovas (born 23 August 1967) is a Lithuanian rock musician.
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Annals of Quedlinburg
The Annals of Quedlinburg (Annales Quedlinburgenses; Quedlinburger Annalen) were written between 1008 and 1030 in the convent of Quedlinburg Abbey.
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Anno Domini
The terms anno Domini. (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
Antakalnis
Antakalnis (literally 'the place on the hills'; Antokol) is an eldership in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Antanas Škėma
Antanas Škėma (November 29, 1910 – September 11, 1961) was a Lithuanian writer, playwright, stage actor and director.
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Antanas Baranauskas
Antanas Baranauskas (Antonius Baranovski, Antoni Baranowski; 17 January 1835 – 26 November 1902) was a Lithuanian poet, mathematician and Catholic bishop of Sejny.
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Antanas Gustaitis
Antanas Gustaitis (March 26, 1898 – October 16, 1941) was a Brigadier General in the Lithuanian Armed Forces who modernized the Lithuanian Air Force, which at that time was part of the Lithuanian Army.
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Antanas Račiūnas
Antanas Račiūnas (4 September 1905, Užliaušiai – 3 April 1984, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian and Soviet composer and pedagogue.
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Antanas Vienuolis
Antanas Vienuolis (born Antanas Žukauskas; 7 April 1882 — 17 August 1957) was a Lithuanian writer, dramatist and one of the most famous realistic prosaists.
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Antis (band)
Antis is a Lithuanian postmodernist rock band.
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Arūnas Matelis
Arūnas Matelis (born 9 April 1961, in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian documentary film director.
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Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.
Artillery
Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.
Artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.
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Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis (born 19 December 1964) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and businessman.
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Astronaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον, meaning 'star', and ναύτης, meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft.
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos.
Asveja
Lake Asveja or Dubingiai Lake (Asveja or Dubingių ežeras) is the longest lake in Lithuania (length: 21.9 km or 29.7 km counting the Žalktynė, Vyriogala and Dubingiai bights).
Audrius Stonys
Audrius Stonys (born April 28, 1966, in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian documentary filmmaker.
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August Schleicher
August Schleicher (19 February 1821 – 6 December 1868) was a German linguist.
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Augustinus Rotundus
Augustinus Rotundus (Augustyn Rotundus, Augustinas Rotundas, 1520–1582) was a Christian and Renaissance humanist, erudite, jurist, political writer, first historian and apologist of Lithuania.
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Aukštaitian dialect
Aukštaitian (Aukštaičių tarmė) is one of the dialects of the Lithuanian language, spoken in the ethnographic regions of Aukštaitija, Dzūkija and Suvalkija.
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Aukštojas Hill
Aukštojas Hill is the highest point of Lithuania.
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Šakotis
Šakotis ("tree cake") (sękacz, bankukha - BelTA, 30 April 2019. Quote: В поселке Порозово, что на самом краю Беловежской пущи, сохранили мастерство приготовления банкухи. До сихпор не известно, откуда был привезен рецепт.
Šalčininkai District Municipality
Šalčininkai District Municipality (Šalčininkų rajono savivaldybė) is one of 60 district municipalities in Lithuania.
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Šarūnas Bartas
Šarūnas Bartas (born 16 August 1964) is a Lithuanian film director.
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Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis (born June 13, 1964) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player.
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Šiauliai
Šiauliai (Šiaulē) is a city in northern Lithuania, the country's fourth largest city and the sixth largest city in the Baltic States, with a population of 108,000 in 2023.
Šiauliai County
Šiauliai County (Šiaulių apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania.
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Šiauliai International Airport
Šiauliai International Airport is an airport located within Šiauliai Air Base which is a major military facility of the Lithuanian Air Force and one of the air bases of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission.
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Žuvintas
Lake Žuvintas is a shallow lake in Alytus district, central Lithuania.
Žygimantas Liauksminas
Žygimantas Liauksminas (Sigismundus Lauxminus,; 1596 or 1597 – 11 September 1670) was a Lithuanian Jesuit theologian, philosopher, theorist of rhetoric and music, founder of Lithuanian musicology, one of the first Lithuanian professors and rectors of the University of Vilnius.
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Baltic Air Policing
The Baltic air-policing mission is a NATO air defence Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) in order to guard the airspace above the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Baltic Assembly
The Baltic Assembly (BA) is a regional organisation that promotes intergovernmental cooperation between Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Baltic Council of Ministers
The Baltic Council of Ministers (BCM) (Baltijos Ministrų Taryba, Baltijas Ministru padome, Balti Ministrite Nõukogu) is an institution for intergovernmental cooperation between the Baltic states: Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia established in 1994.
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Baltic languages
The Baltic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively or as a second language by a population of about 6.5–7.0 million people mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Europe.
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Baltic region
The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, including parts of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
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Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.
Baltic states
The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Baltic Tiger
Baltic Tiger is a term used to refer to any of the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania during their periods of economic boom, which started after the year 2000 and continued until 2006–2007.
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Balts
The Balts or Baltic peoples (baltai, balti) are a group of peoples inhabiting the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea who speak Baltic languages.
Balys Sruoga
Balys Sruoga (February 2, 1896 – October 16, 1947) was a Lithuanian poet, playwright, critic, and literary theorist.
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Barley
Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe.
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
Basketball at the Summer Olympics
Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936.
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Būtingė oil terminal
Būtingė oil terminal (Būtingės naftos terminalas) is an oil terminal near the village of Būtingė in northern Lithuania.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
BC Žalgiris
Basketball Club Žalgiris (Krepšinio klubas Žalgiris) is a professional basketball club based in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Beer in Lithuania
The beer brewing tradition in Lithuania tends to favor the northern part of the country and is centered around the towns of Pasvalys, Pakruojis, Kupiškis and Biržai.
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Beetroot
The beetroot is the taproot portion of a beet plant, usually known in North America as beets while the vegetable is referred to as beetroot in British English, and also known as the table beet, garden beet, red beet, dinner beet or golden beet.
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. Lithuania and Belarus are countries in Europe, member states of the United Nations and republics.
Belarusian language
Belarusian (label) is an East Slavic language.
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Belarusians
Belarusians (biełarusy) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus.
Belarusians in Lithuania
The Belarusian minority in Lithuania (Biełarusy Litvy; Belorusy v Litve; Lietuvos baltarusiai) numbered 36,200 persons at the 2011 census, and at 1.2% of the total population of Lithuania, being the third most populous national minority.
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Bernardas Brazdžionis
Bernardas Brazdžionis (January 11, 1907 in Stebeikėliai – July 11, 2002 in Los Angeles) was a Lithuanian poet.
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Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services.
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Birštonas
Birštonas (Birschtannen) is a balneological resort and a spa town in Lithuania situated south of Kaunas on the right bank of the Nemunas River.
Birutė Galdikas
Birutė Marija Filomena Galdikas or Birutė Mary Galdikas, OC (born 10 May 1946), is a Lithuanian-Canadian anthropologist, primatologist, conservationist, ethologist, and author.
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Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula. Lithuania and Bosnia and Herzegovina are countries in Europe, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean and member states of the United Nations.
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Botanical Garden of Vilnius University
Botanical Garden of Vilnius University (Vilniaus universiteto botanikos sodas) is a botanical garden situated in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.
Brahma Kumaris
The Brahma Kumaris (ब्रह्माकुमारी ("Daughters of Brahma") is a spiritual movement that originated in Hyderabad, Sindh, during the 1930s.. censamm.org brahmakumaris.orgMonier-Williams, Monier (1899) Sanskrit Dictionary. Clarendon Press, Oxford.) Founded by Lekhraj Kripalani, the organisation teaches the importance of moving beyond labels associated with the human body, including race, nationality, religion, and gender, through meditation that emphasizes the concept of identity as souls rather than bodies.
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Bronius Kutavičius
Bronius Kutavičius (13 September 1932 – 29 September 2021) was a Lithuanian composer and academic composition teacher.
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Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore.
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Bruno of Querfurt
Bruno of Querfurt, O.S.B. Cam., (974 – 14 February or 9/14 March 1009), also known as Brun, was a Christian missionary bishop, Camaldolese monk and martyr, who was beheaded near the border of Kievan Rus and Lithuania for trying to spread Christianity.
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BTV (Lithuanian TV channel)
BTV is a Lithuanian television station, established in 1993.
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Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.
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Capital punishment in Lithuania
Capital punishment in Lithuania was ruled unconstitutional and abolished for all crimes on 9 December 1998.
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Cas9
Cas9 (CRISPR associated protein 9, formerly called Cas5, Csn1, or Csx12) is a 160 kilodalton protein which plays a vital role in the immunological defense of certain bacteria against DNA viruses and plasmids, and is heavily utilized in genetic engineering applications.
Casimir IV Jagiellon
Casimir IV (Casimir Andrew Jagiellon; Kazimierz Andrzej Jagiellończyk; Lithuanian:; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 until his death in 1492.
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Casimir's Code
Casimir's Code (Судзебнік Казіміра.; Kazimiero teisynas; Statut Kazimierza), also known as the Sudebnik of 1468, was a legal code adopted by Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Casimir IV Jagiellon with the approval of the Lithuanian Council of Lords.
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Catholic Church in Lithuania
The Catholic Church in Lithuania (Katalikų Bažnyčia Lietuvoje) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
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Censorship in the Soviet Union
Censorship in the Soviet Union was pervasive and strictly enforced.
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Center of mass
In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space (sometimes referred to as the barycenter or balance point) is the unique point at any given time where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero.
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Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR), formerly known as Ubangi-Shari, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. Lithuania and Central African Republic are member states of the United Nations and republics.
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Central European mixed forests
The Central European mixed forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0412) is a temperate hardwood forest covering much of northeastern Europe, from Germany to Russia.
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
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CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (Conseil européen pour la Recherche nucléaire), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.
Chaghcharan
Chaghcharān (Dari/Pashto), also called Firozkoh (Dari/Pashto), is a town and district in central Afghanistan, which serves as the capital of Ghor Province.
Charity (practice)
Charity is the voluntary provision of assistance to those in need.
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Chess
Chess is a board game for two players.
Chief of defence
A chief of defence (or head of defence) is the highest ranked commissioned officer of a nation's armed forces.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. Lithuania and China are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Choir
A choir (also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Christianization of Lithuania
The Christianization of Lithuania (Lietuvos krikštas) occurred in 1387, initiated by King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila and his cousin Vytautas the Great.
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Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania
The Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania (Lietuvos katalikų bažnyčios kronika or LKB kronika) was the longest-running and best-known samizdat periodical in the Lithuanian SSR, one of the republics of the Soviet Union.
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Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century.
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Civil Code of Lithuania
Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania (abbreviated as LR CK) is the Civil Code of Lithuania.
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Classicism
Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate.
Climate Change Performance Index
The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is a scoring system designed by the German environmental and development organisation Germanwatch e.V. to enhance transparency in international climate politics.
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Codification (law)
In law, codification is the process of collecting and restating the law of a jurisdiction in certain areas, usually by subject, forming a legal code, i.e. a codex (book) of law.
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Colorado potato beetle
The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata; also known as the Colorado beetle, the ten-striped spearman, the ten-lined potato beetle, and the potato bug) is a beetle known for being a major pest of potato crops.
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Columbia Encyclopedia
The Columbia Encyclopedia is a one-volume encyclopedia produced by Columbia University Press and, in the last edition, sold by the Gale Group.
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Commander-in-chief
A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.
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Common Era
Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era.
Communications security
Communications security is the discipline of preventing unauthorized interceptors from accessing telecommunications in an intelligible form, while still delivering content to the intended recipients.
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Comparative linguistics
Comparative linguistics is a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages to establish their historical relatedness.
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Confederation
A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states or communities united for purposes of common action.
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Conscription
Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.
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Conservative and innovative language
In linguistics, a conservative form, variety, or feature of a language is one that has changed relatively little across the language's history, or which is relatively resistant to change.
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Constitution of 3 May 1791
The Constitution of 3 May 1791, titled the Government Act, was a written constitution for the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth adopted by the Great Sejm that met between 1788 and 1792.
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Constitution of Lithuania
The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucija) defines the legal foundation for all laws passed in the Republic of Lithuania.
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Constitutional Court of Lithuania
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania (in Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucinis Teismas) is the constitutional court of the Republic of Lithuania, established by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania of 1992.
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Container-deposit legislation
Container-deposit legislation (also known as a container-deposit scheme, deposit-refund system or scheme, deposit-return system, or bottle bill) is any law that requires the collection of a monetary deposit on beverage containers (refillable or non-refillable) at the point of sale and/or the payment of refund value to the consumers.
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Continent
A continent is any of several large geographical regions.
Continental climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters).
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Contraband
Contraband (from Medieval French contrebande "smuggling") is any item that, relating to its nature, is illegal to be possessed or sold.
Control of chaos
In lab experiments that study chaos theory, approaches designed to control chaos are based on certain observed system behaviors.
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Conviction
In law, a conviction is the determination by a court of law that a defendant is guilty of a crime.
Copenhagen
Copenhagen (København) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area.
Corded Ware culture
The Corded Ware culture comprises a broad archaeological horizon of Europe between – 2350 BC, thus from the late Neolithic, through the Copper Age, and ending in the early Bronze Age.
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Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE; Conseil de l'Europe, CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
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Council of the Baltic Sea States
The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) is a regional intergovernmental organisation working on three priority areas.
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Counties of Lithuania
The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties (Lithuanian: singular apskritis, plural apskritys), all named after their capitals.
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Coup d'état
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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Crimean Karaites
The Crimean Karaites or Krymkaraylar (Crimean Karaim: Кърымкъарайлар, Qrımqaraylar, singular къарай, qaray; Trakai dialect: karajlar, singular karaj; קראי מזרח אירופה; Qaraylar), also known as Karaims and Qarays, are an ethnicity of Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaite Judaism in Central and Eastern Europe, especially in the territory of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crimea.
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Crimes against humanity
Crimes against humanity are certain serious crimes committed as part of a large-scale attack against civilians.
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Criminal code
A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.
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Criminal law
Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime.
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Criminal procedure
Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law.
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CRISPR
CRISPR (an acronym for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) is a family of DNA sequences found in the genomes of prokaryotic organisms such as bacteria and archaea.
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Corona Regni Poloniae) was a political and legal idea formed in the 14th century, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state.
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Curonian Lagoon
The Curonian Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf; Prussian: Kursjanmari, Kuršių marios, Куршский залив) is a freshwater lagoon separated from the Baltic Sea by the Curonian Spit.
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Curonian Spit
The Curonian (Courish) Spit (Kuršių nerija; Ку́ршская коса́) is a long, thin, curved sand-dune spit that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea.
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Dalia Grybauskaitė
Dalia Grybauskaitė (born 1 March 1956) is a Lithuanian politician who served as the eighth president of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019.
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Dalia Ibelhauptaitė
Dalia Ibelhauptaitė (born 4 May 1967) is a Lithuanian opera and theatre director and producer, a television producer and former playwright.
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Daniel Klein (grammarian)
Daniel Klein (Danielius Kleinas; 1609–1666) was a Lutheran pastor and scholar from Tilsit, Duchy of Prussia, who is best known for writing the first grammar book of the Lithuanian language.
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Daugavpils
Daugavpils (see also other names) is a state city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city derives its name.
De facto
De facto describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.
De moribus tartarorum, lituanorum et moscorum
De moribus tartarorum, lituanorum et moscorum ("On the Customs of Tatars, Lithuanians and Muscovites") is a 16th-century Latin treatise by Michalo Lituanus ("Michael the Lithuanian").
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Deer
A deer (deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family).
Delfi (web portal)
Delfi (occasionally capitalized as DELFI) is a news website in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania providing daily news, ranging from gardening to politics.
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Delta wing
A delta wing is a wing shaped in the form of a triangle.
Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe. Lithuania and Denmark are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations and OECD members.
Developed country
A developed country, or advanced country, is a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, developed economy, and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations.
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Devilstone Open Air
Devilstone Open Air (aka "Velnio Akmuo" in Lithuanian) is a summer open air heavy metal music festival.
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Discus throw
The discus throw, also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight — called a discus — in an attempt to mark a farther distance than other competitors.
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Dissolution (politics)
Dissolution in politics is when a state, institution, nation, or administrative region dissolves or ceases to exist, usually separating into two or more entities, or being annexed.
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
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Djibouti
Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. Lithuania and Djibouti are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Domantas Sabonis
Domantas Sabonis (born May 3, 1996) is a Lithuanian-American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Lithuanian national team.
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Drūkšiai
Drūkšiai, also called Drysviaty or Drysvyaty, or Drisvyaty (Дрысвяты,; Дрисвяты) is the largest of the Braslau lakes located partly in the northeastern part of Lithuania and partly in the Vitebsk Voblast, in Belarus.
Druskininkai
Druskininkai (also see other names) is a spa city on the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania, close to the borders of Belarus and Poland.
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Duchy of Lithuania
The Duchy of Lithuania (Ducatus Lithuaniae; Lietuvos kunigaikštystė) was a state-territorial formation of ethnic Lithuanians that existed from the 13th century to 1413.
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Dynastic union
A dynastic union is a type of union in which different states are governed beneath the same dynasty, with their boundaries, their laws, and their interests remaining distinct from each other.
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East Prussia
East Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia, until 1945.
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East Slavs
The East Slavs are the most populous subgroup of the Slavs.
Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.
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Economy of Lithuania
The economy of Lithuania is the largest economy among the three Baltic states.
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Eimuntas Nekrošius
Eimuntas Nekrošius (November 21, 1952 – November 20, 2018) was a Lithuanian theatre director.
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Elder (administrative title)
The term Elder, or its equivalent in another language, is used in several countries and organizations to indicate a position of authority.
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Elderships of Lithuania
A seniūnija (in English: eldership, elderate, ward, parish, or subdistrict) is the smallest administrative division of Lithuania.
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Elektrėnai Power Plant
The Elektrėnai Power Plant or Elektrėnai Complex (Elektrėnų kompleksas) is an 1,055 MW electricity generating station near Elektrėnai, Lithuania, about west of Lithuania's capital, Vilnius.
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Enclave and exclave
An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Equinor
Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian state-owned multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger, Norway.
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. Lithuania and Estonia are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Three Seas Initiative, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations, OECD members, republics and states and territories established in 1918.
Estonian Song Festival
The Estonian Song Festival (in Estonian: laulupidu) is one of the largest choral events in the world, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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Estonians
Estonians or Estonian people (eestlased) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group who speak the Estonian language.
Ethnic minorities in Lithuania
The government of Lithuania has made provision for ethnic minorities since 1918.
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Ethnographic village
An ethnographic village is a real or artificial settlement which portrays historical and ethnographic characteristics of life of a certain ethnic group.
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Ethnolinguistic group
An ethnolinguistic group (or ethno-linguistic group) is a group that is unified by both a common ethnicity and language.
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Ethnonym
An ethnonym is a name applied to a given ethnic group.
Euro
The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the member states of the European Union.
Euro Health Consumer Index
Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) was a comparison of European health care systems based on waiting times, results, and generosity.
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Euro sign
The euro sign is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone and adopted, although not required to, by Kosovo and Montenegro.
EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation.
EuroBasket 1937
The 1937 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1937, was the second FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA.
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EuroBasket 1939
The 1939 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1939, was the third FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA.
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EuroBasket 2003
The 2003 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2003, was the 33rd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as the Europe qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to the top three teams in the final standings.
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EuroBasket 2011
EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe.
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EuroLeague
The EuroLeague, officially the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, is a European men's professional basketball club competition.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD; French: Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement, BERD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991.
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European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU).
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European Commissioner for Budget and Administration
The European Commissioner for Budget and Administration is the member of the European Commission who is responsible for negotiating and managing the EU budget.
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European Foundation of Human Rights
European Foundation of Human Rights or EFHR (Europos žmogaus teisių fondas, Europejska Fundacja Praw Człowieka, Европейский Фонд Прав Человека) is an organization established in 2010 in Lithuania in response to the increasing number of human rights violations within the country of Lithuania, and more specifically regarding the rights of ethnic minorities.
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European Grand Prix for Choral Singing
The European Grand Prix for Choral Singing (in French, Grand Prix Européen de Chant Choral, commonly abbreviated as European Choral Grand Prix or EGP) is an annual choral competition between the winners of six European choral competitions.
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European Heritage Label
The European Heritage Label is a recognition awarded by the European Union to buildings, documents, museums, archives, monuments, and events which are seen as milestones in the creation of today's Europe.
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European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions.
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European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 22-member intergovernmental body devoted to space exploration.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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European Union law
European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU).
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European University Institute
The European University Institute (EUI) is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral research-intensive university and an intergovernmental organisation with juridical personality, established by its founding member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the social sciences, in a European perspective.
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Eurostat
Eurostat ('European Statistical Office'; DG ESTAT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in the Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
EuroVelo
EuroVelo is a network of 17 long-distance cycling routes criss-crossing Europe, in various stages of completion.
EuroVoc
EuroVoc is a multilingual thesaurus (controlled vocabulary) maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union and hosted on the portal Europa.
Eurozone
The euro area, commonly called the eurozone (EZ), is a currency union of 20 member states of the European Union (EU) that have adopted the euro (€) as their primary currency and sole legal tender, and have thus fully implemented EMU policies.
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism, also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes the centrality of sharing the "good news" of Christianity, being "born again" in which an individual experiences personal conversion, as authoritatively guided by the Bible, God's revelation to humanity.
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Fair
A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities.
Fallow deer
Fallow deer is the common name for species of deer in the genus Dama of subfamily Cervinae.
FDi Intelligence
fDi Intelligence is an English-language bi-monthly news and foreign direct investment (FDI) publication, providing an up-to-date review of global investment activity.
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Feminism in Greece
Shortly after feminist ideology started gaining popularity in the mid-19th and early 20th century in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States, and slowly the rest of the world, the movement begun affecting changes to the social and political life of Greece.
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Femtosecond
A femtosecond is a unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to 10 or of a second; that is, one quadrillionth, or one millionth of one billionth, of a second.
Ferdinand de Saussure
Ferdinand de Saussure (26 November 185722 February 1913) was a Swiss linguist, semiotician and philosopher.
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Festival
A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures.
FIBA Basketball World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup is an international basketball competition between the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the sport's global governing body.
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Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.
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Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. Lithuania and Finland are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations, OECD members and republics.
Finno-Ugric languages
Finno-Ugric is a traditional grouping of all languages in the Uralic language family except the Samoyedic languages.
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Fintech
Fintech, a portmanteau of "financial technology", refers to the application of innovative technologies to products and services in the financial industry.
Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
Flat tax
A flat tax (short for flat-rate tax) is a tax with a single rate on the taxable amount, after accounting for any deductions or exemptions from the tax base.
Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)
During the later stages of World War II and the post-war period, Germans and fled and were expelled from various Eastern and Central European countries, including Czechoslovakia, and from the former German provinces of Lower and Upper Silesia, East Prussia, and the eastern parts of Brandenburg (Neumark) and Pomerania (Hinterpommern), which were annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union.
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Foje
Foje was one of the most successful and best known rock bands in Lithuania.
Foreign direct investment
A foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to purchase of an asset in another country, such that it gives direct control to the purchaser over the asset (e.g. purchase of land and building).
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Forest Landscape Integrity Index
The Forest Landscape Integrity Index (FLII) is an annual global index of forest condition measured by degree of anthropogenic modification.
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Fox
Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Lithuania and France are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations, OECD members and republics.
Franciszek Smuglewicz
Franciszek Smuglewicz (Pranciškus Smuglevičius; 6 October 1745 – 18 September 1807) was a Polish-Lithuanian draughtsman and painter.
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Franz Bopp
Franz Bopp (14 September 1791 – 23 October 1867) was a German linguist known for extensive and pioneering comparative work on Indo-European languages.
Free economic zone
Free economic zones (FEZ), free economic territories (FETs) or free zones (FZ) are a class of special economic zone (SEZ) designated by the trade and commerce administrations of various countries.
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Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.
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Freedom of the press
Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media, especially published materials, should be considered a right to be exercised freely.
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French cuisine
French cuisine is the cooking traditions and practices from France.
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Functional urban area
The functional urban area (FUA), previously known as larger urban zone (LUZ), is a measure of the population and expanse of metropolitan and surrounding areas which may or may not be exclusively urban.
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Gas Interconnection Poland–Lithuania
Gas Interconnection Poland–Lithuania (GIPL) is a gas pipeline between Poland and Lithuania.
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Gazprom
PJSC Gazprom (ɡɐsˈprom) is a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg.
General practitioner
A general practitioner (GP) or family physician is a doctor who is a consultant in general practice.
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Geographical midpoint of Europe
The location of the geographical centre of Europe depends on the definition of the borders of Europe, mainly whether remote islands are included to define the extreme points of Europe, and on the method of calculating the final result.
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Geography of Europe
Europe is traditionally defined as one of seven continents.
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Georg Forster
Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster (27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German geographer, naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary.
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Georgia (country)
Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia. Lithuania and Georgia (country) are countries in Europe, member states of the United Nations and republics.
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German cuisine
The cuisine of Germany consists of many different local or regional cuisines, reflecting the country's federal history.
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German occupation of Lithuania during World War II
The military occupation of Lithuania by Nazi Germany lasted from the German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, to the end of the Battle of Memel on January 28, 1945.
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Germans
Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe. Lithuania and Germany are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations and OECD members.
Ghor Province
Ghōr, also spelled Ghowr or Ghur (غور), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan.
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Gini coefficient
In economics, the Gini coefficient, also known as the Gini index or Gini ratio, is a measure of statistical dispersion intended to represent the income inequality, the wealth inequality, or the consumption inequality within a nation or a social group.
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Gitanas Nausėda
Gitanas Nausėda ɡɪˈtɐ.nɐs nɐˈu.sʲeː.dɐ (born 19 May 1964) is a Lithuanian politician, economist, and banker who is serving as the ninth and incumbent president of Lithuania since 2019.
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Global Innovation Index
The Global Innovation Index is an annual ranking of countries by their capacity for, and success in, innovation, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Google LLC is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Government of Canada
The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada.
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Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania.
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Great Žemaičių Kalvarija Festival
The Great Žemaičių Kalvarija Festival or The Great Samogitian Calvary Festival (Didieji Žemaičių Kalvarijos atlaidai) is a Roman Catholic festival dedicated to St.
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Great Sejm
The Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm (Polish: Sejm Wielki or Sejm Czteroletni; Lithuanian: Didysis seimas or Ketverių metų seimas) was a Sejm (parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that was held in Warsaw between 1788 and 1792.
Greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect.
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Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.
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Grotthuss mechanism
The Grotthuss mechanism (also known as proton jumping) is a model for the process by which an 'excess' proton or proton defect diffuses through the hydrogen bond network of water molecules or other hydrogen-bonded liquids through the formation and concomitant cleavage of covalent bonds involving neighboring molecules.
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Gytis Ivanauskas
Gytis Ivanauskas (born 1 June 1980 in Ukmergė) is a Lithuanian actor, dancer and choreographer.
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Haplogroup
A haplotype is a group of alleles in an organism that are inherited together from a single parent, and a haplogroup (haploid from the ἁπλοῦς, haploûs, "onefold, simple" and group) is a group of similar haplotypes that share a common ancestor with a single-nucleotide polymorphism mutation.
Head of state
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona of a sovereign state.
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Health care
Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland.
Heterophony
In music, heterophony is a type of texture characterized by the simultaneous variation of a single melodic line.
Hexameter
Hexameter is a metrical line of verses consisting of six feet (a "foot" here is the pulse, or major accent, of words in an English line of poetry; in Greek as well as in Latin a "foot" is not an accent, but describes various combinations of syllables).
Hill of Crosses
Hill of Crosses (Lithuanian) is a site of pilgrimage about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania.
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Hillfort
A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.
History of Lithuania
The history of Lithuania dates back to settlements founded about 10,000 years ago, but the first written record of the name for the country dates back to 1009 AD.
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History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty
The rule of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland between 1386 and 1572 spans the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period in European history.
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History of the Jews in Lithuania
The history of the Jews in Lithuania spans the period from the 14th century to the present day.
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Homeland Union
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Tėvynės sąjunga Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai, TS–LKD), also colloquially known as the Conservatives (Konservatoriai), is a centre-right political party in Lithuania.
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Human capital flight
Human capital flight is the emigration or immigration of individuals who have received advanced training at home.
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Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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Human sex ratio
The human sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population in the context of anthropology and demography.
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Humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) and snowy winters.
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Hydronym
A hydronym (from ὕδρω, hydrō, "water" and ὄνομα, onoma, "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water.
Iceland
Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. Lithuania and Iceland are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the United Nations, OECD members and republics.
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (Ignalinos atominė elektrinė, IAE) is a decommissioned two-unit RBMK-1500 nuclear power station in Visaginas Municipality, Lithuania.
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Independence
Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory.
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Index of Lithuania-related articles
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to Lithuania.
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Indo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.
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Infant mortality
Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday.
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Information technology
Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, and data and information processing, and storage.
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Ingrida Šimonytė
Ingrida Šimonytė (born 15 November 1974) is a Lithuanian politician, public servant and economist who is serving as the 17th and current prime minister of Lithuania since 2020.
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Inquisitorial system
An inquisitorial system is a legal system in which the court, or a part of the court, is actively involved in investigating the facts of the case.
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Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière
The (National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information), previously (National Geographic Institute) or IGN, is a French public state administrative establishment founded in 1940 to produce and maintain geographical information for France and its overseas departments and territories.
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Integrity
Integrity is the quality of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values.
International Futures
International Futures (IFs) is a global integrated assessment model designed to help with thinking strategically and systematically about key global systems (economic, demographic, education, health, environment, technology, domestic governance, infrastructure, agriculture, energy and environment).
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International Innovation Index
The International Innovation Index is a global index measuring the level of innovation of a country, produced jointly by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), and The Manufacturing Institute (MI), the NAM's nonpartisan research affiliate.
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International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.
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International Security Assistance Force
The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was a multinational military mission in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014.
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International Society for Krishna Consciousness
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization.
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Interwar period
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11November 1918 to 1September 1939 (20years, 9months, 21days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII).
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Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. Lithuania and Iraq are member states of the United Nations.
Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.
Irreligion
Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.
ISBN
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier that is intended to be unique.
Islam in Lithuania
Islam in Lithuania, unlike many other northern and western European countries, has a long history starting from the 14th century.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. Lithuania and Italy are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations, OECD members and republics.
Jan Rustem
Jan Rustem (Յան Ռուստամ; 1762 – 21 June 1835) was a painter of Armenian ethnicity who lived and worked in the territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
January Events
The January Events (Sausio įvykiai) were a series of violent confrontations between the civilian population of Lithuania, supporting independence, and the Soviet Armed Forces.
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January Uprising
The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence.
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Józef Oleszkiewicz
Józef Oleszkiewicz (Juozapas Oleškevičius, Юзеф Иванович Олешкевич; c.1777, in Šiluva – 5 October 1830, in Saint Petersburg) was a Polish-Lithuanian painter, known primarily for his portraits and his eccentric behavior.
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Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert
Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert (21 June 1741, in Lyon – 2 September 1814, in Lyon) was a French politician, botanist, freemason, medical doctor and member of the Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Lyon.
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Johann Christoph Glaubitz
Johann Christoph Glaubitz (– 30 March 1767) was an architect of German descent who is generally considered to be the most prominent Baroque architect in the lands of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Johann Peter Frank
Johann Peter Frank (19 March 1745 – 24 April 1821) was a German physician and hygienist.
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Jonas Bretkūnas
Jonas Bretkūnas, Johann(es) Bretke, also known as Bretkus (born 1536 in Bammeln near Friedland – 1602 Königsberg was a Lutheran pastor and was one of the best known developers of the written Lithuanian language. He translated the Bible into Lithuanian, was the author of twelve Lithuanian books, and a historian as well.
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Jonas Jablonskis
Jonas Jablonskis (30 December 1860, in Kubilėliai, Šakiai district – 23 February 1930, in Kaunas) was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language.
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Jonas Kubilius
Jonas Kubilius (27 July 1921 – 30 October 2011) was a Lithuanian mathematician who worked in probability theory and number theory.
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Jonas Vaitkus
Jonas Vaitkus (born 20 May 1944) is a Lithuanian theatre and film director, and academic.
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Jonas Valančiūnas
Jonas Valančiūnas (born 6 May 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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José Manuel Barroso
José Manuel Durão Barroso (born 23 March 1956) is a Portuguese politician and law professor.
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
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Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas
Juozas Tumas also known by the pen name Vaižgantas (20 September 1869 – 29 April 1933) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and an activist during the Lithuanian National Revival.
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Jurgis Baltrušaitis (art historian)
Jurgis Baltrušaitis (May 7, 1903 – January 25, 1988) was a Lithuanian art historian, art critic and a founder of comparative art research.
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Jurgis Pabrėža
Father Jurgis Ambrozijus (Ambraziejus) Pabrėža (born 15 January 1771 in Večiai, Skuodas District Municipality; died 30 October 1849 in Kretinga) was a Lithuanian Franciscan priest, botanist, and educator.
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Justinas Marcinkevičius
Justinas Marcinkevičius (10 March 1930 – 16 February 2011) was a prominent Lithuanian poet and playwright.
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Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad (p), known as Königsberg until 1946 (ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbʲerk; Królewiec), is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland.
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast (translit) is the westernmost federal subject of the Russian Federation, in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Kandahar Province
Kandahār (کندهار; Kandahār, قندهار; Qandahār) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southern part of the country, sharing a border with Pakistan, to the south.
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Kanklės
The kanklės is a Lithuanian plucked string instrument (chordophone) belonging to the Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery, along with the Latvian kokles, Estonian kannel, Finnish kantele, and Russian gusli.
Kanuty Rusiecki
Kanuty Rusiecki (Kanutas Ruseckas; 1800–1860) was a Lithuanian painter.
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Kapiniškiai
Kapiniškiai is an ethnographic village in Lithuania.
Karol Podczaszyński
Karol Podczaszyński (Karolis Podčašinskis; 7 November 1790 – 19 April 1860) was a Polish-Lithuanian leading Vilnius architect, a representative of the neoclassical architecture and a professor of the Vilnius University, as well as one of the pioneers of industrial design.
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Kaunas
Kaunas (previously known in English as Kovno, also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.
Kaunas Airport
Kaunas Airport (Kauno tarptautinis oro uostas) is the second-busiest civil airport in Lithuania after Vilnius Airport and the fourth-busiest in the Baltic states.
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Kaunas County
Kaunas County (Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania.
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Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant
The Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant is located on the Nemunas River about southeast of Kaunas, Lithuania.
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Kaunas Jazz
Kaunas Jazz is an annual international jazz festival in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Kaunas Railway Tunnel
Kaunas railway tunnel (Kauno geležinkelio tunelis) is one of the two railway tunnels existing in Lithuania and the only railway tunnel operating in the Baltic states.
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Kaunas University of Technology
The Kaunas University of Technology (abbreviated as KTU) is a public research university located in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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Kaunas urban area
The Kaunas urban area (known in Lithuanian as Kauno aglomeracija) is the metropolitan area of Kaunas.
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Kauno diena
Kauno diena (Kaunas Daily) is a Lithuanian daily newspaper, printed in Kaunas.
Kauno Miesto Diena
Days of Kaunas City (Kauno miesto dienos) is an annual series of cultural events to celebrate the anniversary of Kaunas, Lithuania.
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Kavli Prize
The Kavli Prize was established in 2005 as a joint venture of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, and the Kavli Foundation.
Kazimieras Simonavičius University
Kazimieras Simonavičius University (previously: Vilnius Academy of Business Law (VABL), Vilniaus verslo teisės akademija) is a private, state-accredited research university in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Kazimierz Siemienowicz
Kazimierz Siemienowicz (Casimirus Siemienowicz, Kazimieras Simonavičius; was a general of artillery, gunsmith, military engineer, and one of pioneers of rocketry.
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Kaziuko mugė
Kaziuko mugė or Saint Casimir's Fair is a large annual folk arts and crafts fair in Lithuania, dating to the beginning of the 17th century.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kęstutis Antanėlis
Kęstutis Antanėlis (28 March 1951 – 12 October 2020) was a Lithuanian composer, architect, and sculptor.
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Keistuolių Teatras
Keistuolių Teatras ("Weirdos' Theatre", "Theatre of Eccentric Men") is a Lithuanian theatre troupe.
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Kernavė
Kernavė was a medieval capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and today is a tourist attraction and an archeological site (population 238, 2021).
KGB
The Committee for State Security (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (KGB)) was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991.
Kibinai
Kibinai, kybyn, or kibin (plural in Karaim language: kybynlar / Qıbınlar (Common Turkic Latin); singular in Lithuanian: kibinas) are traditional pastries filled with mutton and onion, popular with the Karaite ethnic minority in Lithuania.
Kingdom of Lithuania
The Kingdom of Lithuania was a sovereign state that existed from the 17 July 1251 until the death of the first crowned king of Lithuania, Mindaugas, on 12 September 1263.
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Kishka (food)
Kishka or kishke (Belarusian кішка, kishka; Czech jelito; Slovak krvavnica (regionally also hurka); kiszka / kaszanka; Romanian chişcă; Yiddish קישקע: kishke; Hebrew קישקע; Russian кишка; Ukrainian кишка; also krvavica/kašnica; Lithuanian vėdarai; Hungarian hurka) refers to various types of sausage or stuffed intestine with a filling made from a combination of meat and meal, often grain or potato.
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Klaipėda
Klaipėda (Memel) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast.
Klaipėda County
Klaipėda County (Klaipėdos apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania, bordering Tauragė County to the southeast, Telšiai County to the northeast, Kurzeme in Latvia to the north, and Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia to the south.
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Klaipėda Geothermal Demonstration Plant
The Klaipėda Geothermal Demonstration Plant is a geothermal heating plant in Klaipėda, Lithuania, constructed during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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Klaipėda LNG terminal
Klaipėda LNG terminal (Klaipėdos suskystintų gamtinių dujų terminalas) is a liquefied natural gas import terminal in the port of Klaipėda, Lithuania.
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Klaipėda Region
The Klaipėda Region (Klaipėdos kraštas) or Memel Territory (Memelland or Memelgebiet) was defined by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles in 1920 and refers to the northernmost part of the German province of East Prussia, when, as Memelland, it was put under the administration of the Entente's Council of Ambassadors.
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Klaipėda Sea Festival
The Klaipėda Sea Festival has been held annually in the city of Klaipėda, Lithuania during the month of July since 1934.
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Konstantinas Sirvydas
Konstantinas Sirvydas (rarely referred as Konstantinas Širvydas; Constantinus Szyrwid; Konstanty Szyrwid; – August 23, 1631) was a Lithuanian religious preacher, lexicographer, and one of the pioneers of Lithuanian literature from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, at the time a confederal part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Kristijonas Donelaitis
Kristijonas Donelaitis (Christian Donalitius; 1 January 1714 – 18 February 1780) was a Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor.
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Kristina Sabaliauskaitė
Kristina Sabaliauskaitė is an art historian, doctor honoris causa of Vilnius Academy of Arts and one of the most prominent contemporary Lithuanian writers.
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Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant
Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant (the KPSP) is located near Kruonis, Lithuania, east of Kaunas.
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Kubilius model
In mathematics, the Kubilius model relies on a clarification and extension of a finite probability space on which the behaviour of additive arithmetic functions can be modeled by sum of independent random variables.
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Kulionys
Kulionys is a village in Lithuania (Molėtai district municipality), near Molėtai, mostly famous for its Molėtai Astronomical Observatory and Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology.
Kyokushin
is a style of karate originating in Japan.
Ladislas Starevich
Ladislas Starevich (Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Старе́вич, Władysław Starewicz; August 8, 1882 – February 26, 1965) was a Polish-Russian stop-motion animator notable as the author of the first puppet-animated film The Beautiful Leukanida (1912).
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Laser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.
Last Glacial Period
The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the timespan of the Late Pleistocene.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.
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Latvia
Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Lithuania and Latvia are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Three Seas Initiative, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations, republics and states and territories established in 1918.
Latvian language
Latvian (latviešu valoda), also known as Lettish, is an East Baltic language belonging to the Indo-European language family.
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Latvian Song and Dance Festival
The Latvian Song and Dance Festival (Vispārējie latviešu Dziesmu un Deju svētki) is one of the largest amateur choral and dancing events in the world, and an important event in Latvian culture and social life.
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Latvians
Latvians (latvieši) are a Baltic ethnic group and nation native to Latvia and the immediate geographical region, the Baltics.
Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė
Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė (born 1976) is a Lithuanian writer.
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Laurynas Gucevičius
Laurynas Gucevičius (Wawrzyniec Gucewicz; 1753–1798) was a Polish-Lithuanian architect from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and all of his designs were built there.
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Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa (born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995.
Leičiai
Leičiai (singular: leitis, also spelled laičiai) were a distinct social group of the Lithuanian society in the early Grand Duchy of Lithuania subordinate to the Lithuanian ruler or the state itself.
Letters of Gediminas
There are 6 surviving transcripts of letters of Gediminas written in 1323–1324 by Grand Duke Gediminas.
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Lietava (Neris)
Lietava, Lietauka or Letauka, is a rivulet in Lithuania that is believed to have given Lithuania its name.
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Lietuvos rytas
Lietuvos rytas (lit. 'Morning of Lithuania') is a Lithuanian daily newspaper.
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Lietuvos rytas TV
Lietuvos ryto TV is a Lithuanian entertainment channel founded on 12 October 2008.
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Life expectancy
Human life expectancy is a statistical measure of the estimate of the average remaining years of life at a given age.
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Lipka Tatars
The Lipka Tatars (Lipka – refers to Lithuania, also known as Lipkas, Lithuanian Tatars; later also – Polish Tatars, Polish–Lithuanian Tatars, Belarusian Tatars, Lipkowie, Lipcani, Muślimi, Lietuvos totoriai) are a Turkic ethnic group who originally settled in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the beginning of the 14th century.
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List of castles in Lithuania
Most of Lithuania's early castles were wooden and have not survived.
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List of Christian denominations
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.
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List of countries and dependencies by area
This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area.
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List of countries by 4G LTE penetration
This is a list of countries by 4G penetration.
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List of countries by age at first marriage
This is a list of countries by age at first marriage.
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List of European cuisines
This is a list of European cuisines.
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List of European species extinct in the Holocene
This is a list of European species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) and continues to the present day.
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List of heads of state of Lithuania
The article is a list of heads of state of Lithuania over historical Lithuanian state.
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List of lakes of Lithuania
There are about 6,000 lakes in Lithuania, covering 950 km², or 1.5% of the territory of Lithuania.
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List of Lithuanian architects
Following is a list of notable architects from Lithuania.
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List of Lithuanian NBA players
The following is a list of Lithuanian players in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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List of Lithuanians
This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania.
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List of oldest universities in continuous operation
This is a list of the oldest existing universities in continuous operation in the world.
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List of palaces and manor houses in Lithuania
This is the List of palaces and manor houses in Lithuania.
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List of speakers of the Seimas
The Speaker of the Seimas (Seimo pirmininkas, literally translated as Chairman of the Seimas) is the presiding officer of the Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania.
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List of the busiest airports in Europe
This is a list of the 100 busiest airports in Europe, ranked by total passengers per year, including both terminal and transit passengers.
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List of universities and colleges in Lithuania
List of universities and colleges in Lithuania is a listing of higher education (third level education) institutions in Lithuania.
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List of works published posthumously
The following is a list of works that were published posthumously.
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Lithuania and the euro
Lithuania, as an EU member state, joined the eurozone by adopting the euro on 1 January 2015.
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Lithuania at the Olympics
Lithuania, after declaring restoration of independence in 1918, sent its athletes to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris for the first time.
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Lithuania men's national basketball team
The Lithuania men's national basketball team (Lietuvos nacionalinė vyrų krepšinio rinktinė) represents Lithuania in international basketball competitions.
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Lithuania men's national ice hockey team
The Lithuanian national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Lithuania.
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Lithuania–Taiwan relations
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, does not have official diplomatic relations with Lithuania, since Lithuania does not officially recognize the Republic of China and maintains a One-China Policy whereby it views the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate government representing China, including Taiwan.
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Lithuanian Air Force
The Lithuanian Air Force or LAF (Lietuvos karinės oro pajėgos, abbreviated as LK KOP) is the military aviation branch of the Lithuanian armed forces.
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Lithuanian Americans
Lithuanian Americans (Amerikos lietuviai) refers to American citizens and residents who are Lithuanian and were born in Lithuania, or are of Lithuanian descent.
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Lithuanian book smugglers
Lithuanian book smugglers or Lithuanian book carriers (knygnešiaĩ, singular: label) smuggled Lithuanian language books printed in the Latin alphabet into Lithuanian-speaking areas of the Russian Empire, defying a ban on such materials in force from 1864 to 1904.
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Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church
The Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church (Unitas Lithuaniae; Jednota Litewska; Lietuvos evangelikų reformatų bažnyčia) is a Calvinist denomination in Lithuania which uses a presbyterian polity.
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Lithuanian Land Forces
The Lithuanian Land Forces (LLF) form the backbone of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, capable of acting as an integral part of NATO forces.
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Lithuanian language
Lithuanian is an East Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.
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Lithuanian litas
The Lithuanian litas (ISO currency code LTL, symbolized as Lt; plural litai (nominative) or litų (genitive) was the currency of Lithuania, until 1 January 2015, when it was replaced by the euro. It was divided into 100 centų (genitive case; singular centas, nominative plural centai). The litas was first introduced on 2 October 1922 after World War I, when Lithuania declared independence, and was reintroduced on 25 June 1993 following a period of currency exchange from the Soviet ruble to the litas with the temporary talonas then in place.
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Lithuanian Military Police
The Lithuanian Military Police (Lietuvos karo policija) is a law enforcement agency operating within the national defence system of the Republic of Lithuania and is a part of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
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Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology
The Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology (Lietuvos etnokosmologijos muziejus) is a sky observatory and ethnocosmology museum in Kulionys village located about north of Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Lithuanian mythology
Lithuanian mythology (Lietuvių mitologija) is the mythology of Lithuanian polytheism, the religion of pre-Christian Lithuanians.
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Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces
The National Defence Volunteer Forces or NDVF (Krašto apsaugos savanorių pajėgos, previously) is a branch of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
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Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
Lithuanian National Drama Theatre (Lietuvos nacionalinis dramos teatras), located on Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius, is one of Lithuania's most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues and cultural institutions.
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Lithuanian National Museum of Art
Lithuanian National Museum of Art is the largest national museum in Lithuania collecting, restoring, and conserving art as well as historical objects of cultural value while presenting artefacts of national importance in an astonishing number of exhibition spaces located in the coastal cities and the capital.
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Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Theatre building Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (LNOBT) (Lietuvos nacionalinis operos ir baleto teatras), founded as Operos vaidykla, is an opera house and ballet theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Lithuanian National Radio and Television
Lithuanian National Radio and Television (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija) is a non-profit news network that has been providing regular radio services since 1926 and television broadcasts since 1957.
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Lithuanian Naval Force
The Lithuanian Navy (Lietuvos Karinės jūrų pajėgos) is the naval arm of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
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Lithuanian nobility
The Nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania or the Szlachta of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (bajorija, šlėkta, szlachta Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego) was historically a legally privileged hereditary elite class in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth (including during period of foreign rule 1795–1918) consisting of Lithuanians from Lithuania Proper; Samogitians from Duchy of Samogitia; following Lithuania's eastward expansion into what is now Belarus, Ukraine and Russia, many ethnically Ruthenian noble families (boyars); and, later on, predominantly Baltic German families from the Duchy of Livonia and Inflanty Voivodeship.
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Lithuanian partisans
Lithuanian partisans were partisans who waged guerrilla warfare in Lithuania against the Soviet Union in 1944–1953.
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Lithuanian press ban
The Lithuanian press ban (spaudos draudimas) was a ban on all Lithuanian language publications printed in the Latin alphabet in force from 1865 to 1904 within the Russian Empire, which controlled Lithuania proper at the time.
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Lithuanian Railways
Lithuanian Railways (Lietuvos geležinkeliai, abbr. LTG), is the national state-owned railway company of Lithuania.
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Lithuanian Riflemen's Union
The Lithuanian Riflemen's Union (LRU, Lietuvos šaulių sąjunga), also referred to as Šauliai (the Riflemen; from šaulys for rifleman), is a paramilitary non-profit organization supported by the Government of Lithuania, active in three main areas: military training, sport, and culture, but this differs between peace and wartime.
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Lithuanian Song and Dance Festival
The Lithuanian Song and Dance Festival, colloquially known also as the Song Celebration is a Lithuanian massive traditional song and dance festival.
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Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), also known as Soviet Lithuania or simply Lithuania, was de facto one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union between 1940–1941 and 1944–1990.
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Lithuanian Space Association
The Lithuanian Space Association (LSA; Lietuvos kosmoso asociacija, LKA) is a space organisation based in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Lithuanian Special Operations Force
The Lithuanian Special Operations Forces (LITHSOF) (Lietuvos Specialiųjų Operacijų Pajėgos) is a special operation unit of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, formed exclusively of carefully selected, motivated and specially trained professionals.
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Lithuanian State Border Guard Service
The State Border Guard Service or VSAT (Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnyba) is a border control institution under the Ministry of the Interior charged with controlling and maintaining the security of the Lithuanian borders on land, in the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon.
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Lithuanians
Lithuanians (lietuviai) are a Baltic ethnic group.
Lithuanization
Lithuanization (or Lithuanianization) is a process of cultural assimilation, where Lithuanian culture or its language is voluntarily or forcibly adopted.
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LitPol Link
LitPol Link is an electricity link between Poland and Lithuania which connects the Baltic transmission system to the synchronous grid of Continental Europe.
LitSat-1
LitSat-1 was one of the first two Lithuanian satellites (other one being Lituanica SAT-1).
LituanicaSAT-1
LituanicaSAT-1 was one of the first two Lithuanian satellites (other one being LitSat-1).
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LituanicaSAT-2
LituanicaSAT-2 is a 3U Lithuanian CubeSat satellite launched on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
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LNK (Lithuanian TV channel)
LNK is a commercial television channel operating in Lithuania.
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Louis Hjelmslev
Louis Trolle Hjelmslev (3 October 189930 May 1965) was a Danish linguist whose ideas formed the basis of the Copenhagen School of linguistics.
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LRT Radijas
LRT Radijas is the public-owned Lithuanian radio station.
Lrytas.lt
Lrytas.lt is one of the largest Lithuanian news portals with audience of 1 million visitors per month on the Internet and more than 300,000 visitors on mobile.
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.
Lynx
A lynx (lynx or lynxes) is any of the four extant species (the Canada lynx, Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx and the bobcat) within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.
M-1 (Lithuanian radio station)
M-1 is the first commercial radio station in Lithuania, broadcasting from the capital city of Vilnius.
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M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum
The M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum is a group of museums based in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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Mažeikiai
Mažeikiai (Samogitian: Mažeikē; Mažeiķi; Możejki) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River.
Maironis
Maironis (born Jonas Mačiulis,; – 28 June 1932) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and the greatest and most-known Lithuanian poet, especially of the period of the Lithuanian press ban.
Marcin Knackfus
Marcin Knackfus, was an architect, professor, and military captain from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Marija Gimbutas
Marija Gimbutas (Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutienė,; January 23, 1921 – February 2, 1994) was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Pontic Steppe.
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Marijampolė
Marijampolė (also known by several other names) is the capital of the Marijampolė County in the south of Lithuania, bordering Poland and Russian Kaliningrad Oblast, and Lake Vištytis.
Marijampolė County
Marijampolė County (Marijampolės apskritis) is one of the ten counties in Lithuania.
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Marijonas Mikutavičius
Marijus Mikutavičius (born 19 April 1971), known better as Marijonas Mikutavičius, is a Lithuanian singer, musician and songwriter, a television journalist, a comedian and a talk show host from Vilnius.
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Maritime boundary
A maritime boundary is a conceptual division of Earth's water surface areas using physiographical or geopolitical criteria.
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Martynas Mažvydas
Martynas Mažvydas (1510 – 21 May 1563) was a Protestant author who edited the first printed book in the Lithuanian language.
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Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
The Proclamation of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity was made by the Director-General of UNESCO starting in 2001 to raise awareness of intangible cultural heritage and encourage local communities to protect them and the local people who sustain these forms of cultural expressions.
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Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.
Mead
Mead, also called hydromel (particularly when low in alcohol content), is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey mixed with water, and sometimes with added ingredients such as fruits, spices, grains, or hops.
Mean
A mean is a numeric quantity representing the center of a collection of numbers and is intermediate to the extreme values of a set of numbers.
Median
The median of a set of numbers is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution.
Medieval studies
Medieval studies is the academic interdisciplinary study of the Middle Ages.
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Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.
Michał Pius Römer
Michał Pius Römer (later using the Lithuanian form Mykolas Römeris) (1880 in – 1945 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian-Polish lawyer, scientist and politician.
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Michelin Guide
The Michelin Guides are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900.
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Midus
Midus is a type of Lithuanian mead, an alcoholic beverage made of grain, honey and water.
Mikalojus Daukša
Mikalojus Daukša (other possible spellings include Mikalojus Daugsza, Mikołaj Dauksza and Mikolay Dowksza; after 1527 – 16 February 1613 in Medininkai) was a Lithuanian and Latin religious writer, translator and a Catholic church official.
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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (Mikołaj Konstanty Czurlanis; –) was a Lithuanian composer, painter, choirmaster, cultural figure, and writer in Polish.
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Mikołaj Hussowczyk
Mikołaj Hussowczyk (Mikola Husoŭski, Mikalojus Husovianas, Nicolaus Hussovianus).
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Military reserve force
A military reserve force is a military organization whose members (reservists) have military and civilian occupations.
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Mindaugas
Mindaugas (Myndowen, Mindowe, Mendog, Mindowh, Mendog; c. 1203 – 12 September 1263) was the first known grand duke of Lithuania and the only crowned king of Lithuania.
Ministry of Education and Science (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos švietimo, mokslo ir sporto ministerija) is a government department of the Republic of Lithuania.
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Ministry of Health (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministerija) is a government department of the Republic of Lithuania.
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Ministry of home affairs
The ministry of home affairs (also called ministry of internal affairs or ministry of interior) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement.
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Ministry of National Defence (Lithuania)
The Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos krašto apsaugos ministerija) is government institution in Lithuania responsible for the organization of national defence.
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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (born Mirga Gražinytė, 29 August 1986 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian conductor.
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Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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Mixed economy
A mixed economy is an economic system that accepts both private businesses and nationalized government services, like public utilities, safety, military, welfare, and education.
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Mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world.
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MO Museum
The MO Museum (MO muziejus) is a modern art museum in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Modern paganism
Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, spans a range of new religious movements variously influenced by the beliefs of pre-modern peoples across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East.
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Modern pentathlon
The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running.
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Molėtai Astronomical Observatory
The Molėtai Astronomical Observatory (MAO; Molėtų astronomijos observatorija in Lithuanian) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Vilnius University Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy.
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Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union with a secret protocol that partitioned between them or managed the sovereignty of the states in Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Romania.
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Monophony
In music, monophony is the simplest of musical textures, consisting of a melody (or "tune"), typically sung by a single singer or played by a single instrument player (e.g., a flute player) without accompanying harmony or chords.
Moose
The moose ('moose'; used in North America) or elk ('elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (Alces alces) is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus Alces.
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest. Lithuania and Mozambique are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Multistage rocket
A multistage rocket or step rocket is a launch vehicle that uses two or more rocket stages, each of which contains its own engines and propellant.
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Municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area.
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Municipalities of Lithuania
Lithuania is divided into three levels of administrative divisions.
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Mushroom
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source.
Music Information Centre Lithuania
Music Information Centre Lithuania (MICL) is a non-governmental and non-profit public institution devoted to the promotion of Lithuanian music culture at home and abroad.
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Mutual intelligibility
In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort.
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Name of Lithuania
The first known record of the name of Lithuania (Lietuva) recorded in the Quedlinburg Chronicle (Annales Quedlinburgenses, written between 1008 and 1030) in a 9 March 1009 story of Saint Bruno.
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National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
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National Cyber Security Centre of Lithuania
The National Cyber Security Centre of Lithuania is a government institution located in Vilnius, Lithuania that provides advice and support for the public and private sector in how to avoid computer security threats.
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National day
A national day is a day on which celebrations mark the statehood or nationhood of a state or its people.
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National Kaunas Drama Theatre
The National Kaunas Drama Theatre (NKDT), formerly Kaunas State Drama Theatre, is a theatre and theatre company in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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National Museum of Lithuania
The National Museum of Lithuania (Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus), established in 1952, is a state-sponsored historical museum that encompasses several significant structures and a wide collection of written materials and artifacts.
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National park
A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.
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National sport
A national sport is a physical activity or sport that is culturally significant or deeply embedded in a nation, serving as a national symbol and an intrinsic element to a nation's identity and culture.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.
NATO summit
A NATO summit is a summit meeting that is regarded as a periodic opportunity for heads of state and heads of government of NATO member countries to evaluate and provide strategic direction for Alliance activities.
Nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Neman
The Neman, Niemen or Nemunas is a river in Europe that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then forms the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave, which specifically follows its southern channel.
Nemunas Delta Regional Park
Nemunas Delta Regional Park, established in 1994, is located in Lithuania within the Nemunas Delta where the Nemunas flows into the Baltic Sea.
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Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.
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Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Neringa Municipality
Neringa or Neringa Municipality (Neringos savivaldybė) is a municipality of Klaipėda County in westernmost Lithuania, comprising several villages in the Curonian Spit.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. Lithuania and Netherlands are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the United Nations and OECD members.
Nida, Lithuania
Nida (Nidden, Kursenieki: Nīde) is a resort town in Lithuania, the administrative centre of Neringa municipality.
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Nitrate
Nitrate is a polyatomic ion with the chemical formula.
Nitrite
The nitrite ion has the chemical formula.
NordBalt
NordBalt (also formerly known as SwedLit) is a submarine power cable between Klaipėda in Lithuania and Nybro in Sweden.
Nordic Council
The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries.
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Nordic countries
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden) are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.
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Nordic Investment Bank
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is an international financial institution founded in 1975 by the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden).
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Nordic-Baltic Eight
Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) is a regional co-operation format that includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden.
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North European Plain
The North European Plain (Norddeutsches Tiefland – North German Plain; Mitteleuropäische Tiefebene; Nizina Środkowoeuropejska – Central European Plain; Nordeuropæiske Lavland and Noord-Europese Laagvlakte; French: Plaine d'Europe du Nord) is a geomorphological region in Europe that covers all or parts of Belgium, the Netherlands (i.e.
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Northern War of 1655–1660
The Northern War of 1655–1660, also known as the Second Northern War, First Northern War or Little Northern War, was fought between Sweden and its adversaries the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1655–60), the Tsardom of Russia (1656–58), Brandenburg-Prussia (1657–60), the Habsburg monarchy (1657–60) and Denmark–Norway (1657–58 and 1658–60).
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Norway
Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula. Lithuania and Norway are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the United Nations and OECD members.
November Uprising
The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
Official language
An official language is a language having certain rights to be used in defined situations.
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Old Believers
Old Believers or Old Ritualists are Eastern Orthodox Christians who maintain the liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church as they were before the reforms of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow between 1652 and 1666.
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Old Theatre of Vilnius
Old Theatre of Vilnius (Vilniaus senasis teatras), built in 1913 as Pohulanka Theatre and formerly known as Russian Drama Theatre of Lithuania (or Lithuanian Russian Dramatic Theatre) and other names, is a theatre in the Old Town of Vilnius.
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Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer.
Onutė Narbutaitė
Onutė Narbutaitė (born 12 June 1956, Vilnius) is a Lithuanian composer.
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Opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.
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Operation Interflex
Operation Interflex is the operational code name for the British-led multinational military operation to train and support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Order of the Polar Star
The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish: Kungliga Nordstjärneorden), sometimes translated as the Royal Order of the North Star, is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim.
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Order of Vytautas the Great
The Order of Vytautas the Great is the Lithuanian Presidential Award.
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Organic farming
Organic farming, also known as ecological farming or biological farming,Labelling, article 30 of is an agricultural system that uses fertilizers of organic origin such as compost manure, green manure, and bone meal and places emphasis on techniques such as crop rotation and companion planting.
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Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is a regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization comprising member states in Europe, North America, and Asia.
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Oscar Milosz
Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz Milosz (Oskaras Milašius) (28 May 1877 or 15 May 1877 – 2 March 1939) was a French language poet, playwright, novelist, essayist and representative of Lithuania at the League of Nations.
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Oskaras Koršunovas
Oskaras Koršunovas is a Lithuanian theatre director.
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Osvaldas Balakauskas
Osvaldas Jonas Balakauskas (born December 19, 1937, in Miliūnai) is a Lithuanian composer of classical music and diplomat.
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Outline of Lithuania
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Lithuania: Lithuania – sovereign country located in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
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Paganism
Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.
Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės valdovų rūmai Vilniaus žemutinėje pilyje; Zamek Dolny w Wilnie) is a palace in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Palanga
Palanga (Palonga; Połąga; Polangen) is a resort city in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea.
Palanga Amber Museum
The Palanga Amber Museum (Palangos gintaro muziejus), near the Baltic Sea in Palanga, Lithuania, is a branch of the Lithuanian Art Museum.
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Palanga International Airport
Palanga International Airport (Tarptautinis Palangos oro uostas) is a regional international airport located near the resort town Palanga at the Baltic Sea.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan is a British academic and trade publishing company headquartered in the London Borough of Camden.
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Panevėžys
Panevėžys is the fifth largest city in Lithuania and the eighth most populous city in the Baltic States.
Panevėžys County
Panevėžys County (Panevėžio apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania.
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Panevėžys urban area
The Panevėžys urban area (known in Lithuanian as: Panevėžio aglomeracija) is the urban area of Panevėžys.
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Partitions of Poland
The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 123 years.
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Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.
Penal labour
Penal labour is a term for various kinds of forced labour that prisoners are required to perform, typically manual labour.
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Personal union
A personal union is a combination of two or more monarchical states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct.
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Phonograph record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.
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Plungė
Plungė (Samogitian: Plongė; Płungiany) is a city in Lithuania with 17,252 inhabitants.
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. Lithuania and Poland are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Three Seas Initiative, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations, OECD members, republics and states and territories established in 1918.
Poles in Lithuania
The Poles of Lithuania (Polacy na Litwie, Lietuvos lenkai), also called Lithuanian Poles, estimated at 183,000 people in the Lithuanian census of 2021 or 6.5% of Lithuania's total population, are the country's largest ethnic minority.
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Polish language
Polish (język polski,, polszczyzna or simply polski) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group within the Indo-European language family written in the Latin script.
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Polish people
Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe.
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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
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Polskie Radio
The Polish Radio (PR; Polish: Polskie Radio, PR) is a national public-service radio broadcasting organization of Poland, founded in 1925.
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Polyphony
Polyphony is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice (monophony) or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).
Polytheism
Polytheism is the belief in or worship of more than one god.
Port
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers.
Port of Klaipėda
The Port of Klaipėda is a seaport located in Klaipėda, Lithuania.
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Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a term used to refer to a variety of artistic, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break with modernism.
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Potato
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world.
Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The presidency of the Council of the European Union is responsible for the functioning of the Council of the European Union, which is the co-legislator of the EU legislature alongside the European Parliament.
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President of Lithuania
The president of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidentas) is the head of state of the Republic of Lithuania.
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Prime Minister of Lithuania
The prime minister of Lithuania (Ministras Pirmininkas; "Minister-Chairman") is the head of government of Lithuania.
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Probabilistic number theory
In mathematics, Probabilistic number theory is a subfield of number theory, which explicitly uses probability to answer questions about the integers and integer-valued functions.
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Progressive tax
A progressive tax is a tax in which the tax rate increases as the taxable amount increases.
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Propaganda in the Soviet Union
Propaganda in the Soviet Union was the practice of state-directed communication aimed at promoting class conflict, proletarian internationalism, the goals of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the party itself.
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Proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to any type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
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Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family.
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Provincial Reconstruction Team
A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) was a unit introduced by the United States government, consisting of military officers, diplomats, and reconstruction subject matter experts, working to support reconstruction efforts in unstable states.
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Prussian Lithuanians
The Prussian Lithuanians, or Lietuvininkai (singular: Lietuvininkas, plural: Lietuvininkai), are Lithuanians, originally Lithuanian language speakers, who formerly inhabited a territory in northeastern East Prussia called Prussian Lithuania, or Lithuania Minor (Prūsų Lietuva, Mažoji Lietuva, Preußisch-Litauen, Kleinlitauen), instead of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and, later, the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuania Major, or Lithuania proper).
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Pyragas method
In the mathematics of chaotic dynamical systems, in the Pyragas method of stabilizing a periodic orbit, an appropriate continuous controlling signal is injected into the system, whose intensity is nearly zero as the system evolves close to the desired periodic orbit but increases when it drifts away from the desired orbit.
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Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas).
Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.
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Radiocentras (Lithuanian radio station)
Radiocentras is a commercial radio station in Lithuania, broadcasting from the capital city of Vilnius.
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Rail Baltica
Rail Baltica is an under-construction rail infrastructure project that is intended to integrate the Baltic states in the European rail network.
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Rail transport in Lithuania
Rail transport in Lithuania consists of freight shipments and passenger services.
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Rajneesh
Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 193119 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho, was an Indian godman, philosopher, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement.
Rapeseed
Rapeseed (Brassica napus subsp. napus), also known as rape and oilseed rape, is a bright-yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family), cultivated mainly for its oil-rich seed, which naturally contains appreciable amounts of erucic acid.
Rūta Meilutytė
Rūta Meilutytė (born 19 March 1997) is a Lithuanian swimmer.
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Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.
Reformation
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.
Regional park
A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government.
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Religion in Lithuania
According to the Lithuanian census of 2021, the predominant religion in Lithuania is Christianity, with the largest confession being that of the Catholic Church (about 74% of the population).
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Religion in the Soviet Union
Religion in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was dominated by the fact that it became the first state to have as one objective of its official ideology the elimination of existing religion, and the prevention of future implanting of religious belief, with the goal of establishing state atheism (gosateizm).
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Renewable energy
Renewable energy (or green energy) is energy from renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human timescale.
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Republics of the Soviet Union
The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics (r) were national-based administrative units of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
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Ribbon of Saint George
The ribbon of Saint George (also known as Saint George's ribbon, the Georgian ribbon; Georgiyevskaya lenta; and the Guards ribbon in Soviet context) is a Russian military symbol consisting of a black and orange bicolour pattern, with three black and two orange stripes.
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Riga
Riga is the capital, the primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as one of the most populous cities in the Baltic States.
Rimantas Stankevičius
Rimantas Antanas Stankevičius (26 July 1944 in Marijampolė, Lithuania – 9 September 1990 in Salgareda, Italy) was a Lithuanian test pilot and cosmonaut in the Soviet space shuttle Buran programme.
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Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Rocket
A rocket (from bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air.
Roe deer
The roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), also known as the roe, western roe deer, or European roe, is a species of deer.
Roko maršas
Roko maršas (The March of Rock) was a rock music festival, organized in various cities of Lithuania.
Romani people
The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani and colloquially known as the Roma (Rom), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle.
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Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe. Lithuania and Romania are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Three Seas Initiative, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations and republics.
Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.
Romuva (religion)
Romuva is a neo-pagan movement derived from the traditional mythology of the Lithuanians, attempting to reconstruct the religious rituals of the Lithuanians before their Christianization in 1387.
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Romuva Cinema
Romuva Cinema (Romuvos kino teatras) is the oldest still operational movie theater in Lithuania.
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Rowing (sport)
Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars.
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Rumšiškės
Rumšiškės is a Lithuanian town (population 1,700), situated east of Kaunas on the northern bank of Kaunas Reservoir.
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. Lithuania and Russia are countries in Europe and member states of the United Nations.
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
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Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.
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Russian language
Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.
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Russians
Russians (russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe.
Russians in Lithuania
Russians in Lithuania number about 146,000 people, according to the Lithuanian estimates of 2023, or 5.1% of the total population of Lithuania.
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Russification
Russification (rusifikatsiya), or Russianization, is a form of cultural assimilation in which non-Russians, whether involuntarily or voluntarily, give up their culture and language in favor of the Russian culture and the Russian language.
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Russo-Georgian War
The 2008 Russo-Georgian WarThe war is known by a variety of other names, including Five-Day War, August War and Russian invasion of Georgia.
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Russo-Ukrainian War
The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014.
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Ruta Sepetys
Ruta Sepetys (Rūta Šepetys; born November 19, 1967) is a Lithuanian-American writer of historical fiction.
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Ruthenia
Ruthenia is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin, as one of several terms for Kievan Rus'.
Rye
Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop.
Saint Casimir
Casimir Jagiellon (Casimirus; Kazimieras; Kazimierz; 3 October 1458 – 4 March 1484) was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Saint Jonas's Festival
Saint Jonas' Festival, also known as Rasos (Dew Holiday), Joninės, Kupolė, Midsummer Day or Saint John's Day) is a midsummer folk festival celebrated on 24 June all around Lithuania.
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Saint Petersburg–Warsaw railway
Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway (() (transliteration: Sankt-Peterburgo–Varshavskaya zheleznaya doroga)) is a long railway, built in the 19th century by the Russian Empire to connect Russia with Central Europe.
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Samogitian language
Samogitian (žemaitiu kalba or sometimes žemaitiu rokunda, žemaitiu šnekta or žemaitiu ruoda; žemaičių tarmė, žemaičių kalba), often considered a dialect of Lithuanian, is an Eastern Baltic language spoken primarily in Samogitia.
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Samogitians
Samogitians (Samogitian: žemaitē, žemaičiai, žemaiši) are the inhabitants of Samogitia, an ethnographic region of Lithuania.
Sarmatic mixed forests
The Sarmatic mixed forests constitute an ecoregion within the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature classification (ecoregion PA0436).
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Sathya Sai Baba
Sathya Sai Baba (born Ratnakaram Sathyanarayana Raju; 23 November 192624 April 2011) was an Indian guru and philanthropist.
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Schengen Agreement
The Schengen Agreement is a treaty which led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area, in which internal border checks have largely been abolished.
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Schengen Area
The Schengen Area is an area encompassing European countries that have officially abolished border controls at their mutual borders.
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Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Centre
The Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Centre (previously: Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute, Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras or MELC) is a Lithuanian publishing house that specializes in encyclopedias, reference works, and dictionaries.
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Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is an umbrella term used to group together the distinct but related technical disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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Search and rescue
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.
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Seimas
The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas), or simply the Seimas, is the unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Lithuania.
Semi-presidential republic
A semi-presidential republic, or dual executive republic, is a republic in which a president exists alongside a prime minister and a cabinet, with the latter two being responsible to the legislature of the state.
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Sentimentalism (literature)
As a literary mode, sentimentalism, the practice of being sentimental, and thus tending towards making emotions and feelings the basis of a person's actions and reactions, as opposed to reason,"sentimentalism, n.", Oxford English Dictionary has been a recurring aspect of world literature.
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Shooting sports
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, rifles and shotguns) and bows/crossbows.
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Simonas Daukantas
Simonas Daukantas (Szymon Dowkont; 28 October 1793 – 6 December 1864) was a Lithuanian/Samogitian historian, writer, and ethnographer.
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Simonas Stanevičius
Simonas Tadas Stanevičius (26 October 1799 in Kanopėnai near Viduklė – 10 March 1848 in Stemplės near Švėkšna) was a Lithuanian writer and an activist of the "Samogitian Revival", an early stage of the Lithuanian National Revival.
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Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. Lithuania and Singapore are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Skilandis
Skilandis or Kindziukas is a Lithuanian matured sausage made of meat, fat, salt, pepper and garlic.
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants.
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Slovakia
Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Lithuania and Slovakia are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Three Seas Initiative, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations, OECD members and republics.
Smuggling
Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations.
Snow Arena
The Snow Arena is an indoor ski slope in Druskininkai, Lithuania.
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija, LSDP) is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania.
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Solidarity (Polish trade union)
Solidarity („Solidarność”), full name Independent Self-Governing Trade Union "Solidarity" (Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy „Solidarność”, abbreviated NSZZ „Solidarność”), is a Polish trade union founded in August 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland.
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Solstice
A solstice is the time when the Sun reaches its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere.
Sovereignty
Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority.
Soviet Armed Forces
The Soviet Armed Forces, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922) and the Soviet Union (1922–1991) from their beginnings in the Russian Civil War of 1917–1923 to the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
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Soviet Army
The Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (Sovetskiye sukhoputnye voyska) was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992.
Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania
The Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania (Lietuvos ekonominė blokada) was imposed by the Soviet Union on Lithuania between 18 April and 2 July 1990.
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Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940)
The Soviet occupation of the Baltic states covers the period from the Soviet–Baltic mutual assistance pacts in 1939, to their invasion and annexation in 1940, to the mass deportations of 1941.
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Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts
Several Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts occurred after Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union on 11 March 1990.
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Soviet re-occupation of the Baltic states (1944)
The Soviet Union (USSR) occupied most of the territory of the Baltic states in its 1944 Baltic Offensive during World War II.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Spa town
A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring).
Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa. Lithuania and Spain are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations and OECD members.
Special forces
Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations.
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Sport of athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.
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Stabilizer (aeronautics)
An aircraft stabilizer is an aerodynamic surface, typically including one or more movable control surfaces, that provides longitudinal (pitch) and/or directional (yaw) stability and control.
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Standard-gauge railway
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.
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Stanislovas Rapolionis
Stanislovas Svetkus Rapolionis (Stanislaus Rapagel(l)anus, Stanislaus Lituanus, Stanisław Rafajłowicz; – May 13, 1545) was a Lutheran activist and Protestant reformer from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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State Data Agency
The State Data Agency of Lithuania (Valstybinė duomenų agentūra), known as the Department of Statistics of Lithuania (Lietuvos statistikos departamentas), officially the Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, until 2023, is an institution in Lithuania which is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and analysing statistics concerning the topics economy, society and environment, and governance regarding the state data.
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State of emergency
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens.
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Statehood Day (Lithuania)
Statehood Day or Coronation Day is an annual public holiday in Lithuania celebrated on July 6 to commemorate the coronation in 1253 of Mindaugas as the King of Lithuania.
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Statutes of Lithuania
The Statutes of Lithuania, originally known as the Statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, were a 16th-century codification of all the legislation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and its successor, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Sub-replacement fertility
Sub-replacement fertility is a total fertility rate (TFR) that (if sustained) leads to each new generation being less populous than the older, previous one in a given area.
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Sugar beet
A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and which is grown commercially for sugar production.
Suicide in Lithuania
Suicide in Lithuania has become a significant social issue in the country due to its high rate.
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Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas
The Supreme Council – Restoration Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (officially known as Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania), was the supreme governing body, elected in 1990.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Lithuania and Sweden are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the European Union, member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, member states of the United Nations and OECD members.
Swedish Empire
The Swedish Empire (stormaktstiden, "the Era as a Great Power") was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region.
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Swimming (sport)
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. Lithuania and Switzerland are countries in Europe, member states of the United Nations and OECD members.
Symphonic poem
A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music, usually in a single continuous movement, which illustrates or evokes the content of a poem, short story, novel, painting, landscape, or other (non-musical) source.
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Synchronous grid of Continental Europe
The synchronous grid of Continental Europe (also known as Continental Synchronous Area; formerly known as the UCTE grid) is the largest synchronous electrical grid (by connected power) in the world.
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Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and most populous city of Estonia.
Tauragė County
Tauragė County (Lithuanian: Tauragės apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania.
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Tauragnas
Tauragnas is the deepest lake in Lithuania reaching 62.5 metres of depth.
Tautiška giesmė
"Tautiška giesmė" (literally "The National Hymn") is the national anthem of Lithuania, also known by its opening words, "Lietuva, Tėvyne mūsų" (official translation of the lyrics: "Lithuania, Our Homeland", literally: "Lithuania, Our Fatherland"), and as "Lietuvos himnas" ("The National Anthem of Lithuania").
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Tbilisi
Tbilisi (თბილისი), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis, (tr) is the capital and largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of around 1.2 million people.
Telšiai County
Telšiai County (Telšių apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania.
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Telephone numbers in Lithuania
Lithuania uses an open telephone numbering plan with all phone numbers having nine digits, including the prefix "0", a 1–3 digit area code, and a 5–7 digit subscriber telephone number.
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Television channel
A television channel, or TV channel, is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Holocaust in Lithuania
The Holocaust in Lithuania resulted in the near total eradication of Lithuanian (Litvaks) and Polish Jews in Generalbezirk Litauen of the Reichskommissariat Ostland in the Nazi-controlled Lithuania.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Seasons (poem)
The Seasons (Metai) is the first Lithuanian poem written by Kristijonas Donelaitis around 1765–1775.
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The World Factbook
The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.
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Theodor Grotthuss
Freiherr Christian Johann Dietrich Theodor von Grotthuss (20 January 1785 – 26 March 1822) was a Baltic German scientist known for establishing the first theory of electrolysis in 1806 and formulating the first law of photochemistry in 1817.
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman.
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Total fertility rate
The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, if they were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through their lifetime, and they were to live from birth until the end of their reproductive life.
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Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
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Trial of Neumann and Sass
The trial of Neumann and Sass (Noimano-Zaso teismo procesas; Neumann-Sass-Kriegsgerichtsprozess), also known as the Kaunas Trials, was among the largest mass trials of Nazis in the early 1930s.
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Turán–Kubilius inequality
The Turán–Kubilius inequality is a mathematical theorem in probabilistic number theory.
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TV3 (Lithuanian TV channel)
TV3 Lithuania (TV trys) is a Lithuanian free-to-air television channel that was launched on 11 April 1993.
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TV6 (Lithuanian TV channel)
TV6 is a Lithuanian terrestrial, satellite and cable television channel owned by the media company TV3 Group.
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UBS
UBS Group AG is a multinational investment bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland.
Ukmergė
Ukmergė (previously Vilkmergė; Wiłkomierz) is a city in Vilnius County, Lithuania, located northwest of Vilnius, with a population of about 20,000.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. Lithuania and Ukraine are countries in Europe, member states of the United Nations and republics.
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian (label) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in Ukraine.
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Ukrainians
Ukrainians (ukraintsi) are a civic nation and an ethnic group native to Ukraine.
Ukrainians in Lithuania
The Ukrainians in Lithuania (Ukraintsi; Ukrainiečiai) numbered 14,168 persons at the 2021 Lithuanian census, and at 0.5% of the total population of Lithuania (approximately 2,810,761).
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
Unicameralism
Unicameralism (from uni- "one" + Latin camera "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one.
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Union of Kėdainiai
The Union of Kėdainiai or Agreement of Kėdainiai (Lithuanian: Kėdainių unija, Swedish: Kėdainiai förbund) was an agreement between magnates of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the king of the Swedish Empire, Charles X Gustav, that was signed on 20 October 1655, during the Swedish Deluge of the Second Northern War.
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Union of Krewo
In a strict sense, the Union of Krewo or Act of Krėva (also spelled Union of Krevo, Act of Kreva; unia w Krewie; Krėvos sutartis.) comprised a set of prenuptial promises made at Kreva Castle on 14 August 1385 by Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, in regard to his prospective marriage to the underage reigning Queen Jadwiga of Poland.
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Union of Lublin
The Union of Lublin (Unia lubelska; Liublino unija) was signed on 1 July 1569 in Lublin, Poland, and created a single state, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the largest countries in Europe at the time.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. Lithuania and United Kingdom are countries in Europe, member states of NATO, member states of the United Nations and OECD members.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. Lithuania and United States are member states of NATO and member states of the United Nations.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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University of Cologne
The University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany.
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Urbanization
Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.
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Utena
Utena (Utenen) is a city in north-east Lithuania.
Utena County
Utena County (Utenos Apskritis) is one of ten counties in Lithuania.
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Valdas Adamkus
Valdas Adamkus (born Voldemaras Adamkavičius; 3 November 1926) is a Lithuanian politician, diplomat and civil engineer who served as the fifth and seventh president of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009.
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Vasily Seseman
Vasily Seseman (several other latinizations of his name exist, Vosylius Sezemanas, Василий Эмильевич Сеземан) (11 June 1884, Vyborg — 23 March 1963, Vilnius) was a Russian and Lithuanian philosopher, a representative of Marburg school of neo-Kantianism.
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Veneration of the dead
The veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased.
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Verslo žinios
Verslo žinios (English: Business news) is a leading Lithuanian business newspaper and internet portal published in Vilnius since 1995 and online since 2000.
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Vištytis (lake)
Lake Vištytis is a lake on the border between Lithuania (Vilkaviškis district) and Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast), near the tripoint with Poland.
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Vidmantas Bartulis
Vidmantas Bartulis (3 April 1954 – 30 January 2020) was a Lithuanian composer, and a recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize (1998).
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Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (born 6 August 1983) is a Lithuanian politician and chess player who is currently the speaker of the Seimas.
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Vilnius
Vilnius, previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous city in the Baltic states.
Vilnius Airport
Vilnius International Airport (Vilniaus oro uostas) is the airport of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.
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Vilnius Book Fair
Vilnius book fair is the largest annual book fair in the Baltic states, held in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.
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Vilnius City Opera
Vilnius City Opera is an opera company that started in 2006 when a team of independent artists joined forces in staging Giacomo Puccini's La bohème.
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Vilnius County
Vilnius County (Vilniaus apskritis) is the largest of the 10 counties of Lithuania, located in the east of the country around the city Vilnius and is also known as Capital Region or Sostinės regionas by the Lithuanian statistics department and Eurostat.
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Vilnius District Municipality
Vilnius District Municipality (Vilniaus rajono savivaldybė) is one of the 60 municipalities in Lithuania.
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Vilnius International Film Festival
The Vilnius International Film Festival (VIFF) Kino pavasaris is a film festival held annually in March in Vilnius, Lithuania since 1995, and is the largest film festival in the nation in number of films and audience.
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Vilnius Jazz Festival
The Vilnius Jazz Festival is a jazz festival held in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Vilnius Marathon
The Rimi Vilnius Marathon is an annual road marathon event, held in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Vilnius Old Town
The Old Town of Vilnius (Vilniaus senamiestis), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres).
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Vilnius photometric system
Vilnius photometric system is a medium-band seven-colour photometric system (UPXYZVS), created in 1963 by Vytautas Straižys and his coworkers.
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Vilnius Region
Vilnius Region is the territory in present-day Lithuania and Belarus that was originally inhabited by ethnic Baltic tribes and was a part of Lithuania proper, but came under East Slavic and Polish cultural influences over time.
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Vilnius University
Vilnius University (Lithuanian: Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher education institutions in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Vilnius urban area
The Vilnius urban area (known in Lithuanian as: Vilniaus aglomeracija) is the urban area of Vilnius.
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Vingis Park
Vingis Park (Vingio parkas) is the largest park in Vilnius, Lithuania, covering.
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (traditional dates 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.
Virgilijus Alekna
Virgilijus Alekna (13 February 1972) is a Lithuanian former discus thrower and politician.
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Virginijus Šikšnys
Virginijus Šikšnys (born 26 January 1956) is a Lithuanian biochemist and a professor at Vilnius University.
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Visaginas Municipality
The Visaginas Municipality (Visagino savivaldybė) is one of the 60 municipalities of Lithuania, situated in the north-east of the country.
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Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant
Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant was a planned nuclear power plant project in Lithuania.
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Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija
The Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija or VLE is a 25-volume universal Lithuanian-language encyclopedia published by the Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute from 2001 to 2014.
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia.
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Vladimir Toporov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Toporov (Влади́мир Никола́евич Топоро́в; 5 July 1928 in Moscow5 December 2005 in Moscow) was a leading Russian philologist associated with the Tartu-Moscow semiotic school.
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Vytautas
Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great (Lithuanian:, Вітаўт, Vitaŭt, Witold Kiejstutowicz, Witold Aleksander or Witold Wielki, Вітовт (Vitovt), Ruthenian: Витовт (Vitovt), Latin: Alexander Vitoldus, Old German: Wythaws or Wythawt) from the late 14th century onwards, was a ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Vytautas Andrius Graičiūnas
Vytautas Andrius Graičiūnas (August 17, 1898 in Chicago – January 9, 1952 in Olzheras, Siberia) was a Lithuanian American management theorist, management consultant, and engineer, and was a known expert in his field.
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Vytautas Kernagis
Vytautas Kernagis (May 19, 1951 – March 15, 2008) was a Lithuanian singer-songwriter, bard, actor, director, and television announcer.
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Vytautas Mačernis
Vytautas Mačernis (5 June 1921 – 7 October 1944) was a Lithuanian poet.
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Vytautas Magnus University
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) (Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, VDU) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy
Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy (VMU Agriculture Academy) is a state institution of higher education and research in Lithuania.
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Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy
Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy (Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Švietimo akademija or VDU ŠA) – an academical unit of Vytautas Magnus University, which specialized in preparing school teachers and other educators.
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Vytautas Straižys
Vytautas Straižys (20 August 1936 – 19 December 2021) was a Lithuanian astronomer.
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Vytautas the Great War Museum
The Vytautas the Great War Museum (Vytauto Didžiojo karo muziejus) is a museum in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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War crime
A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostages, unnecessarily destroying civilian property, deception by perfidy, wartime sexual violence, pillaging, and for any individual that is part of the command structure who orders any attempt to committing mass killings including genocide or ethnic cleansing, the granting of no quarter despite surrender, the conscription of children in the military and flouting the legal distinctions of proportionality and military necessity.
War in Donbas
The war in Donbas, or Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
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Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.
Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV of Poland (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Sweden and Russia.
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Wild boar
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania.
Wiley-VCH
Wiley-VCH is a German publisher owned by John Wiley & Sons.
Winfred P. Lehmann
Winfred Philip Lehmann (June 23, 1916August 1, 2007) was an American linguist who specialized in historical, Germanic, and Indo-European linguistics.
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Winter sports
Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice.
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Wolf
The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America.
Women's suffrage
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections.
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World Athletics Championships
The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations).
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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
World Bank high-income economy
A high-income economy is defined by the World Bank as a country with a gross national income per capita of US$14,005 or more in 2023, calculated using the Atlas method.
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World Happiness Report
The World Happiness Report is a publication that contains articles and rankings of national happiness, based on respondent ratings of their own lives, which the report also correlates with various (quality of) life factors.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is an international strongman competition held every year.
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Wrestling
Wrestling is a martial art and combat sport that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset.
Y chromosome
The Y chromosome is one of two sex chromosomes in therian mammals and other organisms.
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Yiddish
Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish or idish,,; ייִדיש-טײַטש, historically also Yidish-Taytsh) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.
YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
Zarasai District Municipality
Zarasai District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.
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Zervynos
Zervynos is an ethnographic village in the Varėna district, Lithuania.
.eu
.eu is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the European Union (EU).
.lt
.lt is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Lithuania.
15min
15min is one of the largest news websites in Lithuania, attracting over one million unique users per month.
1992 Lithuanian presidency referendum
A referendum on the presidency was held in Lithuania on 23 May 1992.
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2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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2001 Lithuanian census
The 2001 Lithuania Census was carried out during April 6 - April 16 by the Lithuanian Department of Statistics.
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2004 enlargement of the European Union
The largest enlargement of the European Union (EU), in terms of number of states and population, took place on 1 May 2004.
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2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 2004), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (label) and officially branded as Athens 2004 (Αθήνα 2004), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
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2007–2008 financial crisis
The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.
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2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and officially branded as Beijing 2008, were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.
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2012 Lithuanian nuclear power referendum
An advisory referendum on the construction of a new nuclear power station was held in Lithuania on 14 October 2012, alongside parliamentary elections.
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2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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2018 IIHF World Championship Division I
The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
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2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania
The 2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania was held on 26 May 2019 to elect delegation from Lithuania to the European Parliament.
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2019 Lithuanian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 12 May 2019, with a second round held on 26 May 2019.
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2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
The 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, code-named Operation Peace Spring (Barış Pınarı Harekâtı) by Turkey, was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and the Syrian National Army (SNA) against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and later Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northern Syria.
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2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 11 and 25 October 2020 to elect the 141 members of the Seimas.
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2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
The 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
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2021 Lithuanian census
The 2021 Lithuania Census was the first census in Lithuania carried out electronically.
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2023 Vilnius summit
The 2023 Vilnius summit was the 32nd formal meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the thirty-one members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), their partner countries, and the European Union, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 11–12 July 2023.
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21st meridian east
The meridian 21° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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2420 Čiurlionis
2420 Čiurlionis, provisionally designated, is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter.
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27th meridian east
The meridian 27° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways
Railways with a railway track gauge of first appeared in the United Kingdom and the United States.
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53rd parallel north
The 53rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 53 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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57th parallel north
The 57th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 57 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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See also
Member states of NATO
- Albania
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Canada and NATO
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- Finland and NATO
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Italy
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Member states of NATO
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- North Macedonia and NATO
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Romania and NATO
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Sweden and NATO
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
Member states of the European Union
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Danish Realm
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Latvia
- List of European Union member states by political system
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Member state of the European Union
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
Member states of the Three Seas Initiative
- Austria
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Hungary
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
Member states of the Union for the Mediterranean
- Albania
- Algeria
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Israel
- Italy
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Tunisia
- Turkey
OECD members
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Italy
- Japan
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of Ireland
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
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