Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. Lithuania is considered to be one of the Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.8 million people as of 2019, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians are Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.
Lithuania is a country on the south-eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, a member of the United Nations Organisation, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the World Trade Organisation. Currently, Lithuania maintains diplomatic relations with 182 states Lithuania became a member of the United Nations on 18 September 1991, and is a signatory to a number of its organizations and other international agreements. It is also a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO and its adjunct North Atlantic Coordinating Council, the Council of Europe, and the European Union. Lithuania gained membership in the World Trade Organization on 31 May 2001.
Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 19 times since its debut in 1994, where Ovidijus Vyšniauskas finished last, receiving nul points. Lithuania withdrew from the contest, not returning until 1999. LT United's sixth place in 2006 with the song "We Are the Winners" is Lithuania's best result in the contest. The country reached the top ten for a second time in 2016, when Donny Montell finished ninth with "I've Been Waiting for This Night".
The Lithuania men's national basketball team participates in FIBA's competitions. Despite Lithuania's small size, with a population of just almost 2.8 million, the country's devotion to basketball has made them a traditional force of the sport in Europe.
Žalgiris Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. The arena is located on an island of the Nemunas River. It is the largest indoor arena in the Baltics. The arena's maximum possible seating capacity for basketball games is 15,552, and 20,000 spectators for concerts. The Žalgiris Arena replaced the Kaunas Sports Hall as a major venue in the city.
Vilija Pilibaitytė, better known by her stage name Mia, is a Lithuanian singer, songwriter, and television host.
Artūras Milaknis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Basketball League and the EuroLeague. Standing at 1.95 m, he is able to play both the shooting guard and small forward positions.
Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Lithuanian entry was selected through a national final, that consisted of heats, semi-finals and a final, organised by the Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT). Andrius Pojavis represented Lithuania with the song "Something", which placed 22nd and scored 17 points in the final.
Gediminas Orelik is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He primarily plays at the small forward position, but he can also play power forward if needed.
Vaidas Jacob Baumila is a Lithuanian singer and actor. He represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Monika Linkytė with the song "This Time".
Leon Somov & Jazzu was a Lithuanian electronica band. The group were made up of Leonas Somovas, also known as Leon Somov, and Justė Arlauskaitė, also known as Jazzu.
Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "This Time", written by Vytautas Bikus and Monika Liubinaitė. The song was performed by Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila. Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. The national selection involved artists competing independently from their songs with separate selections running concurrently to choose the winning artist and song. "This Time" was selected as the winning song from a field of twelve competing songs. Three artists qualified to perform the winning song in the final round of the selection: Mia, Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila. While Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila entered the competition performing as solo acts, they joined forces as a duet for the final artist selection and were subsequently selected as the performers for "This Time".
"This Time" is the name of the song that represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila were selected to sing the song on 21 February 2015.
Lithuania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "I've Been Waiting for This Night" written by Jonas Thander and Beatrice Robertsson. The song was performed by Donny Montell, who previously represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Love is Blind", placing fourteenth in the final. The Lithuanian broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) organised the national final "Eurovizijos" dainų konkurso nacionalinė atranka in order to select the Lithuanian entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. The national final took place over ten weeks and involved 28 artists initially competing in two different competitive streams: artists that applied with a song and artists that were matched with a song from the song submissions LRT received because they did not have a song. The results of each show were determined by the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public vote. In the final, six artists and songs remained and "I've Been Waiting For This Night" performed by Donny Montell was selected as the winner.
Garbanotas is a Lithuanian neo-psychedelia rock and indie folk rock band which started playing in 2008. The band consists of four members, vocalist Šarūnas Joneikis, guitarist Mantas Joneikis, Bassist Kipras Pugačiukas and drummer Mantas Augustaitis. Their first EP album, Venera, was released in 2012. Their first album, Above Us, was released in 2015 on Pappa Goose Records. In 2016 the band won the Best Alternative Act in the Lithuanian M.A.M.A. awards. Garbanotas mainly perform in their homeland Lithuania but also toured around the Baltic states and Europe. Their next album “Room For You” was released on the 7th of December 2017 with two singles “Last Summer’s Day” and “Long Ago Far Away”. After a year of touring and playing live across Lithuania and Europe, Garbanotas announced the release of their fourth full length album “Paskutinė Saulė”, at the start of November 2018. Also, unexpectedly Garbanotas changed their name overnight on all social media platforms from “Garbanotas Bosistas” to “Garbanotas”. Their fourth album was released on the 3rd of December 2018 which consists of only Lithuanian songs. The cover art of the album “Paskutine Saulė” was designed by the band’s lead vocalist Šarukas Joneikis.
"Po dangum" is a song recorded by Lithuanian recording artist Monika Linkytė. It was written and produced by Leon Somov and Jazzu for her debut studio album Walk With Me (2015). It is most-watched song in Lithuanian language on YouTube platform, as of March 2018 it has more than 18 million views.
Jurijus Veklenko, also simply known as Jurijus, is a Lithuanian singer.
