2011 in Lithuania
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 2011 to Lithuania and its people.
Incumbents
Chairmanships
Events
January
- January 1 – Lithuania received chairmanship of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- January 1 – Strong snowstorm results in approximately 34,000 people being left without electricity.[1]
- January 1 – Lithuania received chairmanship of NATO embassy in Georgia to represent alliance in country and help it to join to the NATO.[2]
- January 21 – Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius called a special meeting because of too big heating prices in Capital City of Vilnius.[3]
- January 25 – 4 elderships in Pagėgiai municipality announced extreme situation because of floods.[4]
February
- February 7 – Nemunas River flood started in Jonava district municipality and Kaunas district municipality.[5][6]
- February 8 – strong wind killed 3 people, 46,000 people being left without electricity and closed Port of Klaipėda[7]
- February 26–27 – national elections to cities councils.
March
- March 8 – resignation of Minister of Economy Dainius Kreivys.
- March 23 – Lithuanian government approves of personal bankruptcy legislation.
April
June
- June 28 – Seimas approved the law under which Lithuanian-Belorussian border inhabitants can easily cross the border.[9]
July
- July 6 – Ieva Gervinskaitė won Miss Lithuania 2011.
- July 8 – Agrowill Group become second Lithuanian company which selling shares on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
- July 10 – Lithuania won FIBA Under-19 World Championship.
Art and entertainment
- May
Sports
Multi-sport events
Athletics (track and field) [11]
- 4 March – Austra Skujytė won silver medal in 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships. It is the first independent Lithuania medal in championship.
- Local events
- February 18–19 – National Indoor championship in Klaipėda.
- May 25 – Lithuania Open 100 km running championship in Nida.
- July 23–24 – 2011 Lithuanian Athletics Championships in Kaunas.
- September 11 – Vilnius Marathon.
- September 24 – National Half Marathon Championship in Nida.
Basketball
- September 3–18 – Lithuania will host EuroBasket 2011.[12]
Boxing
Darts
- October 14 - Vilnius will host Lithuania Open darts championship.[13]
Football
Sambo
- Vilnius wil host the 2011 World Sambo Championships.
Snowboarding
- 29 January first time started Lithuanian Snowboarding Championships[14]
Swimming
Volleyball
- 11–14 August Capital City of Vilnius wil host U18 European Beach Volleyball Championships for men and women near Baltasis tiltas.[16]
Deaths
- Justinas Marcinkevičius (born 1930) a prominent Lithuanian poet and playwright.[17]
References
- ↑ www.15min.lt
- ↑ Lietuva perėmė NATO kontaktinės ambasados Gruzijoje funkcijas
- ↑ Premjeras šaukia pasitarimą dėl didelių šildymo sąskaitų Vilniuje
- ↑ delfi.lt Dėl potvynio keturiose Pagėgių seniūnijose - ekstremali padėtis
- ↑ Jonavos r. ištvinusi Neris apsėmė keliasdešimt namų
- ↑ Kauno ir Jonavos r. pakilęs Neries vanduo semia sodų bendrijas
- ↑ Del audros elektros neturi apie 46 tukst vartotoju
- ↑ ""Omnitel" skelbia pirmoji Lietuvoje pradėjusi tiekti 4G LTE ryšio paslaugas" (in Lithuanian). delfi.lt. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
- ↑
- ↑ sell-studentgames.com
- ↑ LLAf Calendar
- ↑ www.eurobasket2011.org
- ↑ www.darts.lt
- ↑
- ↑ ltuswimming.com
- ↑ Vilniuje - Europos tinklinio čempionatas
- ↑
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