Lithuania is the largest and most southerly of the three Baltic republics.
Not much more than a decade after it regained its independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990, Lithuania joined Nato and then the EU in 2004.
Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave hosts the headquarters of the Russian Navy’s Baltic Fleet, and shares a major border with Lithuania.
REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA: FACTS
- Capital: Vilnius
- Area: 65,300 sq km
- Population: 2.8 million
- Languages: Lithuanian
- Life expectancy: 70 years (men) 80 years (women)
LEADERS
President: Gitanas Nausėda
Image source, Lithuanian Presidency
Incumbent Gitanas Nausėda…
