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1 day ago · Nausėda and Šimonytė support increasing defence spending to at least 3% of Lithuania’s GDP, higher than the expected 2024 average in the EU of 2%, and a fraction of the estimated 30% of GDP ...
6 days ago · Alytus – a city within a park. Alytus is called one of the greenest cities in Lithuania or a city within a park because parks and forests encircle it. “This city stands in an area with great recreational potential. Natural diversity makes the city attractive to the locals and guests. The area of Alytus, including bodies of water and forests ...
1 day ago · The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, [5] succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, [6] when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania. The state was founded by Lithuanians, who were at the time a polytheistic nation ...
5 days ago · The main religious denomination is Roman Catholic, like in Poland - and unlike in the other two Baltic republics, which are predominantly Lutheran. For over two centuries prior to 1795, Poland and Lithuania were in effect one country, and most of the present territory of Lithuania was annexed by Russia in the course of the third partition of ...
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1 day ago · VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanians are casting votes in a presidential election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears about Moscow’s intentions, particularly in the strategically important Baltic region. The popular incumbent, Gitanas Nausėda, is favored to win another five-year ...
3 days ago · Europeans are the focus of European ethnology, the field of anthropology related to the various ethnic groups that reside in the states of Europe. Groups may be defined by common genetic ancestry, common language, common faith, etc. The total number of national minority populations in Europe is estimated at 105 million people, or 14% of 770 ...
5 days ago · Belarus. Belarus, landlocked country of eastern Europe. Until it became independent in 1991, Belarus, formerly known as Belorussia or White Russia, was the smallest of the three Slavic republics included in the Soviet Union (the larger two being Russia and Ukraine ). Belarus. While Belarusians share a distinct ethnic identity and language, they ...
