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• Lithuanians prefer face-to-face meetings, as they need to build relationships of mutual understanding.
• They prefer to turn business relationships into friendships.
• Accept offers of hospitality and reciprocate, as this is the sign of a true friend.
• Once a friendship has developed, Lithuanians are willing to discuss business.
• It is important to make your initial contact with a high-ranking person who is in a position to make a decision.
• In many ways this is still a hierarchical culture, so showing respect and deference to people of auth

In 2005, 79% of Lithuanians belonged to the Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic Church has been the majority denomination since the introduction of Christianity to Lithuania in the end of fourteenth century.

Since Lithuania declared independence on March 11, 1990, it has maintained strong democratic traditions.

The first mention of Lithuania is found in a medieval German manuscript, the Quedlinburg Chronicle, on 14 February

In 2003, prior to joining the European Union, Lithuania had the highest economic growth rate amongst all candidate and member countries, reaching 8.8% in the third quarter. In 2004 — 7.3%; 2005 — 7.6%; 2006 — 7.4%; 2007 Q3 — 10.8% growth in GDP reflects the impressive economic development. Most of the trade Lithuania conducts is within the European Union.

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The official language of Latvia is Latvian, which belongs to the Baltic language group of the Indo-European language famil

Latvia can be accessed by virtually every means of transportation. Maritime transport links the three main seaports (Riga, Liepaja and Ventspils) with the other Baltic Sea countries, there are good railway links with Russia and Belarus, while coach routes have developed rapidly in recent years to link neighbouring countries as well as more distant major European cities.

Highways lead into Latvia from Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia.