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Timeline
May 1, 2004
Lithuania joins EU.
March 29, 2004
Lithuania joins NATO.
March 11, 1990
Lithuania had declared its independence. Lithuania was the 1st soviet republic who have done it.
1944
Soviet Union re-occupied Baltic States including Lithuania during the World War II.
June 22, 1941
The German Army invaded Lithuania.
August 3, 1940
Lithuania was incorporated into the Soviet Union.
1920
Poland occupied Vilnius region of Lithuania.
February 16, 1918
The Council of Lithuania declared Lithuania's independence.
1915
Lithuanian territory was occupied by Germany from 1915 until the war ended in November 1918.
September 6, 1865
Lithuanian language as well as use of Latin alphabet were prohibited in public publications, only Lithuanian-language publications that used Cyrillic were allowed and even encouraged.
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By FRANK BAJAK
November 16, 2021
AP NEWS
BOSTON (AP) -- Cybersecurity researchers say they have uncovered evidence that Belarus is involved in a hybrid hacking/disinformation campaign against Eastern European NATO members since 2016 that aimed to sow discord in the military alliance, steal confidential information and spy on dissidents.
October 1, 2021
The Economic Times
In the battlefield of geopolitics, Lithuania versus China is hardly a fair fight -- a tiny Baltic nation with fewer than 3 million people against a rising superpower with 1.4 billion. Lithuanias military has no tanks or fighter jets, and its economy is 270 times smaller than Chinas.
Andrew Higgins
September 30, 2021
www.nytimes.com
Lithuania has enraged China by advising officials to scrap Chinese phones that it says contains censorship software, while cozying up to Taiwan and quitting a Chinese-led regional forum.
Reuters
September 28, 2021
CTVNews
Lithuania's Defence Ministry is drafting legislation to ban state institutions from purchasing 'untrustworthy' equipment, after finding a censoring feature in a Chinese smartphone company's flagship phone, Margiris Abukevicius, deputy minister at the Defence Ministry said.
By LIUDAS DAPKUS
September 22, 2021
AP NEWS
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) -- Lithuanian cybersecurity experts are urging the country's government agencies to abandon the use of Chinese-made smartphones after an investigation identified security vulnerabilities and censorship concerns with certain devices.
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Founded Date
February 16, 1918
Official Name
Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika)
Geoname ID
597427
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