Country Profiles: Lithuania

Republic of Lithuania -- Lietuvos Respublika

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Lithuania Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Lithuania: CIA World Factbook
• U.S. Embassy in Vilnius
• Embassy of Lithuania in Washington, D.C.
• President of Lithuania
• The Parliament of Lithuania
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Lithuania Country page contains U.N. related info, as well as other links about the country
• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Lithuania Country Page Information about Lithuania and USAID programs
• Lithuania and the IMF The IMF's Lithuania Country Page with links to articles
• Soros National Foundations Central and Eastern European Page

Internet Resources: General

• Lithuania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• The Lithuanian Home Page Lithuania's homepage with searchable index
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• The East Central European Center at Columbia University
• The Harriman Institute at Columbia University
• Lithuania Online A collection of links to sites having to do with Lithuania

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and Language

• Lithuanian Art Museum
• Lithuanian Folk Culture Center 
• Lithuanian Poetry Lithuanian poetry translated into English

Online News Sites and Servers

• Lithuanian News Agency Daily and archived news in English, Lithuanian, and Russian
• Lietuvos Rytas Lithuania's largest daily newspaper online (in Lithuanian only)
• The Baltic News Service Online news in English about the Baltic countries
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Lithuanian Language Study

• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• The Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI)
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• Vilnius University Vilnius University homepage, with library database
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• Social Science Research Council Fellowship and program information in Soviet Successor States
• ACTR/ACCELS For fellowships and exchange programs in Central and East Europe, Russia and NIS

The Republic of Lithuania is a republic in Northeastern Europe. One of the three Baltic States along the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with fellow Baltic State Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland to the south, and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia to the southwest.