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Wed, 15 Feb 2012, Lietuva in brief - 2012-02-16…

The roots of this phenomenon lie in the fact that people in Lithuania tend to vote against rather than in favor of someone. Such practice should be eliminated and then perhaps on the eve of 30th anniversary of independence we will be more mature about the democratic processes. And marking our 100th anniversary of independence restoration, we will be able to pinpoint our choice: why voted in favor of that or another person or party, preventing any disappointment which would usually follow,” he said on the radio Ziniu Radijas.

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis and Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Mi…

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LITHUANIA is a state in Northern Europe which has borders with Latvia, Russia, Poland and Belarus. Across the Baltic Sea lies Sweden and Denmark. Lithuania covers around 65 thousands square kilometers. The only official language in Lithuania is Lithuanian. Lithuania as a state is a parliamentary republic with internal division of 60 municipalities. The capital of Lithuania is Vilnius. Lithuania is a member of NATO, and the European Union and the Council of Europe. In 2009, Vilnius was the European Capital of Culture and Lithuania celebrated the millennium of its name.