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LITHUANIA

GEOGRAPHY: The largest and most populous of the Baltic states, Lithuania has around 99 kilometres (61.5 mi) of
sandy coastline, of which only about 38 kilometres (24 mi) faces the open Baltic Sea. Lithuanian landscape is glacially
flat, except for morainic hills in the western uplands and eastern highlands that are no higher than 300 metres (1,000
ft), with the highest point being found at Juozapinės at 292 metres (958 ft). According to some geographers,
Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, lies a few kilometres south of the geographical centre of Europe.
POLITICS: The Lithuanian head of state is the president, elected directly for a five-year term, maximum two terms
consecutively. The president also functions as the commander-in-chief and oversees foreign and security policy. The
president, on the approval of the parliament (Seimas), also appoints the prime minister and on the latter's nomination,
appoints the rest of the cabinet, as well as a number of other top civil servants and the judges for all courts. Judges of
the Constitutional Court (Konstitucinis Teismas), who serve for nine year terms, are appointed by the President (three
judges), the Chairman of the Seimas (three judges) and the chairman of the Supreme Court (three judges).
HISTORY: Lithuania joined the United Nations on September 17, 1991. On May 31, 2001, Lithuania became the 141st
member of the World Trade Organization. Since 1988, Lithuania has sought closer ties with the West, and so on
January 4, 1994, it became the first of the Baltic States to apply for NATO membership.
CAPITAL CITY: Vilnius

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