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Maj. Gen. Almantas Leika, Lithuanian Land Forces commander (right), speaks with Lithuanian soldiers, Apr. 20, 2016, about training the Ukrainian army during his visit to the International Peacekeeping and Security Center. The Lithuanian Land Forces are part of the multinational training effort to increase Ukraine’s capacity for self-defense. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Russell M. Gordon, 10th Press Camp Headquarters)
Lithuanian Soldiers serving in Afghanistan with the Ghor Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) conducting an air mobile patrol around the Ghor Dolaina (Do Lainah) in the area using United States Army CH-47 Chinook Helicopters – 11th April 2012
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 15, 2021. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis signs the guest book before his meeting with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on September 15, 2021. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]
Vilnius University; the oldest university in the Baltic states and one of the oldest in Northern Europe, founded in 1579 as the Jesuit Academy.
Vilnius
Bizarre, beautiful and bewitching, Lithuania's capital seduces visitors with its astonishing Old Town charm. Its chocolate-box baroque skyline littered with the spires of Orthodox and Catholic churches are intoxicating, decadent and fragile - so much so that Unesco has declared this, Europe's largest baroque old town, a World Heritage site. But there's more to this devilishly attractive capital than meets the eye. There is an underlying oddness that creates its soul.
Where else could there be the world's only statue of psychedelic musician and composer Frank Zappa? Or a self-proclaimed, unofficial, independent republic inhabited by artists and dreaming bohemians? Where else is there the spirit of freedom and resistance that existed during Soviet occupation? There are reminders of loss and pain everywhere, from the horror of the KGB's torture cells to the ghetto in the centre of all this beauty where the Jewish community lived before their mass wartime slaughter.
Strange bars glow inside dark courtyards and medieval archways frame the life of the narrow, cobbled streets through which change has swept with panache. Using foreign cash and local vision, this stylish little city has big plans. But new business and infrastructure - even a skyscraper skyline - won't disguise the curious charm of eccentric, soulful Vilnius.
The NATO Permanent Representative for the United Kingdom, Adam Thomson and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevicius with the NATO Permanent Representative for Poland, Jacek Najder
Lithuania is located in Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia, comprising of 65,200 sq km. It has a population of 3,596,617 (2005). Major environmental concerns are: contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases.
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