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
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• Lithuania Page of the Institute of  East Central Europe at Columbia University
• Lithuania Page of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University
• Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web Directory sponsored by the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, Japan
• Lithuania Online A collection of links to sites having to do with Lithuania
• Travel Information Travel to Lithuania with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and Language

• Silicon Lights Online journal dedicated to the arts and free speech (some sections in English)
• Lithuanian Folk Culture Center Online books and articles on folk culture. Links to other Lithuanian organizations
• 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
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Lithuanian Service
• 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)
• Baltic Language online dictionaries
• 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
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

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.