Lithuania
General Information for Lithuania
Geo-political:
Capital City: Vilnius.
Nationality: (noun) Lithuanian, (adjective) Lithuanian.
Population: 3,555,179.
Communications:
International Direct Dial Code: 370.
Number of Internal Airports: 32.
Major Languages Spoken: Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other and unspecified 4.4% (2001
census).
Economy:
Currency: 1 Euro (EUR) of 100 Cents.
Exchange Rates:
(as of March 2018)
USD 1.00 = EUR 0.81
EUR 1.00 = USD 1.23
Exchange rates under licence from
XE.com
Main Industries: Metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, television sets, refrigerators and freezers,
petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture making, textiles, food processing,
fertilisers, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, electronic components, computers
and amber jewelry.
Environment:
Territorial Sea: 12 n.m.
Coastline Extent: 90 km.
Climate: Transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers.
Natural Resources: Peat, arable land and amber.
Terrain: Lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil.
REGULATIONS:
EU MRV:
The EU MRV (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification) regulation entered into force on
1 July 2015, and it requires ship owners and operators to annually monitor, report
and verify CO
2 emissions for vessels larger than 5,000 g.t. calling at any EU and EFTA (Norway and
Iceland) port. Data collection takes place on a per voyage basis and started 1 January
2018.
The reported CO
2 emissions, together with additional data, are to be verified by independent certified
bodies and sent to a central database managed by the European Maritime Safety Agency
(EMSA). The aggregated ship emission and efficiency data will be published by the
EC by 30 June 2019 and then every consecutive year.
Ship owners and operators shall monitor the CO
2 emissions of their vessels per voyage conducted into, between and out of EU (and
EFTA) ports. A voyage is defined as any movement of a ship that originates from, or
terminates in, a port of call (EU port) and that serves the purpose of transporting
passengers or cargo for commercial purposes.
HOLIDAYS:
1 January (New Year's Day); 16 February (Independence Day); 11 March (Independence
Restoration Day); Easter Sunday; Easter Monday; 1 May (Labour Day); Mother's Day (first
Sunday of May); Father's Day (first Sunday of June); 24 June (St John's Day); 6 July
(Mindaugas' Coronation Day, the Day of State); 15 August (Assumption Day); 1 November
(All Saints Day); 25 December (Christmas Day); 26 December (Second Christmas Day).
