Lithuania is an Eastern European country with a coastline at the Baltic Sea in the west. It is the largest, and most populous of the three Baltic States.
Initially, Lithuania came under the rule of Russian Empire. As World War I neared its end, Lithuania’s Act of Independence was signed on 16th February 1918, declaring the founding of the modern Republic of Lithuania. In the midst of the Second World War, Lithuania was first occupied by the Soviet Union and then by Nazi Germany. As World War II neared its end and the Germans retreated, the Soviet Union reoccupied Lithuania.
The Lithuanian independence movement re-emerged in 1988. On 11th March 1990, a year before the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union, Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to declare itself independent.
Lithuania is a member of the European Union. Its capital city is Vilnius. The official language is Lithuanian. The currency used is the Euro.
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