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Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of 65,300 km2 (25,200 sq mi), and has a population of 2.9 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians are the titular nation, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts, and speak Lithuanian.
- Population: 2,800,000+
- Area: 65,300 km²
- Coordinates: Latitude: 54.683334350586, Longitude: 25.316667556763
- Timezone: Timezone info not available
- Current Local Time: ailab
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French government calls crisis meeting as some school blockades turn violent
PARIS — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu called an emergency meeting on Thursday to address the fast-growing number of student protests across the country. The movement, which was born of anger over conditions in secondary schools, began in recent days with teenagers blocking entrances to educational institutions in underprivileged suburbs of Paris. The Union Syndicale Lycéenne, the student union spearheading the demonstrations, said they want authorities to address a “shortage of teachers and staff, dilapidated high schools, overcrowded classrooms, and overloaded schedules.” While the protests have been largely peaceful, some have seen trash cans set on fire outside school entrances and buildings vandalized. The head of the greater Paris region, Valérie Pécresse, said Thursday that more than 200 schools were affected and the damage had exceeded €1 million, Le Monde reported. Protesters and their supporters have accused the police of using excessive force to disperse gatherings. The protests have also sparked political finger-pointing. The far-left presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his France Unbowed party have attended demonstrations in their constituencies, saying they were there to show support and protect minors from confrontations with police. Marine Le Pen, the far-right front-runner in next year’s presidential election in France, said on X that Mélenchon “bears a heavy responsibility for the situation our country is facing today.” Mélenchon responded by saying his party was protecting “young people from violence perpetrated by Ms. Le Pen’s allies in the police force.” Earlier in the week, Lecornu accused Mélenchon and his party of irresponsibly escalating the situation. “The duty of an elected official of the Republic is to protect young people and call for calm. Exploiting their anger for partisan purposes is wrong,” Lecornu said Monday on X.
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France increases defense budget despite strained public finances
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