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Exclussive country with glorious as well as painfull history, beautiful landscape and rich heritage.

The official language is Lithuanian, one of two remaining languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European languages. It is common to sanscrit and seems to be one of the oldest in the world.

Lithuania was the last country on the European map, that took Christianity. The last lands of Lithuania were turned to the new religion only in 15th century. So old traditions of pagan religion still can be found in fairy tales, songs, folklore, habits, burial mounds. The woods, saint oaks and stones still remain the old times.

At its greatest extent, in the 15th century, it was the largest state in Europe. It was a multi-ethnic and multiconfessional state, with great diversity in languages, religion, and cultural heritage. The consolidation of the Lithuanian lands began in the late 13th century. Unfortunately, from high rise, high fall came at the end of 18th century, when Lithuania gone from the map at all.

The independence was restored in 1918 February 16th , but was lost again after the WWII. Lithuania was forced to become a part of SSSR. The resistance against soviet aggression lasted untill 1953 – almost 10 years, washed by blood of sons and daughters of Lithuania. In 1990 March 11th  the independance was restored again. In 2004 Lithuania became the member of European Union and NATO.

In our days the laser industry is one of the high-tech fields in which Lithuania is a firm leader in the world. This industry is mainly focused on the production of equipment and devices for scientific research, and is ahead of other traditional areas of production. It is proud of the quality of the internet and the coverage.

Basketball, swimmers and Dakar Rally riders make the name of Lithuania well known in the world.