Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR in 1940. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently restructured its economy for integration into Western European institutions; it joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004. To be updated
May 6th 2008Europe » Lithuania » Klaipeda Hola después de 15 días tengo otra historia que contar, bueno por aquí también se celebra el día del trabajo entonces desde el 1 hasta 4 tuvimos libre y quería aprovechar el tiempo para conocer algo n ... 36 photos[full story]
April 21st 2008Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius » Trakai From Latvia I moved south to Lithuania, first stop was Vilnius. I found Vilnius to be a very clean and assesable. It was also the turing point of the weather. The snow started to stop you could tel ... 11 photos[full story]
April 21st 2008Europe » Lithuania » Siauliai After Vilnius, I went to see one of the most inspiring sites in Lithuania: The Hill of Crosses. Situated near the city of Šiauliai (pronounced shoo-lay, sounds a bit Asian to me) in the north o ... 3 photos[full story]
April 19th 2008Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius "Whats your mission on your travels?" That was the question I was asked by two girls I went out for dinner with on my last night in Vilnius. Well, a very good question indeed - what was my mission? Tr ... 4 photos[full story]
April 20th 2008Europe » Lithuania » Klaipeda » Trakai Bueno creo que es tiempo ya de contarles mas experiencias, hace días fui a un castillo muy famoso llamado Trakai que queda en un pueblo con el mismo nombre y es muy visitado por turistas de todo el mu ... 25 photos[full story]
April 7th 2008Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas Bueno aquí de nuevo con más historia y lugares que mostrar el anterior fin de semana estuve en un evento llamado Synergy o sinergia en español en que consistía este evento? Bueno fue un evento donde s ... 24 photos[full story]
April 1st 2008Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius
Well i guess i have to make a short update of what is going on with my life, as in the last months i was most of the time out of time. Starting with the beginning of March i am working in a compa ... 5 photos[full story]
April 1st 2008Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas Well. The 2nd baltic conference just passed and again i was there as facilitator or in this case agenda manager. The conference was organized by AIESEC in Kaunas and in my perspective it was a succ ... 12 photos[full story]
April 1st 2008Europe » Lithuania
Well a nice surprise for the End of March (besides the MC election) was the fact that i was invited again to facilitate a working group in Lijot Forum, this time the topic was inter cultural educa ... 18 photos[full story]
March 27th 2008Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius Si querido publico ya mas de 1 mes por aquí en esta tierra un poco fría, pensé que no me tocaría nieve pero eso es lo que me ha sobrado desde hace 15 días, bueno les cuento mi primer experiencia en ... 21 photos[full story]
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