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4 unusual facts about Lithuanian litas


Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

The Lithuanian representative in Baku will be awarded 15,000 litai (4,308).

The runner-up will win 10,000 litai (€2,872), while the act to finish third will receive 5,000 litai (€1,436).

Lithuanian litas

In November 1990 The Bank of Lithuania decided to work with the United States Banknote Corporation (now American Banknote Corporation).

In March 1939 Nazi Germany demanded that Lithuania give up the Klaipėda Region (also known as the Memel Territory), which had been detached from Germany after World War I.


Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

A total of 300,000 litas (90,000) was required by LRT to send a Lithuanian delegation to the contest in Oslo, Norway.


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