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Local Time: Lithuania lies in the Central European Time zone (GMT + 2 hours, or same as, for instance, Helsinki, Riga, and Tallinn).
Climate: oceanic/continental. Average temperature in July is +17°C, in January - -4.9°C. However, temperatures can soar up to +30°C in summer, and drop down to -32°C in winter. Summers here are pleasantly mild, whereas not every winter offers abundance of snow.
National Currency and Payments: National currency is the Lithuanian Litas (LTL). It is pegged to the Euro at the exchange rate of EUR 1 = LTL 3.4528. Cash payments will be accepted only in the Litas, however many shopping centres and other service outlets take credit cards.
Electric supply: 220v, AC 50Hz, and sockets are of the 2-pin European variety.
Ethnic Composition: Lithuanians - 83.5%, Polish - 6.7%, Russians - 6.3%, Belarusians - 1.2%, others - 2.3%. Lithuania is home to as many as 115 ethnic groups. Based on ethnic composition, Lithuania is the most indigenous of all the Baltic countries.
The British Embassy:
Antakalnio 2, Vilnius LT-10308, Lithuania
Tel: +370 5 246 2900
08:30 - 16:45 from Monday to Thursday.
08:30 - 15.30 on Friday (local time).
 

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